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08/07/2023

After a long rest Florence the Camper is back on the road!
Thanks to Stephen for all the hard work and hours he has put in, Flo is back on the go and we are once again enjoying our weekends

03/09/2022

This weekend we are at another local campsite in Aberfoyle.
A different kind of site for us surrounded by a river, woods and lots of walks. Despite the rain, happy to be out walking again although taking it slow to start with.

26/08/2022

And so another tour with Florence has come to an end.
We have had a great week visiting Faskally, Grantown on Spey, Aviemore, Loch Morlich , Newtonmore and Dunkeld.

Until the next one....

25/08/2022

We are now in Newtonmore amongst the hills.
Another nice site - so quiet and peaceful. We tried to extend our stay here but this is the busiest weekend of the year in this part of Scotland.
International horse trials take place in Blair Atholl, Thunder in the Glen in and around Aviemore, and Dunkeld Highland Games.
Not sure where we will end up tomorrow night, but sure we will find somewhere.

24/08/2022

The adventure continued yesterday. After leaving Loch Morlich we headed in to Aviemore.
We had no campsite booked so decided to spend the night "off grid"
Dinner was cooked and eaten in a lay-by and after driving the length of Aviemore a couple of times we found a nice wee carpark to spend the night.
All part of the motor home life.

23/08/2022

Today we have had a driving and sightseeing day.
We stopped off at Loch Morlich on our way to Aviemore.
Again the weather was great and we had a couple of hours sitting on the beach.
Even the ducks got fed.

22/08/2022

Yesterday we left Faskally and drove 70
miles North to Grantown on Spey.

As always we passed lots of motorhomes and campervans on the way with a lot of them giving the respectful motorhome wave.

Today we are sitting in the nice warm sunshine whilst it is raining at home. It's times like this Stephen and I realise how lucky we are.

19/08/2022

We are back out on tour and the latest upgrade is that Florence now has tinted windows!

Spending today and tomorrow at Fascally near Pitlochry. So far the weather is being kind to us, surrounded by hills and trees.

08/08/2022

Last night we spent the night off grid in an ex-forestry commission site in Strathyre.

Lovely wee place bought over by the village community.

Would definitely go back.

02/08/2022

The makeover continues. Today Florence got her step repaired. It was very rusty, brittle and breaking apart.

With a new trim in place and painted it looks good as new.

27/07/2022

Another new campsite for us - Keltie Bridge in Callander. Really nice and not far from home

26/07/2022

Another reason for not getting away was that I had an accident breaking my shoulder and foot but thankfully we are now out again recovering slowly.

26/07/2022

It's been a few weeks since we have been out with Florence.
First of all she needed a new floor and new seat covers.
Stephen had to pullout all of the seats to remove the old carpet before putting the new flooring down. We then added the new seat covers.

30/06/2022

Florence has a couple of weeks break not taking us anywhere but still the work continues.

Today it is getting ready for a new carpet.

19/06/2022

And we are home.

We have had the most amazing 2 week journey around North Scotland. We have visited Fort William Arisaig, Mallaig, Dunvegan, Portree Gairloch, Ullapool, Hopeman, Lossiemouth, Banff Braemar and Blair Atholl.

We have travelled 890 miles through some of the worst wind and rain along some of the most difficult roads but Florence got us round safely.

Why would you want to go anywhere else when you have this on your doorstep

17/06/2022

Nearing the end of our tour and finishing at a place like home, Blair Atholl.

We came here last year with the tent a number of times so nice to be here this year with Florence.

Sun is out and quite possibly the nicest day we have had.

We even had some ducks come over to welcome us!

16/06/2022

We have spent the last couple of days at Braemar. Had a good drive down from Banff yesterday on some crazy steep narrow roads again. Mad that these are main roads!

Stopped off for lunch in a lay-by (as you do) then some lovely roads leading to Braemar.

13/06/2022

We left a lovely campsite this morning, travelled along to Banff to another lovely site and managed to get the awning up. Not been able to do that due to heavy winds.

On the way we went through Lossiemouth which was so nice with a beach!

Here for two nights.

12/06/2022

We have now travelled 98 miles to a small village called Hopeman which has one of the nicest campsites right on the beach.

Happy to call this home for the night.

12/06/2022

After it raining all night last night and this morning, we decided to leave Ullapool and head East.

However Ullapool did redeem itself a wee bit before we left and saw some views which would be lovely in the good weather.

11/06/2022

We left Gairloch this morning, pouring rain and gale force winds, drove to Ullapool through pouring rain and gale force winds and now sitting in Ullapool in pouring rain and gale force winds!

Scottish summer at it's best but at least no midges and still enjoying the tour.

10/06/2022

We have gone from the best weather to the worst we have seen in a long time in the space of a few days.

Since last night we have had 40+ mph winds and over the last few hours torrential rain.

However, when we did go for a walk around Gairloch earlier we saw some beautiful sights. Scotland never let's you down!

10/06/2022

Today we are fighting 40mph winds! It's been like this since yesterday afternoon and according to reports will be the same tomorrow.

Beginning to feel a bit seasick with Florence getting battered by it. Glad we not travelling today!

09/06/2022

Today's adventures saw us travel from Dunvegan on Skye, via Portree to Gairloch.

Another long drive for Florence up steep hills, getting stuck in road works (yes in the Highlands) and travelling about 10 miles on a main road which was a single track with passing places.

First impressions Gairloch is lovely (photos to follow)

08/06/2022

Midges are out in force tonight. Covered in repellant and we have the citronella candles on but still they are finding us attractive. Stephen is even holding the candle up to his face!

07/06/2022

We are giving Florence a wee rest today after yesterday's extra miles so a morning in the sun for us followed by a wee walk around the area.

And when this is your local area its not too bad!

06/06/2022

What a day today has been.
We thought it would be a great idea to go to Mallaig and catch the ferry to Skye.....well, so did everyone else!
All sailings fully booked for today, so back we went to Fort William for the journey we could have done yesterday.
200 miles later and we are all set up!

05/06/2022

Our last stop for the night in lovely Arisaig.
Cheers!

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Windy Gairloch

Today we are fighting 40mph winds! It's been like this since yesterday afternoon and according to reports will be the same tomorrow. Beginning to feel a bit seasick with Florence getting battered by it. Glad we not travelling today!