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Had our first sight of The Orkneys as we approached Duncansby Head. Had a short stop (as we were running a little late) to see some birds and sea stacks - and the most north easterly point of the UK mainland - and a ligh…
Up from Inverness to the north east coast of Scotland on the A99. A shortish stop in Lybster as Liz's family had friends there. Walked down to the harbour for our packed lunch and then the best ice cream of the holiday s…
From Stirling along the A9 through the Cairngorms and onto Inverness - where we took a little detour to Nairn to let the hound have his first off-lead session on a Scottish beach. Nairn is a bit like a posher Dawlish War…
A "day off" from driving north so we took the bus into Stirling and then wandered round the town being tourists. Then up to the castle. Liz had been before so that saved £20. All very interesting but a might overpriced f…
A shorter drive today from Carlisle to Stirling and the Witches Craig campsite. The campsite is nice enough but our pitch is a little municipal with us looking out at a sodding great caravan. Into Stirling tomorrow by bu…
Drove across the western part of the Peak District which was really quite picturesque. Round god-awful Manchester and then up the M6 towards Carlisle. Stopped at Englethwaite Hall campsite just south of Carlisle. Then of…
A long drive to get to the Peak District. Fine until we got to Birmingham and then it all got a bit gnarly. And the traffic slowed down a lot too. So about five and a half hours to get to the southern peak district. So j…