Scotland #13 – Banchory – Ballater – Braemar – Grantown-on-Spey

Note: 18th August 2012.

We docked in Aberdeen at around 7:30am and were picked up by the car rental company to get our car at their office at 8:30am. By 9:30am, we were heading out of Aberdeen, possibly the grey-est town, due to the almost exclusive use of granite in buildings, I have ever seen.

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Scotland #5 – Stonehaven to Aberdeen to Shetland Islands

I’m on the North Sea right now, on the Northlink Ferry with free wi-fi.

It was a quiet night in Stonehaven and we woke up later than normal. 8, instead of 6am.

We took an easy drive into Aberdeen for more tourist brochures, in particular, a list of B&Bs that we could call along the way. I didn’t want a repeat of last night just driving around aimlessly not knowing where to start.

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