It seemed a shame to leave Loch Ness as both weather and views are fantastic.
Up and out at 7am, Woody and I off for our last explore of the area. We head down to out disused Alcan aluminium foil factory.
We then go further along the Loch shore to the new hydro electric station, before heading up hill to Foyers.
Two more spots of red squirrels, although my attempt to capture and image of them leaves a lot to be desired...
Spot the squirrel competition!
The hillside woods are a delight to walk through at this time of the morning. I can imagine in the summer it would be busy around here.
The above photo shows the upper derilict bridge across to lower Foyers and the new bridge at the bottom, that leads to the campsite.
Access to the shore during victorian times was via paddle steamer. The adventurous tourists would then scramble up the hillside to see the falls. In those days, there would have been much more water cascading over 165ft fall. The flow of water being reduced by the building of the hydro-electric generating station, to supply power to the Aluminium smelting works in 1894.
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