28 August 2021 Grantown on Spey
Cycling to Nethy Bridge misty and cold to start with for a lovely coffee and cake (naughty Maureen) noticed an event on it was the C2C charity walk / run / cycle from Aviemore to Lossiemouth passing through Granton on Spey. Walkabout this afternoon to look at the market in town and a late evening walk. Spotted this sign on the upper toilet block on the campsite HOW TRUE (Creep Creep xxx)
The Toadstools are large here.
27 August 2021 Grantown on Spey
A new cycle rout today some friends told us about a BBC program about 2 girls near us that ran a farm (Lynbreck Croft) so we planed our cycle rout to pass it then carried on to our usual coffee stop at Nethy Bridge and back to the site 18 miles a great cycle in mist to start with then sunny for the rest of the day. One of the best cycles ever we loved it.
26 August 2021 Grantown on Spey
Decided to have an easy day today so we had an early morning walk down to the river Spey. Managed to get a picture of the spiders webs we mentioned yesterday and a lovely stone again this time of some deer.
In the afternoon we did the same walk again but this time took in the Grantown East railway station to look at the dining car and the miniature railway. A lazy night taking in the sun.
Some young people having a great adventure camping by boat.
25 August 2021 Grantown on Sprey
Cycle day yet again this morning we decided to extend our cycle to take in Broomhill station and Boat of Garten station and we were lucky enough to arrive just 10 mins before the train arrive. And we also managed a lovely coffee in Nethy Bridge Maureen also getting herself a lovely bacon butty.
Out for 4 hours it was also lovely to see all the spiders webs in the grass as there was a slight dampness that managed to make them stand out thousands of them. Walkies into town just to keeps the legs moving.
24 August 2021 Inverness / Grantown on Spey
Cycled into Inverness again this morning for some food shopping at M&S then unhooked and drove to Tesco for some more shopping and fuel then drove down to Grantown on Spey. We were supposed to be in Aviemore BUT !!!! (Rothiemurchus Camp & Caravan Park) had a look at Trip advisor and managed to make sense of the email they sent. Small campers without facilities and tents have access to toilet facilities but motorhomes and caravans with own facilities have no access to toilets showers or washing up facilities. Managed to get the last available pitch at Grantown on Spey and when we arrived they remembered us and we managed to get upgraded to a Super pitch Wow how jammy. Had a walk down through the woods past the painted stones and spotted a couple we liked a good day again.
23 August 2021 Inverness
Cycle this morning down to Inverness and across the islands to the caledonian canal it’s good to get a picture at this end as we usually get the Fort William end.
While cycling across the islands over The River Ness WOW WOW WOW we saw Nessie! How lucky picture below for all you disbelievers (Click Image for BIG)
22 August 2021 Inverness
Cycling again today we found a really good route into town lots of exploring visited the marina then into town along the banks of the river Ness.
Starbucks for coffee then called into Marks and Spencer’s for a new shirt. Noticed this stack of Logs in a yard.
Back to the site for lunch and some washing then an afternoon cycle to The Clava stones and The Cumberland’s Stone then back to the site.
There was a big cycle race on today and we saw the riders coming in after 68 miles round Loch Ness (Etape Loch Ness 2021) A lot were stopping on the campsite and some left at 0445 in the morning.
21 August 21, 2021 Inverness
Cycle again today this time into Inverness for a walkabout interesting although not a big place. Good for cycling again bit of rain but it is so warm my shorts started to dry as soon as it eased up.
20 August 2021 Inverness
Up early as usual and away for our 25 mile cycle to Fort George. On the way through a little village called Croy we noticed a policeman with a speed gun luckily we were just under 30 mph !
Called in to a lovely little cemetery in the middle of nowhere on the way back.
We then turned into The Culloden battlefield visitor center just passed the Cumberland Stone, had a much needed coffee then back to the site for shower and lunch.
19 August 2021 Inverness
Had a walkabout first thing this morning and a lovely coffee this town serves the best coffee ever worth coming for. A good drive up to Inverness stopping for some shopping in town then a rest afternoon. This campsite has personal rooms and a barbeque house that you can rent.
A funny thing just happened on the site a young sheep was been chased round the site by a few people and I did manage to inform them that it should be on a lead it was so funny.