Today is our last day with George as we transit from Elgin to Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. Our morning takes us along the North Sea coast and its quaint fishing coastal fishing villages. We drove through Cullen, Gardenstown, and Pennan. All at one time were quite prominent fishing centers but mostly just residences now. None had…
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Today is a tour of the Speyside whisky region. It’s an early pickup (again). The Speyside Cooperage is on our ‘must see’ list and the only time we could tour is at 9:00. The cooperage is only one of a few left in Scotland. Here they build and repair casks using traditional hand methods. These…
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We checked out of ‘The Albatross B&B’ in the historic Elms building in Dornoch. We’ve got a new driver today – ‘George’ from ACD. ACD is Craig Donald’s company. Craig carried the boys around this part of the planet in 2018 and was good fun. George is a lovely old chap – quite reserved at…
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Not much on the schedule for today excepting some wandering around lovely Dornoch. Don and Joyce head out early while Mary and I try to catch up with our very tardy blog. We’ve been in quite a few places with marginal (if any) WIFI which has really slowed down our progress. Oh well. Mid-morning Mary…
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