Bank Holiday Monday was the end of our holiday and time to start back home. The initial part of our journey was a cycle ride from Midmar to Aberdeen. It was another nice day as we set off. Initially, we passed through Comers, retracing part of the route we had taken a few days previously. We finally reached Echt and it was at this point that our route started to differ. When we had cycled to Midmar we had gone…
Saturday was a good day for a walk – the Braemar Circular Walk via Lions Head. We parked in the car park next to Braemar Castle. We didn’t go to the castle but picked up the footpath on the opposite side of the road, as short distance away. As we were following the road to get to the start of the footpath, we spotted a dragon fly on the floor. The footpath initially followed the road heading away from Braemar…
For Coast and Castles North Day 5 we woke up on a Thursday morning to a very different day – the sun was shining! Having had breakfast we left our bags at the hotel and set off back to Dunnottar Castle. The views on the way back there were great! We could never have guessed the previous night. We arrived at Dunnottar Castle, parked up our bikes and went for a look around. As we were leaving Dunnottar Castle, there…
This Coast and Castles North itinerary outlines our late summer tour for 2017. As usual, we will be touring with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club – Andy S and Andy S again, the same friends who joined us on our Scottish C2C and Way of the Roses 2017 tours. We will also be joined by tour ‘newbie’ John. The Coast and Castles North route follows on from our Coast and Castles South tour, and begins in the…
Sarah and I finally arrived in Midmar early Friday evening following our time in Fife. Midmar, is not too far from Aberdeen. More specifically it is the location of Clive and Sally’s home Ordiefork. We are always given a warm welcome and look forward to our stay here, as can be seen from our previous posts – Ordiefork & Ordiefork – The Return. Saturday Unfortunately, everything wasn’t going to plan. Sally works in Germany during the week and her flight…
