The word Stunning is going to be used a lot in this blog this season so be warned. But more of that later.

Before we left Chirk we had one more visit to the ironworks centre. Some reasons for the visit were, it’s great down there with the sculptures changing so there is always something new to see. They have a great cafe down there for our lunch. Good food is always a bonus. And we also wanted to drop off some clothes and bedding because they are collecting clothes for Ukraine.

We sort our clothes out regularly and take them to a charity shop. Correction when I said we I meant Nikki sorts her clothes out regularly because she has a higher turnover of new clothes.

The sculpture park was as good as ever, lunch was as good as ever and the staff were grateful for our old clothes and bedding which was all washed and clean I will add. Hopefully the people in Ukraine will benefit from them.

We also had one more night out at the bridge inn with Becky and Simon. The bridge inn is famous for their burgers and once again we were not disappointed. The walk home was needed after the food and beer and believe it or not I could not eat all my food.

We packed the camper up and left on the 6th March heading for Meathop fell campsite in the Lake District. This was to break the journey up on the way to Scotland. The site is only about 15 minutes from the M6 so we were not really going out of our way much.

I left in the camper and Nikki in the car. It was a lovely sunny day and the journey was good apart from one bit on the motorway where a crash held me up for about 20 minutes. Nikki avoided it luckily. She doesn’t follow me we just meet at the destination.

Meathop fell is a lovely site with great views of rolling fields and hills and with the sun coming up over the hills I was keen to get some photos the next morning.

About ten miles away from the site is a motor museum. Rather than sit around all day we decided to visit that and then come back to site via Grange over sands. The museum was really interesting having a good selection of cars, bikes and pushbikes and of course lots of motoring memorabilia. Looking around you start to remember things you had or saw when growing up. Did I say growing up. What I meant for me was getting older.

After having a good look around we headed to Grange over sands to wander around while the sun was out. It’s on the edge of the estuary so the view is nice. Some really nice old buildings and a lovely little garden with a bench to sit on and ponder.

Time to leave Meathop on Friday and head for Scotland. I left the site at 8.30 and stopped ten minutes down the road to top up with fuel and then got on the M6 and my sat nav said 139 miles until I turn off left which would not be the final destination just another motorway to get me around Glasgow.

The roads were very quiet and the scenery was stunning. There’s that word creeping in. Nikki had made me a sandwich and gave me strict instructions to stop and eat on the way because it’s a long way.

I was merrily driving along doing 55/60 mph and didn’t see the point in stopping unless I needed a pee break or fuel. As I had topped up with fuel and was planning on stopping for fuel about five miles from our destination and didn’t feel the need for a pee I just carried on driving.

After going around the outskirts of Glasgow and heading northwards the scenery was starting to change. I was turning off the M80 at junction 10 onto the A84 heading towards Callander and on to Killin the final destination.

This last leg was 35 miles of pot holed, winding, bendy road and took an hour but the scenery was Stunning. I wanted to stop so many time to get photos but nowhere to stop with a 30ft camper. The mountains had snow on top, the lochs looked cold and grey.

Anyone driving the other way must have thought who is that nutter grinning from ear to ear. But I was so happy being in Scotland. I had wanted to come to Scotland for years and here I was.

Sorry about the lack of photos but you will get some stunning shots of mountains etc over the next six months I promise. The fuel station I had earmarked to refuel before getting on site was very rustic to say the least with a courtyard that looked like it had been bombed. Full of potholes and it’s an unmanned full station so card only.

Now me and modern technology don’t get on too well but I pulled in anyway. Luckily there was a guy filling up so I asked him what to do. In a broad Scottish accent he said just put your card in and answer all the questions then fuel up. I can do that and I did manage it. I also had a pee so I could tell Nikki I did stop.

Only five miles to get to Killin and I was greeted by our friends David and Elaine who run the site a mile down the road from our site. We are staying on this site with them for the weekend to catch up and recover from the drive. We both feel washed out. Luckily the rugby has been on so made me stay in and watch that.

Yesterday morning we had a walk down into Killin and to the other end of the village to see the famous Falls of Dochart which is where the river goes under the bridge. It looked stunning and is even better after heavy rain.

There is a pub right next to the bridge but we resisted going in but we will be back to sample the beer and food soon. The other side of the river is a lovely old mill with mountains behind.

We stopped of in a cafe on the way back to try the produce which was good. An old church made of tin is also in the village which was built in 1876 and is still used.

So that’s us up to date. We had a quick look at our site on Friday and we have a lot of work to do but it’s so nice and very rustic and wildlife friendly. We will go up there tomorrow and get ourselves set up and ready for the season. We are both very excited about being in this STUNNING area.