Around Loch Ness last Saturday, the hope was for sunshine. Would-be champions prepared for the Glenurquhart Highland Games, dedicated runners warmed up for the Loch Ness 24 endurance race – and volunteers readied their binoculars and notepads for the biggest search for the Loch Ness monster in 50 years.
The weather wasn’t on their side – most of the Highland Games was called off and runners’ endurance was certainly tested in relentless rain. But as Alan McKenna from
