An Amazing Few Days in Scotland

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Wow.

It only seems like five minutes ago since I published my engagement post, but since then The Bloke and I have been busy exploring the incredible sights that this area of Scotland has to offer. We’re staying at Creel Cottage in the coastal village of Johnshaven, and as well as relaxing and enjoying the views and calm atmosphere here, we’ve been able to go and see some things that have been on my Bucket List for a long time. It’s like something from a film set – everything is just beautiful – and the people are open, warm and friendly.

Dunnottar Castle
The view from Dunnottar Castle
The view from Dunnottar Castle
Driftwood huts on St Cyrus beach
The Bloke’s footprints
The waterfall at St Cyrus

Here are just some of the highlights:

  • Dunnottar Castle – Incredible view, a proposal, glorious weather.
  • Eating a beautiful chocolate fondant at the local pub.
  • Witnessing hundreds of nesting birds on the cliff faces at the RSPB sanctuary at Crawton.
  • Walking along St Cyrus beach to visit a waterfall.
  • Photographing Stonehaven harbour.
  • Watching seals basking and swimming about in the sea at Newburgh.
  • Sitting on my favourite spot, on the wall opposite the cottage, looking out to sea every morning and evening.
Stonehaven Harbour
Chocolate fondant
Seal spotting
Kinnaber Viaduct
The view from my favourite spot
My favourite spot

And tomorrow, we’re off to go and harass Steve (Steve Says). After talking to him online for over two years, I’m finally going to meet him in person. I have an image in my head of how it is going to happen – we’ll see each other in the distance and we’ll run towards each other in slow motion while a power ballad from an 80’s band plays in the background, and The Bloke and Greg will cheer us on, with tears of joy in their eyes.

Or it’s going to be an awkward hug in the car park.

Either way, it’s going to be a brilliant ending to a truly life-changing week.

Scotland, travel, tourism

Thank you so much for all of your messages (which I’ve received in the hundreds). I was totally overwhelmed, and if I’m being honest, it’s still not sunk in yet. I’m assuming it’s going to take a while…

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49 thoughts on “An Amazing Few Days in Scotland”

  2. I would love to explore from the south of England to the north of Scotland. Great Britain is the first place I would love to visit if money were no object.

  6. Um, did you forget to mention that you steal a glance at that gorgeous ring, like every other second? Photo the castle, look at the ring, grin at The Bloke. Photo the waterfall, look at the ring, grin at The Bloke. Bite of fondant, look at the ring, grin at The Bloke. Photo the bridge, look at the ring, grin at The Bloke.

    It’s OK – we know. 😀

  8. Meeting a twitter friend is cool, did it last year now have two very dear friends I can rely on, have one still to meet.
    Did Newburgh & the seals shipwreck myself last week with aforementioned twitter friend last Saturday, the sound they make is amazing.
    Haste ye back!

  9. These photo’s are definitely inspiring me to re-visit Scotland which I haven’t been to for many years. Lovely! Hope your meeting goes well with ‘SteveSays’ – haha fab! x

      • When I was about 13, we went to the Isle of Sky – it pretty well rained the whole time- we were camping but we did lots of laughing despite the weather! About 10 years ago we had a lovely trip caravanning near Loch Lomond and visited Edinburgh and Glasgow… We keep saying we’ll go back to Scotland but never quite make it.. xx

      • We did have a lovely week at Loch Lomond – the sun was shining all week and we weren’t even plagued by the midges which we’d been expecting. Definitely one for the list.. x

  10. Sounds absolutely wonderful! And yay! you get to meet Steve! I imagine ‘I wanna know what love is’ playing as you run towards each other, arms outstretched 😀

  12. I am incredibly happy for you and The Bloke, and wish the two of you nothing but this best!! And wow, the sights sounds amazing, and are proven beautiful by the photos. Thank you for sharing!

  14. Looks like you’re in my neck of the woods. I was at the Fowlsheugh nature reserve on Monday. It’s the seabird breeding season at the moment, and so we saw puffins, fulmars, kittiwakes, guillemots, razorbills, and more. Even saw some dolphins, and gannets flying past.

    • We were there on Tuesday! Actually, we were supposed to go there on the Monday, but we overshot the turning to Crawston and just continued onto the castle, thinking we would go on the way back, but then got a bit overwhelmed after he proposed. We regretted not going on Monday, because the weather was much windier on Tuesday. we totally missed the puffins too – we didn’t walk far enough!

  15. Wow! I’m so jealous. I’d love to go to Scotland, most particular to Islay where I had ancestors. Such an exciting place to come from. I am related to the Laphroaig Whiskey distillers and Donald Johnston who drowned in a vat of Scotch. What a way to die!!
    My jealousy is tempered however by our trip up to Queensland.
    xx Rowena

    • Ooh that’s really interesting! Have you done much research on it? What’s the story with the vat of scotch (I can think of less pleasant ways to go). I’ve always wanted to go to Queensland…

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