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Day: 193

Towns / Cities Visited: 127

Countries Visited: 23

Steps Taken Today: 8,194

Steps Taken Around the World: 3,185,332

We awoke refreshed from a sleep in the luxury of a king sized bed for the first time in a long time. Our morning only got better when we were greeted in the kitchen by our amazing AirBNB host, Raymond, wielding a spatula and cooking up a full Scottish breakfast for us, and the older couple staying in the other room, who just happened to be up this way looking to buy a house in the area. One delicious meal and a friendly conversation later, and we were in high spirits as we packed our things into our car, bid farewell, and trundled off down the road to continue our adventure once more.

We had planned today to simply be a travel day, as we made the long journey from Thrumster, down the east coast to Aberdeen, but as we still had our Explorer Pass, we decided to make a couple of stops at some of the heritage sites along the way, to break up the drive. Three hours in, and we were finally arriving in the town of Elgin. After a short walk we reached our destination; Elgin Cathedral. Now don’t go thinking this is just another typical old house of God, it is rather, one of the most hauntingly beautiful ruined churches we had come across thus far.

Elgin Cathedral was established in 1224, but the church fell victim to fire in 1270 and 1390, which resulted in the site being extended and enlarged during each…