Loch Ness Monster: New Sighting Of Nessie

There's bit a new sighting of the Loch Ness Monster, at Aldourie Castle just down the road from Pottery House. Richard Preston saw strange humps in the water whilst working in the Castle gardens.

The full story is at STV Loch Ness Moster

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