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The day was looking much brighter and we were looking forward to our day’s trip down to Glencoe. We said goodbye to Brendan and his Dutch friend Mellor and headed off. On the way out we bought some of Brendan’s eggs – it’s an honesty box at the gate. It’s a nicely painted caravan for…
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We started our tour of Skye sights at midday as we needed to recover from the previous late night – for me 11pm was very late. We left Glenn to help Brendan put his solar panels up. Lisa, Sean and I went through Broadford and Portree up to Uig on the west side of Skye.…
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I started off the day with a 5 star presentation of porridge by chef Glenn. We slept well despite the strong wind all night – and it was still very wild. We got going and went down to Nairn East Beach for a little walk. The birds were all hiding due to the winds even…
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We continued our Scotland trip heading north. We said goodbye to Mum and stopped to check out the pretty town of Fettercairn. We went down some single track country roads to avoid a bridge that would not take our weight – and also to avoid the Royal Arch where we saw a caravan get stuck…
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Gus’s engine was definitely leaking coolant so we said goodbye to Aileen and headed north to Forfar. We left the van at the garage who could fix it that afternoon and went looking for lunch and shelter from the cold wind. We went back to Saddlers for Forfar bridies – it’s a bit like Groundhog…
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We went across to Aileen and Mark’s near Cramond and caught up – it’s been a year since we saw each other. Aileen and I met in 1st year maths at Edinburgh University many eons ago. There were very few other girls in the class. We went to see Hopetoun House on the Firth of…
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We started the day waiting for the tide to go out so we could walk across to the island at Cramond, just outside Edinburgh on the Forth. Eventually it was clear and we made our way across checking out the birds as we went. There were swans, merganzer ducks, oyster catchers and a variety of…
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We left Forfar in wild windy and rainy conditions and stopped off at Perthshire Caravans – next to the famous Horn cafe – on the Dundee-Perth road. We picked up a few things we needed to fix up Gus – lights, new fire extinguisher and gas hose. We then stopped for a van lunch at…
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We left York in very windy showery weather. The wind was against us all the way across the Pennines – so hard that it pushed our side mirrors in towards the van. The views were stunning across the treeless landscape. We stopped for a very good lunch in Moffat at a cafe called Brodie’s. We…
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We were expecting to get Gus back on Thursday but due to a few small niggly repairs we didn’t get him back until Friday lunchtime. We had to quickly load him and then get on the road as we were expected at George and Lech’s in York for dinner. There were a few traffic jams…