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Inverness

River Ness
River Ness

Forres in Bloom

Forres in Bloom

Forres in Bloom

Cake
…and cake

Aviemore

Aviemore

Loch Morlich and the Cairngorm Mountains

Loch Morlich

Loch Morlich and the Cairngorm Mountains

Cairngorm Mountains
Heather

Loch Morlich and the Glenmore Forest
Loch Morlich and the Glenmore Forest

Logie Steading and River Findhorn

Logie Steading and River Findhorn

Scottish thistle
Scottish thistle

Knock Farril

Cromarty Firth from Knock Farril
Cromarty Firth from Knock Farril

Glenurquhart Forest

Glenurquhart Forest
By chance we parked right by the cache

Glenurquhart Forest

Loch Ness

Loch Ness

Yachts in the Caledonian Canal Locks

Yachts in the Caledonian Canal Locks
Just opening the gates

Inverness

It rained hard and then turned into a great summer day!

Inverness

Inverness

Beauly Firth

Beauly Firth
The view at lunch time

Beauly Firth
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Kessock Bridge
The Kessock Bridge

River Cannich

River Cannich

Corrimony Cairn

Corrimony Cairn

Black Rock Gorge

Black Rock Gorge

Evanton Wood and the River Glass

Evanton Wood and the River Glass

Evanton Wood and the River Glass

Evanton Wood

Evanton Wood

The River Glass

Thunder storm at Dingwall Campsite

Thunder storm at Dingwall Campsite
The view from in the car

Invergodon

Invergodon looking away from the docks
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Invergodon looking away from the docks

John o’ Groats and Ness of Duncansby

John o' Groats and Ness of Duncansby

John o' Groats and Ness of Duncansby

Orkney

Orkney

Orkney
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Dingwall Campsite

Dingwall Campsite

We had been camped here for eight nights – so we left our marks! A couple of days of sun and rain should fix it.

MX-5 packed

The MX-5 is not big enough for two to go camping, so we need some extra luggage room. The boot bag fits securely and adds 50l of extra space.

Timber

Red leaf

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Packed

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We are off camping next weekend, straight after the Morecambe match, but I have a very busy week so Jeremy and I have packed the MX-5 today.

The boot bag is packed with the tents and sleeping bags. The space is for my day pack.

The cats are dealt with this year, Sophie is at home to feed them.

MX-5

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Dinner at Lauder Campsite – Scotland ‪@CampAndCaravan

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Dinner at Lauder Campsite - Scotland ‪@CampAndCaravan

I have to be in Edinburgh tomorrow for Jeremy. Because of a project I am heading up for Octagon Technology, the original plan was to break the journey this evening in a hotel. However I managed to complete all my tasks by lunchtime, which meant it was a good excuse to get away from Lincoln early and spend a night at one of my favourite campsites.

Dinner was an upmarket, Japanese “pot noodle”, which was very good, tea and M&S, Lemon and Lime Jaffa Cakes.

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I have been tweaking my lightweight backpacking cooking kit.

lightweight backpacking cooking kit

I have replaced my Alpkit Kraku stove with the latest version. I bought one of the original models when they were released in December 2013 and it has done excellent service, but the o-ring seal became unreliable in September last year. Alpkit sent me some replacement rings but they kept failing – the latest design has a higher valve assembly and a different type of o-ring. So it was time for a new stove.

I have changed my tea-towel for a lightweight pack towel, replaced the battered homemade windshield for another homemade windshield and found an even lighter lid to use as a chopping board.

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