TRIP 17 ABERDEENSHIRE - FROM THE SOUTH.
We had booked a couple of nights away for just the two of us when it seemed like Covid restrictions might be sufficiently eased to give us the confidence to just go for it. The chosen area was Aberdeenshire, because we really don't know it that well. The chosen hotel was the Banchory Lodge, because it had good reviews and it was in the right sort of place for us. All was going well until Sharon's father had a health crisis while her mother was staying with her sister. It all got a little messy. The upshot was that we ended up staying at her parents' house for two nights immediately before we were going to Banchory. This whole day and one evening also involved significant cleaning of the house, so we were certainly ready to get going on the trip by the end of that. Day 1 Tuesday 25th May 2021 Given we were not leaving from home, breakfast was our first concern of the day. I had looked at a very good sounding place in Barry, just a few minutes away. However, it turned out to ...