Category: 2021
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Week 9: #oneyearlate – Findhorn to Dornoch: Starting the NC500
Continuing our tour northwards, we made our way along the Aberdeenshire and Moray Coastlines to Findhorn, where we had found an overnight stop, similar to the aires in Europe. Right on the edge of the dunes, with facilities to empty and fill, we booked in for two nights. Walking along the beach, Reg loved the…
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Week 8: #oneyearlate – Scotland. Forfar to Gardenstown, we’re heading north.
Heading up along the east coast, a part of Scotland we’ve not managed to visit before and we’re not sure why! We arrived at Forfar, but not before we had a quick stop at Arbroath, we were heading up to look at a smokery we’d seen on TV and get some Arbroath Smokies, but our…
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Week 7: #oneyearlate – Scotland beckons.
Apologies for the lateness of this update… we’ve been off-grid, not quite in the wilds, but without electricity and the laptop. Although we can update on the tablet, we can’t add in photos, so thought it best to wait… Leaving the North York Moors, we headed further north to Northumberland and the Caravan and Motorhome…
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Week 6: #oneyearlate – Heading North – Derbyshire, West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Moors.
Heading north towards Scotland, this week we chose to stop in the Peak District, at a Caravan and Motorhome Club (CMC) Certified Location (CL) New Mills Marina, on the Peak Forest Canal. There are a lot more canals than we had heard of! This one, was built to transport Derbyshire Limestone to Manchester. The site…
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Weeks 4 and 5: #oneyearlate: Warwickshire, West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire
Another day, another racecourse. This one though, is at Stratford-upon-Avon and the birthplace of William Shakespeare. After Warwick we headed back on ourselves to Stratford-upon-Avon (the campsite was full when we had wanted to visit, as it was Race Day!) The Racecourse Campsite, is a short walk away from the centre of town but easily…