May 14 Fraserburgh

In looking at today's drive the night before we were a bit concerned that several of the roads were single lane and may not be that suitable for us so we modified the itinerary a bit.
The day was a meander along the lovely fishing villages of the Moray Coast heading east to Fraserburgh. First stop was Buckie where we filled up with diesel and coffee, followed by Portknockie where we stopped to see Bow Fiddle Rock and then on to Cullen which is a beautiful town with two train viaducts. We had a wander around there for an hour and admired all the beautifully maintained cottages.
We then proceeded to Portsoy, Banff and finally to Fraserburgh. There are very few tourists in this part of Scotland which is their loss but it means that the traffic was light and the driving easy.
We arrived in Fraserburgh and parked in a supermarket carpark to have some lunch before heading along the road to a "Motorhome Aire" which is someone's property where self-contained motorhomes can stay overnight. We met the owner Greg who showed us around and gave us directions into town. Boy could that man talk. We eventually made a beak for it and walked the 3 km or so into town. We opted to give the Scottish Lighthouse Museum a miss even though it is Fraserburgh's main claim to fame and wandered down to the port to find some serious fishing vessels that are obviously very capable of handling the North Sea conditions. From Fraserburgh it is less than 200 miles to Norway.
From there we had a wander around the town and ended up in the pub about 2.30 pm where we had a few beers that turned into a few more beers and then entrees of Popcorn Haggis and Jalapeno Chedder chips. By then it was after 5 pm so we had sticky toffee and custard puddings each and I had a very nice glass of Shiraz.
By then it was time to up anchor and stagger back to the motorhome. Fortunately it was down hill and down wind all the way back.Weiterlesen