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Retired professionals wishing to see a little more of the world at home and abroad Weiterlesen Chandler's Ford, United Kingdom
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    Lochranza

    28. Mai in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    We woke up to another wet morning. We had thought about visiting the R Burns museums in Alloway, but we decided just to press on to Ardrossan to pick up the ferry to Arran.
    We chanced upon an Asda store in Ayr where we picked up bits and pieces before crossing to Arran.
    The ferry crossing was very smooth and running to schedule. We assumed that somewhere ahead of us, as we left the port was Brodick. We could not see the island in the murk.
    As we arrived, the skies lifted a bit, and, on our journey to Locranza, the beauty of the island revealed itself to us.
    All set up by 4 pm, we decided to go for a short walk to stretch our legs a bit. To celebrate our arrival on the island, we thought a beer and wine or two at the hotel would be nice.
    We had a bit of a communication breakdown with the site warden, who was a bit vague about timings and distances. Setting of at 4:10pm we climbed over the fell to Laggan in order to pick up the coastal path north to Fairy Dell beach. This section of the path (5k in length) could best be described as a scramble across a horizontal mountain. The path was barely discernable. There were very few flat grassy sections, and the 5k took us 2 hours to complete. Sheer slog at times (not enjoyable) and extremely challenging. But by this point we had no choice other than to carry on. From Fairy Dell there was a further 3 miles back to Lochranza, and we couldn't face a further mile to the hotel. We arrived back at camp very wet and muddy - due to the wet boggy ground we traversed. On one occasion K stepped into boggy ground and sank to calf level - ugh!!!
    We slept well.    Weiterlesen

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    Walled Garden. Maybole

    27. Mai in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    We spent a lazy morning on the site to enable us to catch up with essential tasks. Karen managed to get some of the laundry dry in between the rain showers. The site tumble drier was also needed though.
    A. caught up with downloading photos from the camera and is hoping sometime soon to be able to post them on these pages. The Internet is not brilliant in these parts.
    In the afternoon, we donned our wet gear once again and went for a walk through the estate to a waterfall. All quite muddy.
    The campsite and surrounding ground are all part of the Kilkerran Estate, owned by the Ferguson family for generations.    Weiterlesen

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    Maybole

    26. Mai in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    We continued our drive north, eventually leaving behind the beautiful Galloway as we moved into Ayrshire.
    Our immediate destination was Culzean Castle, which is perched high on the clifftop above the sea. Here, we joined National Trust for Scotland for access into the castle. Upon checking our passes, we were advised that this membership also gives us access to all the English NT sites as well as a host of others around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Barbados, Bermuda etc, etc the list seemed endless. Happy days.
    We joined a tour around the castle to learn a little bit more about the Kennedy family who apparently made their early fortune smuggling contraband into the caves beneath the castle. (What would Rabbie Burns have to say about that?)
    The castle is very impressive and the grounds enormous. We spent some time walking in the estate and had a good look at the artist work in one of the out buildings. Some of her work did take our fancy.
    Leaving Culzean Castle we continued on to The Walled Garden Campsite near Maybole where we were booked in for a two night stay. A beautiful adult only site fully enclosed by a wall. Apparently it used to be the fruit and vegetable growing area for the Kilkerran estate.    Weiterlesen

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    Girvan Scenic Lookout

    25. Mai in Schottland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    We had planned for another free camp somewhere along the coastline on our way up to the ferry at Ardrossan.
    We stopped off at Portpatrick in the morning. This proved to be a very pretty village centred around the port.
    We parked up at the harbour and enjoyed our walk along the seafront and then completed the walk up the cliff path to view Dunkley Castle. There was an artist showing off her wares in a house near the sea-front as part of the Galloway open studio weekend.
    After that, we drove to Stranraer, where we, first of all, restocked at Lidl and Morrisons.
    We then parked up next to the marina and had a look in the town, which was everything we expected it to be. Its highlight was the old Castle of St John, which is open to view in the centre of the town.
    Stranraer done we headed north to find somewhere quiet for the night. After dismissing a car park at Ballantrae we settled on the Girvan Scenic Viewpoint, a large rest area on the coast road.
    From our vantage point, we were looking directly at the Ailsa Craig, we could see Arran to the north west, the Kintyre Peninsula behind the Ailsa Craig and Northern Ireland to the south west.
    We enjoyed another peaceful night.    Weiterlesen

