Chas and Katrina "Never stop exploring": Aberdeen to Edinburgh

Having made our way through Aberdeen we headed down the coast to the camp site marked on the map at Cove Bay. After much looking around and asking we established that there was actually no camp there. This was the first time the maps had let us down. No trouble we thought. We will just get a hotel for the night. The first big hotel we found was fully booked but the girl rang around and eventually after some anxious moments found us a room at the Cove Bay Hotel- our first night in a bed since we left the hotel in Colchester. Making our way down the coast we passed through the town of Stonehaven, where we walked up to the remains of the Dunnotter castle, which is built right out on the coast. All these towns were old fishing villages with protected harbours still used today. Approaching Dundee we banged into Colin who was a local cyclist who helped us negotiate our way through the city. He also took us to see Captain Robert Scott's ship 'Discovery' which was built in Dundee and visited Port Chalmers on the way to the Southern Ocean. We decided that we didn't want the hassle with all the traffic coming into Edinburgh so we caught the train the last few kms into the central city. We were lucky to have somewhere to stay, as it is right in the middle of the internationally famous Edinburh Festival and Military Tattoo and accomodation is almost impossible. Chas' friend Trevor, rang an old friend in Edinburgh and she has put us up for three nights, which has been wonderful. Without it we would have to have caught the train straight through Edinburgh and out the other side without stopping. More on Edinburgh in the next post.