Having been on the phone early for work and the weather looking wet and grey, I decided to walk the local paths around Lauder.
Eventually the rain sent me back for coffee and then back to the campsite.
A damp tent
The San Francisco 49ers on a wet Monday afternoon
We headed north today – all the way north.
John o’ Groats
John o’ Groats harbour
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We walked out along the coast, leaving the tourist area behind. There were even two caches along our route – the most northerly mainland caches.
Ness of Duncansby
Duncansby Head
John o’ Groats from Ness of Duncansby
Wick
We stopped here mainly to eat, but we also visited the “shortest street”
Ebenezer Place was built in 1883 and measures only 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) long. It has only one address: No 1.
It was also the location of our last geocache of this holiday.
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These are the locks leading to the Loch.
It was a walking trip around Inverness today, looking for geocaches. We found one that we had searched for with no success last year – it was a camouflaged cache, actually in plain sight.
Today’s picnic
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We drove to Glenurquhart Forest using the A833, rather than via Inverness, as the day was good enough to get the hood down on the MX-5 and it is a much more exciting drive.
Once there it was a great place to walk, have our lunch, brew some tea and we scored several caches as well.
We did drive back along Loch Ness.
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We got out walking today and so we did not waste the good weather we stayed local.
We decided to use geocaching to plan the route so the first stop was Tollie Red Kites – where we did see Red Kites and a weasel.
Tollie Red Kites
a grainy photo of the weasel
We also drove out to Knock Farril – a site of an ancient hill fort.
The view from Knock Farril
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The weather was so good that we got the hood down on the MX-5.
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Alex and I walked a circular route today, from Southrey using both The Viking Way and The Water Rail Way.
We stopped along the way to brew some fresh coffee, scored a geocache that I could not find last time I passed it and got a couple of good photos.
Public art at Southrey
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Sunday
Walking out form the campsite.
A murder of crows
Hill Fort and Settlement
Monday
Tuesday
After the snow I went into a snowless Edinburgh.
Wednesday
Lauder Common
Because of an afternoon conference call for a client, I only had time for a short morning walk.
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There was a convenient bench up in the hills for a tea break.
I had packed my titanium meths stove for this trip – my Alpkit gas stove o-ring seal has been giving me some problems. It was completely still, when I came to make some tea later in the evening, so I sat at the picnic table and brewed up.
Thursday
Lauder
And a “VR”.
I spent a showery afternoon, in the car, drinking tea and watching videos on my iPhone.
Friday – on the way to Lincoln!
Jedburgh Abbey
A68 South of the Border
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