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                <title>Mitchell's Holiday Cottage</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Gardenstown is a gem of a village with pretty painted cottages surrounded by sandstone cliffs and the north sea. Mitchell's Cottage is on main street just a one-minute walk from the atmospheric local pub Garden Arms. The cottage has just been renovated with a superb dining kitchen, working fire in the sitting room for those cosy nights in and a big shower bath to soak in at the end of the day. If you're exploring Scotland don't miss Gardenstown and Mitchell's Cottage.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Dunnottar Castle</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[You want drama? You got it. Dunnottar Castle in Aberdeenshire is about as dramatic as it gets. An ancient ruined castle sitting precariously on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the ragged North Sea - it has been home to some of Scotland's best history, from William Wallace to the siege of Cromwell's army. <br><br>You can explore both inside and out, and then take a run along the coastal path and a peek among the rockpools down on the little beach. A perfect day out for both boys and girls! Also a good spot for budding photographers too - you can't fail to take a great pic here.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Old Aberdeen and Seaton Park</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Found at the northern edge of the<br>city, this community first sprung up around the King's College campus of the university of Aberdeen around the 15th century.  Take a walk along cobbled streets and walk back into time. <br><br>Also in the vicinity is Seaton Park which has a fantastic formal garden and also brilliant walks along the banks of the river Don where seals are commonly seen. You may also spot deer who can often be seen grazing.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Uncle Tom's Cottage, Gardenstown</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Cosy holiday cottage in the beautiful fishing village of Gardenstown, Abderdeenshire. My partner and I enjoyed fabulous food (courtesy of the Harbour Cafe) and wonderful walks along rugged, and unspoilt coastline.  <br><br>Feels like a million miles away, well I guess it is nearly!]]></description>
                
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                <title>French ice cream</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[French ice cream has cream in it. UK ice cream is artificial.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Sandy's</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[To start, it was voted 2nd in the Guardian Top 10 Chippies in the UK. Why? Because it rocks, plain and simple. Have had some good fish &amp; chips in the UK, but nothing beats Sandy's.]]></description>
                
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                <title>National Cycle network</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This weekend just gone, I cycled the National Cycle Network from Aberdeen to Inverness with a young Australian.<br><br>I have lived in Australia and New Zealand and am well aware of how their "life is there to be enjoyed" attitude coming from living in a country<br>on the up contrasts with our own cynical mentality from years of living in a country which in many ways is so much worse than the one I grew up in in the 70s.<br><br>However I realised over the weekend that the National Cycle Network is one of our few chinks of hope.  The Australian was amazed at the work<br>that had gone into the routes we cycled on, the quality of the granite infrastructure on the disused railway tracks that made up our entire<br>first night from Aberdeen to Fraserburgh and the fact that English country lanes are metalled where they would be dust in Australia.  He<br>repeatedly said that nothing like the National Cycle Network exists in Australia. I can definitely say nothing like the network exists in New<br>Zealand either.<br><br>The Moray coast is very unknown and unvisited and rough camping on the shore was not a problem. You can take in Pennan, where Local Hero was filmed, and Findhorn, the hippy community.]]></description>
                
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