We walked from the van today. We started a circular walk first by heading towards the Vat which gives Burn o'Vat its name. However we weren't aware at the time that you had to clamber over some rocks to get into it, so we missed it on the way out.
The path climbed steadily upwards through the forest, then into more open heather moorland.
It then went down the other side to Loch Kinord, which we circumnavigated.
At the far side was a nature trail with a nice boardwalk section.
We got back to the visitor's centre, then added on another bit so we could return to the Vat. We first went up to a viewpoint.
Then to get to the Vat you have to clamber through a narrow fissure in the rock across the river.
The Vat is a large pothole created by glacial meltwater at the end of the last Ice Age. It's quite impressive.
We drove off and headed further east, stopping in Aboyne to post some letters. We then got to the campsite where we'd prebooked for 2 nights, Feughside.
When we checked in the owner told us there's a chip van that comes round at 7.30pm every Friday. We quickly decided that was going to be dinner tonight.
The site is fine with everything we need. Most of the area is static caravans. It's quite quiet though, not full.
We had showers, and later had fish suppers from the van. They were very good.
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