THE KIDS have everyone up early and we have bacon and sausage rolls at Matty’s while we wait for the rain to pass.

As soon as it;s dry we make our way to the ‘den’ for the Turriff Show – the biggest annual event of its type in the local and regional calendar. As well as farm animals, machinery and the like, there’s stuff for all the family.

The kids have a whale of a time and we also catch some live music and a motorcycle stunt rider. There’s loads of food trucks around and the ‘ghillies meal’ – venison burger with brie and redcurrant jelly –I choose for lunch is amazing.

It’s after 6pm when we get back to Matty’s, say cheerio to everyone and drive back down the road stopping in Dundee for some shopping bits. Been a grand weekend.