The weather appeared to be settled for a couple of days so we took off to bimble around the local Moray coast, no point in avoiding the local beauty... On Thursday 5th March we checked out Portsoy, a previous favourite location when caravaning with the kids when they were younger; the council camp site was always perfect for them, plenty of space, sea to paddle in and fish, proximity of harbour & pub (with log fire), and decent fish & chips. We drove along the links past the campsite, which may still have been shut for winter, the LU was still available, but the Salmon Bothy had put a car park next to it, and although the Bothy was not open yet, it was full of cars; so we didn't fancy stopping there. We pushed on to Sands End, another previous favourite with the Caravan, at least the noisy fish machinery appeared to be gone, but there was a height barrier that prevented using the small car park; it would be possible to park up near the old harbour area, but we didn't want to upset any locals on such a beautiful day, so we drove on to Banff to try out CU Banff. A couple of cars were there when we arrived but it soon emptied, and we pitched for the night enjoying the evening sun going down behind us and clocked up
03/03 for 2020.
Excellent public toilet facilities at the Harbour, open 8am-4pm; no chemical disposal notices due to local sewage system, but indications of council supplied disposal access at the campsite near Boyndie, and a drive over grid for grey water disposal for £8.
On Friday we took in Duff House and a huge scone & coffee at their tea room before setting off to Cullen to spend the night there after getting Chinese food at our favourite take away by the viaduct there, and watching for dolphins down by the coast.
We did venture out for a walk along the sand beach to Portknockie and back before we picked up our food, so we were pretty ravenous, however when I put the blowers on to the clear the windscreen of the Chinese steam/mist, I discovered that our fan was only blowing on max, the first 3 heater positions were not working; a classic resistor pack fault. I decided that since we were only about 20 miles from home, the weather was forecast to change on Saturday, and I wanted to watch the rugby, plus fix the heater issue, we just headed home rather than stay the night at Cullen.
Examination of the the wiring and resistor pack the next day indicated that my wife may have been stuffing things under the glove box, which may have dislodged the wiring connector; a cheap fix for a change...
and 
van which was there till well gone 7 in the evening. It was very popular with the locals.
