Monthly Archives: July 2019

Day 72, 30th July 2019, Scotland Day 6 Orkney Skara Brae, Ring of Brodgar, Ness of Brodgar, Maeshowe and The Stones of Stenness.

Posted on 31/07/2019 by Greg

It’s Deb driving day. ?? On the road at 9am to explore the past, up to about 5000 years past. The Orkneys seem to be a bit like Adelaide – everything seems to be about 30 mins away (make that … Continue reading →

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Day 71, 29th July 2019, Scotland Day 5, Invergordon to Orkney via The Highlands, Scrabster and a ferry.

Posted on 30/07/2019 by Greg

First thing we sorted a tour on Orkney so things worked together a bit more, then we hit the road north. We called into Dunrobin Castle for a photo and kept driving. It had been raining almost from the start … Continue reading →

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Day 70, 28TH July 2019, Scotland Day 4, Aberdeen to Invergordon via The Clava Cairns, the Battlefield of Culloden, Moray Firth and Inverness

Posted on 29/07/2019 by Greg

We decided to have a castle free day today, so a good part of our morning was the drive up into the Scottish Highlands (see my trivia note at the very end of this blog) and visit some different old … Continue reading →

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Day 69 27 July 2019 Scotland Day 3 St Andrews to Aberdeen via Dundee, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, Stonehaven and Dunnotter Castle

Posted on 28/07/2019 by Greg

We enjoyed a sleep in this morning, both of us got about 8hrs sleep which was good. We were on the road heading northeast around 9am. It is Saturday, so the roads in St Andrews were quiet. Our day started … Continue reading →

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Day 68, 26 July 2019, Scotland Day 2, Edinburgh to St Andrews via the Firth of Forth, Elie, Anstruther and Falkland

Posted on 27/07/2019 by Greg

We left our hotel and picked up our hire car, a Citroen Cactus and were on the road heading north about 9am. We drove across the Firth of Forth and after missing a turn off, got back on track and … Continue reading →

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Day 67 25 July 2019 Reykjavik Iceland to Edinburgh Scotland

Posted on 26/07/2019 by Greg

We were picked up at 9:20am and were sitting in the airport by 10:30am waiting for our 12:20pm flight.  Flight got away at 13:20, it was late getting in. The crew are Scottish and I am finding them hard to … Continue reading →

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Day 66, 24th July 2019, our last day. Exploring the western coast of Iceland on our way to Reykjavik

Posted on 25/07/2019 by Deborah

We surprised ourselves and got away at 8am and headed towards Sauoarkrokur to see the Icelandic horses.  They are a great looking small horse, we have enjoyed seeing them all over Iceland.   Number of Views :1799

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Day 65, 23rd July 2019, Exploring northern Iceland, Godafoss, Akureyri, Christmas house, Siglufjordur, Hofsstaðir

Posted on 24/07/2019 by Deborah

We were all packed up and ready to go by 8.30am this morning.  Was 8C, the air had a bit of a chill to it.  We headed half an hour away to Godafoss – waterfall of the Gods. It is divided into … Continue reading →

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Day 64, 22nd July 2019, the Diamond loop, heading north and escaping the rain. A waterfall, canyon walk, puffins, a walk along the cliff tops and a fishing harbour.

Posted on 23/07/2019 by Deborah

We washed our underwear overnight on the coldest night, 7C, since we have been here ?it was still a long way from dry this morning so we brought it along with us. Have it laid out in the car and the … Continue reading →

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Day 63, 21st of July 2019, East Iceland to Myvatn via Djupivogur, Faskruosfjorour & Myvatn Nature Baths

Posted on 22/07/2019 by Deborah

Left at 8am, we have a lot of driving today.  Filled up with diesel, not long after, it started raining quite heavily.  And it got heavier ? We went through our first tunnel here, 11/2 km long. Number of Views :1581

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