{"id":3535,"date":"2017-03-19T09:18:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T09:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=3535"},"modified":"2017-03-19T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T09:20:22","slug":"trying-out-the-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=3535","title":{"rendered":"Trying out the van"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Trying out the van\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9719.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=3535\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>Maisie our grandaughter was excited when she saw our new motorhome.\u00a0 What better way to try it out than go for a picnic to Collieston beach.\u00a0\u00a0 She loved sitting at the table in the van as we made our way there, delighted that her booster seat let he see quite clearly out of the side window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9719.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3544\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9719.jpg 667w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9719-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9719-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lunch was great, but the sun was out and the sand was calling.\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think we have been here at low tide in the sunshine before.\u00a0We have been more used to stones than sand. \u00a0Maisie loved it, running on the sand with the dogs, climbing up the rocks with granny, drawing and writing in the sand, and of course climbing up to the\u00a0look-out point where you could clearly see the multi-storey flats in Aberdeen on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9717.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3543\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9717.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9717.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9717-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9717-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9717-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9712.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-3542\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9712.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9712.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9712-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9712-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9712-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9709-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-3541\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9709-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9709-Edit-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9709-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9709-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9709-Edit-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9708.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3546\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9708.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9708-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9708-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9708-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9708-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3545\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9705.jpg 667w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9705-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_9705-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.23.01-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3540\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.23.01-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.23.01-Copy.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.23.01-Copy-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.23.01-Copy-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.23.01-Copy-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.21.59.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3538\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.21.59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.21.59.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.21.59-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.21.59-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-18-13.21.59-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>A great trip in the van.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maisie our grandaughter was excited when she saw our new motorhome.\u00a0 What better way to try it out than go for a picnic to Collieston beach.\u00a0\u00a0 She loved sitting at the table in the van as we made our way there, delighted that her booster seat let he see quite clearly out of the 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