Travel Blogs from Stonehaven, United Kingdom
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Dunnotar Castle
... , and grabbed a wrap from Marks&Spencer for lunch later. I caught the 10:55 train and with slight delays arrived in Stonehaven at about 1:40. I was expecting a long walk to the castle, so I was worried that I wouldn't have too much time ...
Scotland's East Coast
... !!! Checked out 'the golf course’ before heading further along the coast road – yet even more beautiful scenery and into Stonehaven for the night. Our B&B is about miles out of town and really is ‘in the middle of ...
Stonehaven
... nice, as Jude, our first boat, was a Moody 33 and it was pleasant to chat to Mark, the owner, and swap notes. Stonehaven is a pretty little town, spoiled in our opinion, by the unwillingness of the local council to empty their litter bins. The last ...
Jimmy's coastal walk: Day 17
Another cloudless day. The early haar in Aberdeen burned away quickly. Mary kindly gave me a lift back to Newtonhill where I'd finished the previous evening. Unlike Day 16 today's walk was to take me mainly along cliff top paths with a few ...
Stonehaven New Year
... Year's Eve party. We gave them a call when we got back to find there was a change of plan and they were going to Stonehaven, a small fishing town about 13 miles south, to watch the fireballs. As neither of us had been before we were looking forward to ...
Edinburgh to Stonehaven
... cold and rainy day today, but still had a great time sightseeing. Went to 4 castles on our way from Edinburgh to Stonehaven: Huntingtower Castle, Glamis Castle, Edzell Castle and Dunottar Castle. We did a tour of fairytale Glamis Castle, which was ...
Purple Hills
... stunning Dunnottar Castle. Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a precipitous rocky headland, just south of Stonehaven. A beautiful location. It's surviving buildings date back to the 15th century, but it has been a fortress since ...
Word Entry: Stonehaven
... it immediately shot up to give great views of the small village nestled in a cove below. We met an older man and woman from Stonehaven who were nice enough to take our picture. They talked about the town a little and pointed out where they lived. ...
Rovine a picco sul mare
Questa fermata non era prevista nel tour, ma è stato bello raggiungere la scogliera e guardare il castello di Dunnottar - anche se non c'era tempo per visitare le rovine. Le rocce erano molto alte, tra l'erba c'erano i conigli selvatici e in ...
Wild Wild West
... before retiring for our morning flights. The next day, I was off to Edinburgh and Maya to Warsaw. Now, here I sit in Stonehaven in the Highlands getting ready for a day of castles and Scottish beauty. After 3 days in Edinburgh, it's nice to ...
Getting Ready
OK, day before we leave, getting everything ready. Gonna be a busy day. Mike still working so he has it EASY. Bags to find laptop to charge clothes to fold tickets to print ...
A Castle to Remember!
... was just as stunning as the first time I saw it as an 18 year old girl. We then headed to the village of Stonehaven and I remembered being there with my brother-in law Peter and sitting around the beach while Peter and his friends took their kayaks ...
Dunnottar Castle!
... it drizzles, then it stops and your good to go. It was drizzling in Dundee this morning but by the time I arrived to Stonehaven, gone. In the tour book it did say to visit this castle "on a fine day". It did turn out to be a ...
At Last, Some Sun
I made it back to Stonehaven today. Amazingly, the sun was out in full force, a complete contrast from yesterday. I walked along the North Sea for a bit, enjoying a Cornish pasty, and then made the roughly three-mile hike up to Dunnottar Castle, also ...
Rocky Stonehaven
... rainy welcome I got yesterday in Aberdeen. We walked through Seaton Park again this morning and then took the bus to Stonehaven, a quaint little Scottish town (craig claims it is a town rather than a village) with little shops and the classic cobblestone ...
Monument & Walk along Cliffs
photos One of the more dangerous approaches to the castle. Much safer if you go by car ...
Dead Writers Don't Wear Plaid (Kilts)
... -Wendy." Anyway. Enough fangirl nonsense. By this time it was dark, so we drove up the A90 highway to our night's destination, Stonehaven. This is a tiny oceanside town with lots of B&Bs, so we settled in at a pub for dinner, and are currently ...
Stoning and Stoned [not like that..] in Stonehaven
Again, another small random entry. Woo! Went down to Stovehaven, the nearest town south of Aberdeen, for a few hours just for kicks with two mates from uni, Seb and Kirsten. Kirsten had to run a few errands there so hell, why not? After a quickie look ...
Dunnotar Castle
On the way back - stopped back at Dunnotar for some more photos. Really like the setting of this castle. These pictures from the ...
Rained Out
... was overcast, but not yet raining, and in our haste we each forgot to grab an umbrella. By the time we arrived in Stonehaven it was raining pretty steadily. The walk from the train station to the city center only lasted about fifteen minutes, but by the ...
Aberdeen, Stonehaven and sleeper train
May 14 After going to tourist information for a map and some information we caught a bus to Stonehaven. We walked down to the beach and walked to the harbour where we were told we would find the trail to Dunnottar Castle. The coastal walk was very nice ...
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