I got here at 9:30 and the main car park was already full. Thankfully there was another one and I got a park. So many people. I knew it would be busy but not this busy. Most folk came to see the Steam Train and a few actually took time to look at the viaduct, which was built by Robert McAlpine & Sons, with Simpson & Wilson as the engineers, and it cost £18,904. This equates to roughly £2 million in today’s money.

It’s A beautiful piece of Victorian engineering which opened in 1901 taking less than 10 years to build. It’s absolutely marvelous and stunning to look at and it looks even better when the stream train thunders down the track.

There were hundreds of people crammed into the hillside waiting to get a glimpse of the “Harry Potter Train” including an Indian family that lived in America….. How do I know this? Well the runt of a child would not shut up or stand still. It began to throw small stones and all the while in this fucking American drawl asking for water or anything else that came to mind. Eventually I turned to him and said, “Hey wee man, you are a pain in the arse… Can you just shut up?”

The mother was horrified and the father grabbed his son and told him to behave. Hundreds of folk on the hill and this wee prick was noisier than them all.

Anyway I got a few good shots and took some video on my camera which I will chuck out later. I continued on the path and did the circuit which led you to stunning views across the Loch.