Up and car packed before breakfast which we had at Ocean View as there were no suitable paces we knew of on the way!
Away at 0930 ish deciding to call at a viewpoint overlooking the three bridges over the Forth so put that postcode in the sat-nav expecting it to take us via Aberdeen?
Obviously and I am so pleased to say that there being a major hold up in the Aberdeen area the sat-nav had other plans for us!
Firstly I was mystified as to why it turned us onto the A97 Huntley road so we had a conflab and decided there must be a reason for this so followed instructions and went via Huntley and Lumsden (sorry Timothy for those old enough) Then it turned us onto the A944 via Bellabeg and into the Grampian Mountains, from here on the scenery just got better and better!
We followed the A944 until we were turned onto the very lovely B976 which is a single track road with passing places.
Imagine our surprise and delight on coming to the end of this road at seeing a RED SQUIRREL cross the road in front of us and paused for us to get a good look before vanishing up a tree.
We then turned onto the A93 following this all the way to Perth via Braemar, Spittal of Glenshee which is big skiing country seeing another Red Squirrel crossing the road on the way to which I remarked to Sue, "If that had been a grey I would have put my foot down to hit it" and I meant it!
Shortly after this we stopped for a cuppa and cake lunch at Cray pottery tea rooms called "Wee House of Glenshee" where they had the strangest sign in the toilet and I quote, "Please do not flush anything except toilet paper down the toilet. Please use the bin provided. Thank you"!! Of course with my literal mind I imagined the bin to become pretty full very quickly as it was very small! Ha Ha Ha!
Following continually on the A93 until we reached Perth, skirting the outside to get onto the M90 and her it gets boring as it then started to rain quite heavily.
Alas this meant we would not be stopping for photos so on we went around Dunfermline and over the Queensferry Bridge for the first time as I had been over the Forth Road Bridge when up here in 2004 and picking up the A720 Edinburgh ring road, crawling, until we came off on the A68 at Oxton then the A697/B6456 to Duns/B6460 zigzagging on different roads until we reached our home for the next week in West St. Norham.
Unpacked and off to Tesco for supplies.
Sue came out with a face like thunder as they did not have a cooked chicken that she had planned for meals for the next couple of days. In fact she was so cross that several other things we required were forgotten!LOL.
Back for curry and rice for tea and a quiet evening watching strictly.
Away at 0930 ish deciding to call at a viewpoint overlooking the three bridges over the Forth so put that postcode in the sat-nav expecting it to take us via Aberdeen?
Obviously and I am so pleased to say that there being a major hold up in the Aberdeen area the sat-nav had other plans for us!
Firstly I was mystified as to why it turned us onto the A97 Huntley road so we had a conflab and decided there must be a reason for this so followed instructions and went via Huntley and Lumsden (sorry Timothy for those old enough) Then it turned us onto the A944 via Bellabeg and into the Grampian Mountains, from here on the scenery just got better and better!
We followed the A944 until we were turned onto the very lovely B976 which is a single track road with passing places.
Imagine our surprise and delight on coming to the end of this road at seeing a RED SQUIRREL cross the road in front of us and paused for us to get a good look before vanishing up a tree.
We then turned onto the A93 following this all the way to Perth via Braemar, Spittal of Glenshee which is big skiing country seeing another Red Squirrel crossing the road on the way to which I remarked to Sue, "If that had been a grey I would have put my foot down to hit it" and I meant it!
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| Just about all we got to see of the Forth Rail Bridge! |
Unpacked and off to Tesco for supplies.
Sue came out with a face like thunder as they did not have a cooked chicken that she had planned for meals for the next couple of days. In fact she was so cross that several other things we required were forgotten!LOL.
Back for curry and rice for tea and a quiet evening watching strictly.
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