Skelbo

At midday we left Fortrose. We'd enjoyed staying there, but as everyday we wished the weather had been warmer and more settled. The cold is starting to wear us down. But we know we're not alone, everyone we meet along the way feels the same way. We are waiting to move back across to the West Coast, but the weather over there is appalling, with snow forecast today. We will probably slowly start moving across tomorrow, as from Sunday conditions looks a little better.

Today our drive took us up past the Cromarty Firth where redundant  oil rigs and platforms stood ghost like in the gloom. Our chosen overnight stop a little further on turned out to be a no. Checking on search for sites Angela realized we were near to Skelbo where we've stayed twice before and where you can seal watch from your vehicle.

There is one other van here, a beautiful VW T25/T3 Synchro Vanagon. We talked awhile with the couple, from Canada, before cooking our evening meal and settling down for the night. The sun made an appearance, and the wind dropped, but we know a heatwave is not about to arrive anytime soon. Sadly.