Carrbridge, The Kitchen and Carr-Bridge

On the last day of our amazing adventure in Scotland. we continued our journey, via A9 down south from Drumnadrochit/Inverness. It was a beautiful sunny day, we needed to head back to Edinburgh to catch our sleeper train back to London.

After an hour drive, I thought we were bypassing an ordinary quiet town and will be picking a regular cafe for a brunch. The town itself has an unique name- Carrbridge, the cafe that we walked into had a very common name on its front wall- The Kitchen.

(Actually we were looking for loo)

So, stepped into the cafe, asked where was the washroom, we hurried into its (loo).

Immediately, I was drawn to its wall tiles, and the loo's symbols. I had to grab my phone camera to snap it!

The black and white wall tiles and the little boy and girl icon were fascinating!

And I started to pay attention to cafe and its surrounding: the rustic bricks-wall, the wooden furniture, little decors (for sales) on the tables and wherever it can be displayed. The space for patrons to dine in wasn't very big, but clean and cozy to make everyone there feel like at home.

Then our food arrived. It was another surprise that everything taste sooooo good! Though, it was just a simple English Breakfast, with a bowl of warm mushroom soup.

The Kitchen is just located at the Main Street of Carrbridge, walking distance from the infamous Carr-Bridge. 

Carr-Bridge was built in 1700s, it is believed to be the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands. 

The bridge was built to allow funeral processions to access Duthil Church when the river was in spate. Because of this, the bridge was known locally as 'the coffin bridge'. - source.

Our lucky day to be able to pass by one of the most iconic visitor attractions in the Cairngorms,

Us (below), walking toward to the Stone Bridge from The Kitchen.

Carr-Bridge is one of the the many old packhorse bridges in UK, that was intended to let horses with sidebags or panniers to cross a river or stream. It is now severely damaged and is recommended only to be viewed from afar. Hence, steps down from the bank of the river, a lower viewing platform (almost at water level) was built. Because of the prohibition, the bridge had grown with some creeper plants and some purplish flower fell onto it. We were grateful, so close to a beautiful bridge from medieval time.