Off we go again!

3 months non-stop hard graft to get the house ready for rental. I'm SO ready for a break and a new life
Johnshaven

Surprise post letting me know I'm at the top of waiting list for static at Johnshaven. To accept or not, this is the question.
Ballater

Fleeing inland to avoid storm. Booked campsite right by River Dee but they phoned to say they had to cancel as flooding forecast. So, usual spot in square - nice n sheltered n cosy
Kingussie

Couldn't go over Tomintoul Road because of Storm Babet so ended up going Glenshee road at 4am to get ahead of worst of storm. It was like playing a car video game following the snow markers in theLäs mer
Tain

So wild that took shelter in B&B
Murkle, Near Thurso

Wild afternoon's driving up the North East Coast. Lovely and quiet as most folk had done the sensible thing and stayed at home. I was in my element in the elements
South Ronaldsay, Orkney

Finally made it after ferry cancellations. Back log in bookings meant I had to go across as foot passenger to get to pet sit in time, with the van following as unaccompanied vehicle at first availableLäs mer
The Old Schoolhouse

Home for the week
The pets, Orkney

Freda the staffi/greyhound cross, Suki the cat and some chooks
Oot n aboot, Orkney

Causeways and standing stones
Stromness, Orkney

Fleeing another gale. Getting across Churchill Barriers before they closed and would then miss ferry. Shitty b&b. Would have been better in van.
Checked out campsite on headland that we all stayed inLäs mer
Hamnavoe back to Scrabster

Hamnavoe still sailing same route. It eas brand new back when we crossed in 2003
Helmsdale

Gales had even lifted tarmac here
Kingussie

Jack and Becky

Into Perth to check out the flat. Visited museum. Spot the feeesh
Kingussie

Dava Mooooooooor

Miles and miles and miles of bog
Nairn

3 elderly springer spaniels, a jackahuahua and an ancient cat. Arrived to learn owners not leaving till tomorrow. They treated me to tour of town and delicious tea but their company was terminallyLäs mer
The spaniels, Nairn

Angus, Fender, Isla, all old, all well behaved and affectionate, fun outside. But things the pet parent omitted from job description...Angus is deaf and pretty incontinent. Thanks folks.
Golum, Nairn

Real name Flora but snorts, squeaks, breathes noisily. Flips between cute and hideous
The beach, Nairn

Great beach looking across Moray Firth
My birthday, Inverness

Escaped the mutts for a few hours to get a meal out at The Mustard Seed, Inverness, converted church. Wonderful - vibrant, cosy with huge log burner, delicious food. So much cheerier than formerLäs mer
Findhorn day trip

Kinross via Kingussie and Kirkmichael

Visit Margot. Visit Elaine, Victoria there which was braw as hadn't seen her for years
Juliet's, Bearsden
