Monday We were treated on our final day to a later departure. We left the hotel at 10:00, which gave us a chance to go for one last walk in the area. Fort Augustus is a beautiful little village at the south end of Lock Ness. Our hotel was a unique and quaint place, my favourite of the whole tour. There is a series of locks in Fort Augustus joining the lakes. We watched as they lowered a group of boats through the locks. When we left the hotel we drove north along the shore of Loch Ness. The lake is 23 miles long and 745 feet deep. We watched for the Loch Ness monster but “apparently” she never surfaces on Mondays!! 😉 . Our first stop was at Urquhart Castle. We watched a movie that summarized the history of the castle. It was built up and destroyed several times before it was finally blown up and left in ruins. It sits in a lovely spot overlooking Loch Ness. We had time to explore the ruins of the castle and then we all went...