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    Mull of Galloway

    24. Mai in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Our next stop was the Mull of Galloway, which is the most southerly point one can get to in Scotland.
    Our route there took us through the Rhins of Galloway. We arrived in time for our lunch, which we had early as we had seen a good 6 mile walk to do around the mull and the adjoing peninsular.
    The mull is home to an old lighthouse with support buildings and an RSPB centre, also apparently home to gannets, kittiwakes, razorbills, terns, gulls etc and even some puffin. The scenery on our walk was pretty spectacular. We walked along the cliff tops, looking down on clear waters, and passed through lush green fields. The walk proved to be quite difficult, not because of its difficulty, but due to the very long grass and vegetation along the way which made each step quite difficult at times and our feet very wet.
    We free-camped at the lighthouse overnight, and were joined by travellers from Belgium, Germany, France and the UK in their motorhomes. It was very peaceful.    Weiterlesen

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    Mains of Machermore

    23. Mai in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    We had a look at the area south of the CL site. Driving first to Wigtown, we passed over the river at Newton Stewart. Due to all the rain the river was running quite fast and the weir by the bridge was raging.
    We parked up just outside of Wigtown in a car park next to a memorial. In 1685, two female Covenanters were tied to posts in the adjacent river and drowned. They were not prepared to cast away their religious principles in the face of the movement for the devine right of the Scottish kings and Escopicy. A granite post memorial is reached by a short walk across a boardwalk above the river. The women drowned on the rising tide.
    We then wandered up a short hill into into the town, which is known as the bookshop of Scotland.
    There were bookshops aplenty in the wide square at the centre of the town. We had been told about a quirky one to look out for, which was a bookshop come cafe called Reading Glasses. We popped in for a very pleasant coffee, fruit scone, and tea. We also found a great community recycling store in the town and left with crafty goodies at bargain prices.
    From there, we toured further south to the Isle of Whithorn. Here we parked up in the old town next to the harbour and walked over the man made isthmus to the island. We stopped first of all to have a look at the museum in the dockside church, which told much of the story about the village. A lot of it centred around the sea faring and fishing community.
    An old Chapel dedicated to St Ninian lies on the island. There were short walks around the island, which we completed.
    Leaving here, we drove a few miles along the coast to a remote car park, from where we walked down to a pebble beach. At one end of the beach lay a large cave entrance from which St Ninian allegedly performed some miracles.
    We drove back to base along the scenic coast road A747 to Glenluce, which was pretty.    Weiterlesen

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    Mains of Machermore

    22. Mai in Schottland ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    Leaving our site here, we headed further westward to our destination near Newton Stewart. On our way, we stopped off at Castle Douglas for a look around the town. It was full of independent shops, cafes etc. We had met a couple on our walk to Rockcliffe the previous day who had told K about a great sewing shop that had to be visited. Needless to say, some fabric was purchased from a very friendly shop owner who could not be described as dynamic. We decided to take the scenic route, which took us along the shoreline of Loch Ken. The weather was a bit grim, but the clouds lifted enough for us to get out and have a view along the Loch.
    Our home for two nights was a nice CL site on a farm about 1 mile outside Newton Stewart.
    We set up in the rain, and after lunch, put our wet gear on for a walk into town. It was nice enough with the river running through it. Its main attraction for us was Aldi, where we bought some supplies. We were a bit damp upon returning to the van.    Weiterlesen

