Wonderful day … excellent weather … and I am in good shape. My plan was to actually to go to the FETTERCAIRN DISTILLERY and a little further.
I was one of the last yesterday evening and subsequent one of the last to leave the campsite 🏕️ … only 3 or 4 tents still build up after I left around 09:30.
First I went down Glen Esk for about 15km, initially on the road and after crossing the Esk on a typical path along the river. Before the ROCKS OF SOLITUDE (a picturesque gorge) I crossed it again and then went off the side roads to FETTERCAIRN … nice countryside and no cars at all.
The beautiful looking distillery was supposed to be open … it is clearly tuesday today and that is the day they are open from 10-17 according to the information on the door … I was there around 13:30, but no one was there 🤨
Oh well, so I decided to have a quick snack and coffee at the local “grocer” anc went on to Laurencekirk. Little sad that place … so on and up the hill to the cairn where I made the video below.
Maybe better to go the additional 7km to St. Cyrus and finish the challenge a day earlier. Off I went and had to first deal with electrified fences that I had to circumvent.
And then I reached St. Cyrus after 43 km for the day … have a look at that awesome beach … scotland at its best!!
So last time camping — 11 nights in total, 8 camping, 1 youth hostel, 1 pod, 1 hotel.
And tomorrow a mere 10km to MONTROSE passing by the fruit farm to have a strawberry tart.
After check-in with challenge control I will go to my hotel and later on attend the Challenge Dinner at the PARK HOTEL.
Thursday morning 07:47 train to Edinburgh and then the plane to Germany around noon local time.
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