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Stagecoach Jet
(
www.stagecoachbus.com
)
Buses run from the airport to Inverness bus station (£3.30, 20 minutes,
every 30 minutes).
Bicycle
Ticket to Ride
( 01463-419160;
www.tickettoridehighlands.co.uk
;
Bellfield Park; per day from £20)
Hire
mountain bikes, hybrids and tandems. Will deliver bikes free to local hotels and B&Bs.
Bus
City services and buses to places around Inverness, including Nairn, Forres, the Culloden
battlefield, Beauly, Dingwall and Lairg, are operated by
Stagecoach
(
www.stagecoachbus.com
)
. An Inverness City Dayrider ticket costs £3.30 and gives unlim-
ited travel for a day on buses throughout the city.
Car
Focus Vehicle Rental
(
01667-461212;
www.focusvehiclerental.co.uk
; Inverness Airport)
Car rental starts at
£35 per day.
Taxi
Highland Taxis
(
01463-222222)
Around Inverness
Culloden Battlefield
The Battle of Culloden in 1746, the last pitched battle ever fought on British soil, saw the
defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the end of the Jacobite dream when 1200 Highlanders
were slaughtered by government forces in a 68-minute rout. The duke of Cumberland, son
of the reigning King George II and leader of the Hanoverian army, earned the nickname
'Butcher' for his brutal treatment of the defeated Scottish forces. The battle sounded the
death knell for the old clan system, and the horrors of the Clearances soon followed. The
sombre moor where the conflict took place has scarcely changed in the ensuing 260 years.
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