Highland Journey Aboard 'the Royal Scotsman'

Leaving Boat of Garten after breakfast you travel by motorcoach to Rothiemurchus. The history of this estate is as varied as most of the Highlands of Scotland. Its diverse landscape comprises low-lying fields on the river flood plain, open heather moorland, forestry plantations and majestic Caledonian pine forest. Here you can enjoy a variety of activities including clay pigeon shooting or a guided tour of the Estate with one of the Park Rangers where you can learn about the local flora and wildlife. You rejoin the train in Aviemore and head north to Inverness. Enjoy lunch as you pass Culloden, site of the last battle on mainland British soil in 1746. You then continue east following the Moray coast to Nairn where we disembark to visit Johnston's of Elgin Woollen Mill. Founded in 1797 Johnston's is the only British Mill to transform cashmere from fibre to garment and its success has been founded on processing some of the world's rarest and most luxurious fibres. You return to the train in Keith and enjoy a formal dinner as you travel south towards Dundee, for overnight stabling. The Royal Scotsman B L D

After breakfast, the train leaves Dundee and travels through the former Kingdom of Fife. You cross the Firth of Forth by means of the magnificent Forth Railway Bridge to arrive in Edinburgh Waverley where your journey ends. B