Due to work commitments I had to fly back to Scotland. Still managed to complete the journey by rail.

Very early start to get the 0740 flight to Heathrow. A trip involving a tram and the airport bus to Budapest Airport. Budapest is a fairly pleasant airport compared to the nightmare that is Heathrow. Then onto Inverness Airport, which now has its own railway station. Inverness airport is relatively pleasant.

Not great flying but almost halved the carbon footprint compared to flying both ways.

A 45 min wait for the 12 min train ride to Inverness. Then a further wait before heading to the far north.

In contrast to the other train lines the vegetation is really close to the track.

A spectacular display as the sun sets on the journey north.