Travel – Page 93 – Clive's Blog

Dingwall

18 August 2012 / Camping, Photography, Travel / Aviemore, Dingwall, Photos 2012, Scotland, tea

Following a phone call from the site warden at Dingwall Campsite we were up early at Aviemore, cleaned and packed up and got to Dingwall Campsite before 10am. It is 11.30am, sunny, and the tent is up and sorted out.

I have got the Crusader Stove on to make tea, updating the blog and listening to the noise from the football stadium!

The reason for getting here early and the noise is that Ross County Football Club is now in the Scottish Premier League and is playing Celtic at home today – this means road closures around the stadium which shares the road with the campsite. We were early but I was still challenged by two stewards (nicely) before I got to the site. With the Celtic fans arriving early the road is now closed. Hence the phone call from the warden to advise us to get here early or later.

As you can see from the Memory Map screen shot it is close – the marker is very accurate for where I am sitting writing this.

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Sunny Again

17 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / Photos 2012, Scotland

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Aviemore

17 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / Aviemore, Photos 2012, Scotland, tea

We walked into Aviemore to get some presents and walked out along the steam railway to look at the trains.

The rain and clouds make for some good views across to the mountains.

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Rain

17 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / Photos 2012, Scotland

It is still nice enough to sit on the patio for breakfast (on my own as Jeremy is still in bed), but it is grey and raining this morning.

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Inverness

16 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / IT Support for Lincolnshire, Octagon Technology, Photos 2012, Scotland

Jeremy’s boots fell apart yesterday so we made a trip into Inverness to get him some replacements – that done we went to Jimmy Chung’s for lunch. We went to the Edinburgh restaurant last year and it was excellent – this one was just as good and this restaurant had a great view of the river.

Inverness

…and I fixed a problem for client this afternoon – using Octagon Technology’s mobile and cloud computing solutions.

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Walking to Glenmore

15 August 2012 / Photography, Travel, Walking / Photos 2012, Scotland, walking

The weather was fine today so Jeremy and I set off to the “Squirrel Cafe”, following the Old Logging Trail.

When we got to the Squirrel Cafe – it would have been rude not to have gone in.

Squirrel Cafe = Glenmore Shop and Cafe.

The shop is built on a steep slope so the cafe, at the back of the shop overlooks the forest. The owners put out bird and squirrel food so there are always lots off birds to see and most times red squirrels, but not today.