Loch Katrine and Rob Roy

Today it was expected to rain all day. We woke up to drizzle and foggy mist.

It was the day for a cruise on Loch Katrine in the steamship Sir Walter Scott. 

We took the 1 hour trip to halfway up the Loch and back.

Loch Katrine was where Sir Walter Scott wrote his classic poem “The Lady of the Lake”.

There are a number of uninhabited islands in the loch.



It rained most of the time but we were dry up on the top deck.





Loch Katrine supplies water for Glasgow. In 1859 Queen Victoria traveled to the loch to open the Loch Katrine Water Works.

Apparently this steamship is still powered by it’s original 1898 engine which has used environmentally-friendly bio-fuel since 2007.



After the cruise we headed to Killin to see the waterfalls and have afternoon tea.

One of the modern homes there is growing grasses on the roof.



We needed to fill in some time before dinner at Mhor 84 so we drove up to see Rob Roy’s grave. Rob Roy was one of Don’s childhood heroes but after reading a bit more about him today he may have changed his mind.

There are the remains of an earlier church as well. This is where the Lairds of the Maclaren clan are buried.