THE KIDS, of course, have us up at the crack of dawn – no bad thing as we wanna get on the road from Doune to Turriff via Dundee early doors.

Will gets back from night shift just after 7am And we manage to get the cr packed with stuff and the kids to meet Catriona and Mikey in Dundee for a breakfast rendezvous. I wanna get Mikey’s new iPhone sorted for him.

We say cheerio to Mikey, head north and get to Matty’s in Turriff early afternoon.

It’s a beautiful sunny day. We take the kids to a nearby play park then rake a drive to Banff where we have a really good meal sitting outside at the Banff Springs Hotel.

Next, a wee drive further to Port Soy where the kids paddle in the sea and jump the waves, then ice cream, then back to Turriff.