Given how long it's been since our last post you could be forgiven for believing that we had, on the spur of the moment, decided to settle permanently in Edinburgh. We did not. Honestly, we've just been a bit crap at writing, but our story isn't quite finished yet. As we drove away from Edinburgh, … Continue reading A whip around the Scottish Borders
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A quick jaunt to Edinburgh
Our long, soggy drive culminated in a night in Dunfermline. We found ourselves in a truly lovely guesthouse which was about 1000 times nicer than anything that we would have found in Edinburgh for the same price. We achieved the makings of a carpet picnic, did some more life admin (job hunting, sigh) and then … Continue reading A quick jaunt to Edinburgh
Wrapping up the NC500
We were due for a stomp. We’d heard that Sandwood Bay has the most gorgeous beach, which is a big claim in Northern Scotland, and that you can only reach it on foot, so it was an obvious choice for a leg stretch. We’d glanced over the reference in Lonely Planet, registered something about 4km … Continue reading Wrapping up the NC500
Setting off on the NC500
After a far more successful collapse of camp we set off on our first day on the North Coast 500 route. According to the blogosphere, this hasn’t yet become massively popular, but we encountered a fairly hefty number of campervans on our way around so if you haven’t been before, go now. We did the … Continue reading Setting off on the NC500
Caro’s first ever trip to Scotland
We’d bought the books and skimmed the blogs but, true to form, we’d done very little research on Scotland before we set off from Suffolk for what was likely to be one of the last times. We had no idea what we were doing, to the extent that both of us were under the impression … Continue reading Caro’s first ever trip to Scotland
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