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 last year. The Royal Arch was constructed to celebrate the visit of Victoria and Albert in 1861.

We also checked out the very old gravestones in the cemetery – some from the 1700s.

We then continued on our way up over the very high Cairn o’ Mount with great views over the countryside to the sea.

Researchers found the cairn may have been started around 2000 BC. It is certainly very big now.

We then moved on to Finzean on the other side of the mountain where we were meeting my school friend Lorraine and her daughter Jo and partner Tim at the farm shop for lunch. It is a very popular spot – but we had booked. All the food there is very good. There is also very good food on sale.

Charlie was off golfing so we caught up with him when we stopped off at their place at Dinet bear Aboyne.

Lorraine and Charlie are fellow Motorhomers. They are busy this year but we hope to do some trips together next year. The boys had a good motorhome chat.

We continued on our way north on the Cockbridge- Tomintoul road – the first road to get blocked by snow every winter.

The Watchers is a sculpture to allow you to sit out if the wind and admire the view. There are also holes in the large rock targeting a view – including Congarff castle.

The top was the Lecht at the ski resort. Sean photobombed the first photo.

We then started going down the hills towards Nairn.

We arrived on the small 5 location CL site of Allanaha Farm near Nairn. It’s lovely with huge ancient oak trees but it’s very windy. We emptied our toilet before settling down to cook an easy dinner. We then got together to plan the route for the remaining trip. We went to bed earlyish to keep cosy.