Continuing with the Scottish September tour

 After Melrose we headed up to North Berwick, we visited last year and enjoyed ourselves so much that we decided that a return visit was necessary, Finding ourselves arriving too early to book  onto the campsite, we followed the directions for the air museum, expecting a small collection to look at and help us pass the time.

How wrong we were, this is a place that definitely need more time to explore the multiple builds and also to revisit the café ( excellent soup)

The National Museum of Flight houses more than 50 aircraft located on the site of the UKs best preserved second world war airfield, far more than we could see in the time that we had allowed.

                                                     Concorde, slightly more unusual angle.

Not the easiest place to take photos due to the close proximity of the planes but I tried my best.

I wouldn't like to work on this engine !!

A retired Red Arrow.

                               A nod to the history of the airfield, more to explore next time.

The other hall had so many planes so close together with spot lights that it became difficult to capture a whole plane but the detail on some was worth recording.

 We look forward to making a return visit next time we are around the east coast.

Changing colours of Skye

 Some random photos of the landscape

Our home for the week, we have stayed here before and it has a wonderful view to enjoy as you  drink your morning coffee .

                    The view from the back, a little frosty but the weather have been glorious

and the neighbours are a little inquisitive,

Its been a wonderful week, catching up with friends and recharging our batteries,

Sea, Skye and seals

 A lazy day after the drive up, we managed a trip down to Staffin slipway maybe a couple of miles from where we are staying. I had seen a few posts about seals being around on facebook and wanted to have a look at them and the new slipway works,

We have walked along here many times over the years, sat eating sandwiches or just watching the sea,  There are dinosaur footprints on the beach usually people walking round in circles trying to find them but not today as the tided was in and tide island is quiet as most places are still shut for winter.

One of the original boat huts still stands and I noticed some cute characters attached to the door,

The sheep were unimpressed.

Glimpses from the roadside

 On Thursday we loaded the car, charged up my camera and headed north. The weather was cold, damp and a little miserable as we headed through Glencoe, over the bridge and on to Fort William.

Overnighted in Fort William, excellent be, lousy breakfast but delighted to sea the sun shinning and fresh snow on the tops.

After a slow drive up the twisty roads we spied our destination, or at least the bridge leading to it.

I'm back, to be honest I've been back for a week

 Well just over a week but I've been busy washing , sorting, cleaning out the van ready for next time and spinning.

We went on a road trip at the end of August for a few weeks. Started in our favourite seaside town of Bridlington and wandered off into the Scottish borders.

Bridlington was busy with holiday makers, sunny and warm.

The model village reopened this year so we walked down from the campsite and wandered round with our quiz sheets hunting for characters and buildings.

Full of anticipation, we packed up the van and moved north to Gretna, the next day it simply poured with rain. The van turned into a damp hovel with steaming clothes haha. The weather improved a day later so we set off to explore, Ian to the Devils porridge museum about 1st Word War munitions factory and myself into the village.

Next stop was Jedborough, famous for its abbey.  Interesting campsite, long and thin with a track through it to the football pitches, early evenings could be lethal as parents picked up their youngsters from practise and totally ignored the 5mph signs.

Gentle walk into town by the river, small cafes and shops and a hill topped by the old jail.

We usually stay for three nights on each site unless the weather is too bad to travel so it was on to North Berwick next, what did I just say about the weather?

and the fog was to stay with us for a few days.

Finally, it cleared :-)

We both enjoyed being at North Berwick, we even stayed an extra night but that was due to the 55mph winds more than anything else.

Pretty place, friendly people and I did find some fibre type stuff but that's for a separate post.

Then it was off to Berwick on Tweed to visit a favourite book shop.

This was our last prebooked campsite so it was almost sticking a pin in the map for our next stop which turned out to be Bellingham which deserves its own post soon :-)

Back in Yorkshire, a quick stop at Leyburn, no photos as my camera battery failed then back to Bridlington where it all began.

Four weeks, nine campsite, around 900 miles and we are now booking the next one :-)