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Category: Scotland
Every entry filed here, newest first: the places, the meals, and the small mishaps that go with them.
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The Stones Remember: A Walk Up to Auchindoun
A walk up to the roofless tower of Auchindoun Castle in Speyside, where the light is gorgeous, the ramparts are ancient, and the history,…
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In Praise of Plain Places: Finding Beauty near Keith
Some places don’t announce themselves. On an ordinary morning near Keith in Moray, we found that the plainest corners of Scotland reward anyone willing…
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Campervan Parking in Keith: The Quiet Economics of a Warm Welcome
Finding easy campervan parking in Keith, Scotland, and why a big, welcoming space brings outside money into small Moray towns. Practical notes from the…
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Vanlife Laundry Day: Everything Clean at Once in Forres, Scotland
How laundry really works when home is a van: where to go, what it costs, and the unexpected joy of everything you own being…
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Findhorn Beach: Sunset Walks and a Motorhome Stopover on the Moray Coast
Staying by the beach at Findhorn, Scotland, a lazy Moray village with a motorhome stopover a short walk from the sand, and a deserted…
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A Quiet Harbour on the NC500: An Overnight at Latheronwheel
Finding a quiet harbour to overnight on the NC500: Latheronwheel, on the Caithness coast, where fifty fishing boats once worked and now it is…
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Two Rainy Weeks in Orkney: Standing Stones, Native Beasts, and the Churchill Barriers
It rained at some point every single day for two weeks in Orkney, and it never once mattered. The people, the livestock, and a…
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Orkney Beach Walks: The Quiet Luxury of Living This Way
Long, empty Orkney beaches walked at the pace of the tide, and why living in a van, rather than holidaying in one, is what…
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Meeting the Locals on Orkney, Even When the Locals Are Cattle
Parked by the old ferry port on Orkney’s Mainland, the locals who came to say hello were a herd of cattle across the road:…
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Tides at Philorth: Standing Proof We Live on a Spinning Ball
At Philorth Beach near Fraserburgh, the tide is quiet proof that we live on a spinning ball in space, all that water lifted twice…