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Sep 13, 2026, 2:07:47 PM
# Highlands Trip 2
 [Caedmon Howell](https://caedmonscompass.com/the_scotland_files/author/caedmon-howell)
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I'm Old
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to locate the lie within my update this week. This will probably be a very difficult task but I believe in you.
As always the start of my week was the normal routine, work, tea, & walks. 4:30 A.M. is when my adventures started… & it started with me missing my bus. With my trip delayed by 3 hours, I made the best of it by going up to Glasgow & tried out Fern Coffee bar. The choice of this cafe was probably influenced by my rewatching of Frieren, which has a character named Fern. After chilling there, while fighting to keep my eyes open, I headed over to the train station. There I finally remembered to visit the iconic Duke of Wellington statue that started the Scottish tradition of putting traffic cones on statues heads.
My train journey to Inverness was full of pretty views & some conversation with the couple across from me. Once I arrived, I had one mission: to find sustenance for my grumbling stomach. In search of a form of calories, I walked through the Victorian market but it was far too busy for me to enjoy or find food. I completed this mission at a cafe, which is unsurprising since cafes & Italian restaurants make up around 90% of the eateries I go to here. Once my stomach was no longer mad at me, I made my way to start my main mission while in Inverness: play all the frisbee golf courses in the area.
The frisbee golf course I visited that day was possibly my favorite course I’ve ever been to. Even though it was raining, I almost died, was hot, sweaty, tired, & carrying a 40lb backpack, I still really enjoyed this course. You probably read that & thought “How’d you almost die!? You can't just casually say that!”. To settle your worry, this course had a metal staircase I had to go down, & since it was raining, I fully slipped. Luckily my quick reflexes allowed me to grab onto the railing keeping me from hitting the stairs, but didn’t stop me from sliding all the way down. Anyways, the course was beautiful, it had some very steep hikes in between t-pads, & had a mix of wooded technical shots and wide open distance shots.
Once I was even more sweaty than I was before, I went back into town to check-in to my hotel mixed with an Airbnb thing, right in the middle of town. There I spent my evening working & contemplating why this was the first time I stayed in the middle of the town I was visiting when my goal was to play the frisbee golf courses a couple miles outside of town. Dinner was a highlands burger (burger with haggis on it) from Jimmy Badgers that was very good.
The next day, I missed my original bus again… but at least this time it was due to getting more sleep & it worked out in my favor. I started the day by walking around some of the town including re-visiting the Victorian market while I was empty, I then went & got food at Perk Coffee + Doughnuts & had one of my favorite encounters I have had in my entire time in Scotland. This encounter started with me forgetting glass is bidirectional, this led to eye contact with a woman passing by, while I took a giant bight out of my cream filled, pistachio covered donut, that quite possibly might be the best donut I’ve ever had. I don’t know if the woman knew I forgot people could see me, or found it humorous how into my donut I was, but caused her to laugh, which caused me to laugh with my mouth still full of donut. She continued on her way & we never saw each other again.
Once I had finished my amazing donut, I took a bus down to Drumnadrochit off of Loch Ness. This was an optimal location since it had a frisbee golf course, a view of Loch Ness, & was within walking distance to Urquhart Castle. I started with the frisbee golf course that made me really regret not bringing my midrange. Then walked to Urquhart castle to take photos and see Loch Ness. The castle was the ruin variety, as opposed to the museum variety of castle I went to before.
It was at this point I made my way down to the water for a quick meetup with my penpal Nessie. We’ve been writing letters for a couple years now, which has been difficult since she always writes on seaweed & has sub-par finwriting. We had arranged to meet so that I could go for a ride but, for some reason, she required me to wear a kilt which makes me look a little smaller than I actually am. So once donning the kilt, I went on a casual ride & caught up with my old friend.
My quest for frisbee golf continued by making my way back up to Inverness. But before I continued my quest I went to Leakey's Bookshop, which is the largest second hand book in Scotland. Then, once I walked 2 miles outside of town, I was able to play the last two frisbee golf courses in the area. The first was a decent 18 hole that would be optimal for a beginner to learn at since it has a wide variety of shots & ranges. The second was a 9 hole that was in a popular park so there was a lot more hoping I wouldn't hit a kid with a frisbee while playing. With these my quest had been fulfilled so I made the 2 miles back into town to help a couple get into their room since the door code things are confusing. I finished out the day by eating a burger at the White House & chilling in my room.
The following day started with getting another one of those amazing donuts, however I didn't have the encounter I had the day before. I also went to the amazing architectural masterpiece of Bruce’s Roundabout! This truly was amazing & feel honored to have seen it in person. I then made the long trek home via bus, only stopping in Kilmarnock for food at Reggaelicious Kitchen. Once I arrived home I chilled & played magic with da bois.
Today was a pretty standard Sunday. Walks, morning church, evening church, & writing my update. The only notable thing is that I have started watching more figure skating again. Anyways, I’m tired so goodnight, see you in the next update!
                  
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