Stonehaven by the Sea

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We spent a few days at the MCC site at Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. This is a nice clean site a few minutes walk from the sea front, and the wardens are very helpful. We met up with some friends and were able to get adjacent pitches.

There is a short sandy beach, with shingle and rocky areas, and a harbour at the opposite end of the beach.

We also took a trip to the Tomnaverie standing stones, to see the salmon jump at the Falls of Feugh, and to see the old nuclear bunker.

There was one day when the wind was not too strong and I flew my drone from the rocks.

You can view a video of the trip here.

Fabulous Findhorn aire in Moray, Scotland

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We were attending a family wedding so we decided to take our campervan and stay at the Findhorn aire. We were also joined by our son and daughter in our son’s recently converted Caddy Maxi. You’ll have ready previous posts about the conversion if you’ve been following our journey.

The aire at Findhorn is brilliant. It’s clean and modern, with an electronic booking and access system. Everything worked perfectly from arrival to departure.

We arrived late the previous evening and loved the lack of light pollution. This is the view from our van at 10:30 pm. With the correct conditions you can see the Northern Lights. Unfortunately we did not on this occasion.

It’s a few minutes walk from the aire to the beach.

There is a maximum two day stay so the aire was emptying the day we left and provided a good opportunity to capture the Caddy Maxi in the foreground and our Ducato in the background.

Tardinghen aire

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We were looking for a stop over near the Eurotunnel which we had not stayed at before when Wendy found Tardinghen aire. This is a working farm with a small number of tiered pitches over looking the sea and other pitches in a field area behind the barn.

Facilities are basic with fresh water, waste water disposal and chemical toilet disposal. This suits us as we try and be self sufficient. There is also electric hook up available at some pitches.

The farmer is very friendly and collects the fee in cash in the evening.

St Valery sur Somme aire

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On our way back north we have been revisiting several places we stayed at in 2014. The next is the aire at St Valery sur Somme. It’s a very tidy aire with automated barriers. I did not take a photo of the aire, only the weather as it has changed significantly from the glorious 40°C.

It’s rain and 20°C now.

The town of St Valery sur Somme is about a 15 minute walk from the aire. It’s lovely and well worth the walk.

It is a little steep as you approach the town. The historical memorabilia shows this street has changed very little over its history.

Jumieges on the Seinne

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We continued to travel North and stopped at Jumieges. We are returning from our previous visit on 2014. There is a short ferry crossing across the Seine, with the campsite being only 5-10 minutes drive from the slipway.

The weather has been fabulous this whole trip and it peaked at 40C. This was really too hot for Max, so Wendy wrapped him in a cold water blanket and put a fan in from of him. He was cool and comfortable whilst we were roasting hot.

With very high temperatures we tried to keep a shaded area for Max.

I tool advantage of the hot temperature and peeled off the “Free Time” graphics on our van. We have been planning to create our own logo, so I’ll need to do this now.

The pitches here are large and are enclosed with hedges so they are quite private. This is a quiet site.