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| Approaching one of the viaducts in Glencoe. |
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| Loch Treig. |
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| Glenfinnan Viaduct |
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| Loch Shiel from the viaduct. |
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| Some of the newer housing in Mallaig |
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| Could not agree more. |
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| The teacher at the harbour. |
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| Cal Mac arriving from Skye. |
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| He seemed happy enough!! |
Yesterday the teacher and myself ventured to
Mallaig on Scotland's north west coast by train using the
Scotrail over 55 ticket. at £19 each this was very reasonable considering the distance travelled (282miles return)On a clear very cold morning we caught the 6.30AM bus from Ayr to connect onto the 8.20AM train from Glasgow. It was a spectacular journey past
Loch Lomondside to
Glencoe with it's mountain tops all covered in snow. Arriving in
Fort William which is home to Scotland's highest mountain
Ben Nevis (1344M) , the train became very busy with lots of English tourists keen to travel on the last part of the journey which has a reputation as one of the most
scenic railway journeys in the world. The driver stopped the train on top of the
Glenfinnan Viaduct to allow everyone to take photographs which was a very kind gesture appreciated by all. Once in Mallaig we went to a local bar for a wee refreshment or two and a plate of homemade tomato garlic fish soup,if anybody ever visits Mallaig go to the
Steam Inn the soup is to die for. Once suitably refreshed we had a wander round the village and it's busy fishing harbour which was fairly quiet at that time as all the boats were away out to sea.The return rail journey was very pleasant particularly once all the tourists got off at Fort William leaving just a few of us to spread ourselves out and enjoy the trip back to Glasgow. Arrived back in Ayr 17 hours after we started to end a superb day out on a most spectacular train journey.
What a great day out you had. I enjoyed the journey too.
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