Scotland | TRAVEL
The inspiration behind this trip began with a single photo – a panoramic landscape with three hikers on a broad track that had quite obviously been shot somewhere in the Cairngorms National Park. The walkers were on a plateau and, to their left was a loch, while the path they were treading seemed to be heading off into infinity. The caption below said it was of Loch Brandy in Glen Clova.
Immediately, I knew I had to go there. But how? The problem was it would soon be July and I hadn't had any plans to be in Scotland at that time, not to mention already having another trip to Scotland coming up in mid-August. Frustratingly, I thought there just wouldn't be any time to fit it in.
The problem continued to niggle and niggle and, in the meantime, I tore the page out of the brochure and put in on the top of my to-do file. But still the problem persisted – until a few days later I found myself online booking a 10-day trip and, not long after that, driving off the ferry in Cairnryan!
Less that 24 hours after arriving in Forfar I stood inside my campervan completely soaked from head to toe. Everything had been going quite well – the drive to Clova was uneventful and the tiny walkers’ car park by the bridge almost deserted, aside from one other vehicle. The weather was on the dull side, but also qiuite
