There are a few hills, but for the most part Inverness is far less “highlandy” than some of the other places we’ve visited. It sits in the Great Glen, which runs from here to Fort William. It’s a natural travel route, a break in the hills, a passageway. 

Today we made our own passageway, touring the city center, exploring the islands in the River Ness (so shallow that if the monster migrated from the loch we would have seen him) and finding out where the Great Glen Way and the Caledonian Canal enter the city. 

If our steps left a wake like the boats we saw in the canal today, you’d see a lot of backtracking.