Eriba Man

  This was a significant trip on a few levels. It was the first trip I'd made since the 'lockdown', it was the first trip since downsizing from the Troll, and it was the first time I'd used a Puck on a CL! It was a 3 night trip. I had originally planned 4 nights, but I had ordered a new awning for the Puck and it was being delivered incredibly quickly and a 27kg box is not the sort of parcel you can expect a neighbour to look after. On the final morning, I repeated one of my favourite walks. This is the beach walk on the Carse of Delnies along the shore to the spit of land at Whiteness Head. A foggy walk, but cooler, thankfully, and very quiet. In fact I was probably walking for over 3 hrs, stopping for a ham piece at the Bothy, and only saw one other person in the distance. Some debris and litter at the bothy. First time I've noticed wild roses in a coastal location? It is a great walk, in fact this entire area offers some of the best dog walking I've come acro...

  This is night No.13/2020 living in my caravan. It's the 3rd night at the CL at Geddes House near Nairn. Another very warm day but now getting very clammy with the forecast thundery showers. A couple of light showers earlier, but nothing serious. A lovely night last night with outstanding sunset. After breakfast, we took the short drive to Nairn to walk around Delnies Wood. Been here many times before, it's adjacent to the Nairn C&CC Site just outside the town. The walk passes the campsite, which has been shut for the remainder of 2020. This was the site where I visited in March days before the lockdown. Changed days indeed. From here, headed along the A96 to Inverness to visit the Go Outdoors shop. All I needed was toilet chemicals, as I hadn't brought enough! I had recently finished a book on Maj Gen Hector MacDonald, and I wanted to visit the memorial his friends put up for him near his old school at Mulbuie. This is close to where he was born and raised in Rootfiel...