While 1, 300 other runners headed off on Sunday's Loch Ness marathon, Mr Scott took the plunge at Fort Augustus, where the Caledonian Canal meets Loch Ness.
It was after the bombing of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 that a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key penned the poem that would become our National Anthem.
The A82 Tarbet to Fort William Route Action Plan and A9 Perth to Blair Atholl Route Improvement Strategy were considered by Mr Scott over the past few weeks.