Dreaming of days when we could travel. We realised

Dreaming of days when we could travel. We realised we never finished posting photos from our Scotland roadtrip from back in September! We've really been slacking on here lately... it's kinda hard to post about van stuff when the van (and us 😂) has been locked away for months on end.

Anyway, this was from a quick stop at Eilean Donan Castle. I wanted to see it for so long and the plan was to get the ferry from Mallaig to Skye, roadtrip Skye and then pass it on the way back, but the ferries were fully booked so we got to see it twice! We didn't go in the Castle, but we had a little walk around and got some lunch. Their little takeaway cafe is SO good! Shane got fish and chips and i got their cullen skink which I've been dreaming about ever since haha!

We brought it out of storage last month to work on it over Christmas and it's basically in pieces now 😂 hopefully we can get away in March if the restrictions are lifted. We'll see. How's everyone getting on?

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How was this almost 3 months ago? I realised we ne

How was this almost 3 months ago? I realised we never finished sharing photos from our Scotland roadtrip! We still have the vlogs to edit too, though knowing us we'll get that done in a couple years 😅

One of my favourite moments from the trip was finally seeing the Jacobite steam train pass over the Glenfinnan viaduct. Or if you love Harry Potter, you'll know it as the Hogwarts Express.

I've been here a few times before and i think me and Shane stopped here for some photos years ago, but we've never actually stayed to watch the train pass so I'm glad we finally ticked that off!

We woke up in our layby parking spot on the edge of Loch Eilt early that morning to sunny skies, and as we drove just 5 minutes down the road to the carpark we drove into super thick fog. We hung around chatting to our parkup neighbours from the night before until we could finally pay and head off to grab our spot on the mountainside to get the shots. It was amazing! And with our luck, the moment the train passed, the fog cleared and the sun was shining 🤣 Then we headed to the loch and monument and the other viewpoint before continuing on the road again!

Tips for visiting:
* Get there super early, we arrived at 9am, and it was already half full.
* The train passes at 10.30am and it's about a 15 minute walk to the viewing point.
* There's only one carpark despite what park4night says. The other ones all have boulders blocking entry now, so parking was crazy while they're expanding the carpark.
* Take a tripod. It was a lot slower than i expected it to be!

Have you been? What did you think?

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The van is out of storage this weekend ready to do

The van is out of storage this weekend ready to do some work on it! We're changing a few things - mostly the door and drawer fronts, but we're also debating on swapping our refillable LPG bottle to an underslung tank giving us more cupboard room, which means we might have to rebuild our sink area. I hinted at just ripping the entire van out and starting again so i can finally get rid of the carpet on the walls 🤣 and put proper insulation in the floor.

What are your plans this weekend? Are you doing any work on your van in the last weekend of lockdown?

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One of my favourite views from Scotland back in Se

One of my favourite views from Scotland back in September. We pulled up in our (layby) parking spot for the night with everywhere else full and i sat in the van while Shane checked it out (he likes to scope the place out when we arrive and i just wait in the van incase he gets kidnapped or something haha). He got talking to another couple parked further along and wheni finally came out the van i was in awe of the sunset! So so beautiful!

Who else is counting down the days till lockdown is over? Do you think it will be lifted on the 2nd?

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We didn't have all the amazing campspots we imagin

We didn't have all the amazing campspots we imagined we would in Scotland, but this one was pretty amazing. The only downside was that it was literally a layby by the side of the road. Everywhere was full and so we took what we could get, but we couldn't complain with views like this. We even saw the Jacobite Steam Train pass by in the evening which was a nice surprise!

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After our morning hiking at Steall Falls we headed

After our morning hiking at Steall Falls we headed over to the Corpach shipwreck. The boat is actually called The MV Dayspring but as it washed up on the shore of Loch Linnhe at Corpach, it's more famously known as the Corpach Wreck.

The old fishing vessel broke free of its chains at it's mooring in a bad storm in December 2011 and ran aground and has been left there ever since. I found it fascinating that it was actually bought in 2008 by a couple and converted into a home. They were on holiday while the storm hit and the coastguard helped it safely to shore.

We arrived just before the tide started coming in, and at certain times you can walk all around the boat, and at others you can't even walk up to it due to the tide. Definitely worth a visit if you're near Fort William!

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How grim is the weather today? Shane was hoping to

How grim is the weather today? Shane was hoping to do some major changes to the van today, but sadly the weather is just too wet and windy so it's gone back to it's second home at the storage yard for now.

We've decided to finally change out all of our drawer rollers to lovely soft close drawers, so shane did that last weekend and was going to change our cabinet doors from magnetic inset ones to proper soft close doors like you get in a home and I'm so excited. Hopefully that will help both the drawers and doors from flying off while we're driving. I can't evem count how many times the toilet door has gone flying off 😂

What are you up to this weekend?

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Steall Falls - you might recognise it from the Har

Steall Falls - you might recognise it from the Harry Potter movies, especially the Goblet of Fire where they compete against dragons in the first round of the Triwizard Tournament in the background, and it's also the backdrop to the quidditch field.

I visited with my parents years ago before it was in the films and was so excited when it popped up that we'd been there 😂 so as we were in Fort William and it's stunning, i just had to take Shane there.

The walk up isn't the best, and if you're in a van we definitely don't recommend parking at the top carpark as there's a 3T weight limit and it's tiny (it was sooo full when we walked up and cars were struggling to turn around and park).

We parked at the bottom carpark and walked up which took about 20-30 minutes extra each way, then once you're through the top carpark it gets a little iffy, with some parts climbing over rocks and through tiny waterfalls for another 40 or so minutes, but it's worth it for the view at the top 😍 have you been before?

Missing sunny warm days in the van, being able to

Missing sunny warm days in the van, being able to throw open the back doors for some fresh air. These fly mesh curtains were a life saver in Scotland! They didn't keep the midges out, but it did make it harder for them to get in.

We had quite a few questions about them, so we popped a link in our bio - they're in our Amazon shop, under Van Accessories for anyone interested 😊

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