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    Kippford View

    21. Mai in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    There may have been a view of Kippford on the site, but we did not see it where we were at the bottom on the lower section. The higher terraces would get the view looking over the valley across the trees to the village of Kippford on the other side of the estuary.
    We were looking forward to completing the Sandhills to Rockcliffe walk, which is a walk along the cliffs in an area that is renowned for its beauty.
    We parked up at the Sandhills campsite car park, a sister site to the one we were staying on. It was right next to the sea and would have been a better option for us. We opted to start the walk east to west due to the tide conditions as we wanted to see the sea arches on the beach at Sandhills in the afternoon when the beach was accessible.
    The 4.5-mile walk to Rockcliffe did not disappoint. The first part took us up from sea level to the highest part of the route at The Torrs. Thereafter, we passed along the cliffs, up and down across the hill tops, with great sea views. There was a slow descent into Rockcliffe village where we enjoyed our picnic overlooking the sea. A Mr Whippy van was nearby in the adjacent car park, which we managed to resist.
    Returning along the cliff tops, we were able to descend onto the beach at High Portling. The tide was going out, and we were able to walk along the rocks and sand to see the natural sea arches and caves in the cliff faces.
    Yellow lichen above the sea high water line reminded us of The Bay of Fires in Tasmania, and the sea arches of Cathedral Beach in Northern Spain. Who needs to travel when it's on our doorstep? We enjoyed the walk immensely.    Weiterlesen

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    Dumfries

    20. Mai in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    We left Redcar early in the morning to head further north into Scotland. We were hoping to reach some warmer weather. As we moved westwards, we left the cold behind and had our breakfast in the van under sunshine in a layby on the A66.
    We arrived in Dumfries late in the morning and managed to find a space in a central car park. We spent a couple of hours looking around the town, which lies on the River Nith. Dumfries was the adopted town of Robbie Burns, Scotland's famous poet and bard. He was one of the local excise agents, which duties he performed alongside his poetry. The town museums cover RB specifically and general local history, and are all staffed by friendly locals who are obviously very proud of their town.
    We visited the oldest house, now a museum on the bridge, the RB information centre, and had a look at the house where RB lived with his wife, now open to visitors. The Globe drinking house, which RB frequented, is closed for business on Mondays.
    Leaving Dumfries we made our way south to our site (for two nights) at Kippford View. We were the only ones staying on the site but the staff were clearly getting things ready for the following bank holiday weekend and school holidays.
    We had time to set ourselves up then set off on a three mile circular walking route along the valley.    Weiterlesen

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    Pickering

    17. Mai in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    We had packed up our motorhome the previous night, ready for an early start in the morning. 6:30am saw us drive off to beat the inevitable Friday tailbacks. It was a good move, for once our journey northwards was free-moving the whole way. With a breakfast stop for coffee and tea at Trowell services we made it into our site at Pickering in early afternoon. We even had time to take the scenic route through South Yorkshire. The site at Westgate Carr Farm was immaculate, and we arrived in glorius sunshine. We were soon set up, so we walked into Pickering mid-afternoon for a look-see and to determine parking availability for the van at the station for the following day. Many of the independent shops in the village were closed for the afternoon, which was a little disappointing. Returning to the site, we walked the on-site dog walk, which took us along a river bank, with the prospect of seeing an otter or two. Not for us though, we don't seem to have the ability to slow down to wait these things out.
    The following day, we parked up in the large NYMR car park and joined Karen's father, Malcolm and Nicola at the station for an afternoon journey along the line to Whitby. It was a glorious day with temperatures in Pickering 20 deg C. The train chugs along the valley, stopping off at numerous places, some made famous in TV drama, serials and feature films. In the sunshine, the scenery was beautiful. When we arrived in Whitby, the town was shrouded in mist, and the old Abbey could barely be seen on the hill above the town. The temperature was 14 deg C. The place was very busy with visitors, as busy as we've ever seen it. We made it as far as Wetherspoons, where we enjoyed a couple of drinks prior to our return trip. The pub was rowdy with many hen weekend groups and others in weird and wonderful outfits. Donald was very pleased to be accosted by a couple of women in the pub on his way out. He was pleased to think that he had still got it at 92!! We wandered along the harbour front where there were many stalls set up selling various crafts and food items.
    We left Pickering in the early evening to drive to Redcar. After a coffee at Roseberry Road we free camped on the stray.
    Sunday was spent with Donald in Redcar, and after an early evening trip to the Redcar Wetherspoons, we free camped, looking at the sea once again. Redcar was sitting under the same cloud as Whitby, the temperature did not rise above 12 deg C, which prompted Donald to put his central heating on.    Weiterlesen

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