We set off around ten days ago and spent the first week in and around Durham before heading further north into the wild blue yonder. For anyone who has never been around the Durham area - it's a place to visit with beautiful scenery and lots of tea shops and cafe's with home baked scones and quiches. We stopped at the caravan club sites at Richmond (I know that's North Yorks), Barnard Castle, Durham and then went on to a 'UK Campsites' site in Consett - this was where the rain set in and it poured and poured. We headed off for Jedburgh the next morning and stayed on a farm site near Kellso - this little town is a place to re-visit - it's pretty, has nice shops and a castle - will probably call for a longer look on the way back down. From there we headed up to Lochearnhead a little to the west of Stirling. This was a CL site on the trout farm and right on the shores of Loch Earn. It was a nice sight but it lacked the amenities of local walks as the mountain sides were so high - the place was a haven for watersports and fishing - neither of which we wanted to do. The next morning we set off for Oban - what a wonderful setting just up from Oban itself the sight overlooking the loch - it was idyllic to wake up in a morning and gaze across the loch / firth. Oban was easy to get to by local transport so we hopeed on a bus to discover the delights of the town. We stayed two nights in Oban but the second day it rained without stopping the whole of the time - even so we went out for long walks and got soaked to the skin. Invested in overtrousers and a rainhat.
Moved up to Fort William for the following night - weather starting to clear up and we're now just about ready to move off to the Bridge of Shiel - opposite the Isle of Skye.
Stay posted for the next installment
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