Lallybroch - Outlander

A recent highlight was taking a trip to Midhope Castle, which is used in Outlander as Lallybroch Castle. It was also the first time we had been over the new Queensferry Crossing. It is quite an amazing  piece of engineering. You can get a parking permit for Midhope Castle from Hopetoun House Farm Shop and it is only a short drive away. Unfortunately it was a rather overcast day, but I thoroughly enjoyed visiting and imagining the filming going on at 'Lallybroch'. The children just thought I was a bit strange getting excited over a derelict building.

Kinloch Rannoch Station and Tea Room

After failing miserably to be transported back in time at 'Craigh na Dun' I continued on the road to Kinloch Rannoch Railway Station. The road and scenery along this route is absolutely breathtaking. I could live in the middle of nowhere in a heartbeat. The Railway Station is a little gem and there is an amazing tea room in the redundant station buildings. You can still get on the London - Fort William train here. Along the shores of Kinloch Rannoch there are lots of places to stop and enjoy the sights.

Craigh na Dun - Outlander

With series 3 of Outlander now on our screens, I was inspired to take a trip to the location where they filmed the 'going through the stones' scenes. Fortunately I chose a lovely day to take the trip over towards Kinloch Rannoch. In this case I knew exactly where I was going, so there was no confused staring at clumps of trees trying to work out if I was in the correct location.  I pondered to myself what a great job it must be scouring the Scottish countryside for filming locations. In the news today it said the 'Outlander' effect has been a huge boost to many of the castles, houses used for filming, with visitor numbers way up. I would suggest it has been a good tourism season anyway. I think 90% of my guests in July and August were from Germany, Netherlands etc.
Anyway I reached the desired location and imagined the filming taking place. The 'stones' were not real, so have been long removed.