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Back to the Castles!
Things were much improved today so this morning we did some shopping in Aberdeen and then headed to Fyvie Castle. To be perfectly honest, we were disappointed. The outside is wonderful. The inside was disappointing. The original castle was built in the 13th century but you aren't given access to the oldest part of the castle. Over the generations, the families have built it up and done modifications ...
Jimmy's coastal walk : day 26
... the latter. I stopped for lunch on the beach at Nairn. West of Nairn I was able to follow the shoreline, along the edge of the golf course, which recently hosted the Curtis Cup when GB and Ireland beat the US for the first time in 16 years. I wished to avoid the long dead-end path along the 4km spit of Whiteness. I went a bit too far and rather than double back I waded across one of the creeks at the landward end of the ...
Jimmy's coastal walk : day 25
... From there the next stage of the walk was along the wide curve of Roseisle beach fringing Burghead Bay. This part of the shoreline is vulnerable to erosion due to the soft nature of the sandy cliff deposits. Showers were now appearing out in the Moray Firth and I wondered how long it would be before my cagoule would have to be extracted from deep in my rucksack. At the end of this sweep of coastline lies Findhorn where the narrow ...
Jimmy's coastal walk : day 24
... 17 miles covered. See the route at http://gb.mapometer.com/walking/route_2 045876.html
I was well ahead of schedule following the longer walk the previous day so I was able to catch a bus from Lossiemouth to Elgin just after 2pm. I immediately caught another to Inverness and this streak of luck continued as I waited only minutes for the final bus to take me to Edinburgh.
A smooth end to three days great walking - sorry Malcolm, no ...
Jimmy's coastal walk : day 23
... close to the sea for the rest of the day.
It is a fascinating coastline of cliffs and a few small sandy coves, with small villages here and there.The first of these which I encountered was Portsoy, renowned for its "Portsoy marble" and Scottish Traditional Boat Festival which takes place near the end of June.
The bay east of Sandend was heavily fortified during World War II fearing an invasion from German-occupied Norway. A ...
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