Big Moon Coffee House

And so we walked to the town centre – not a long walk at all, which you would know if you’d ever been to Stonehaven, but long enough for our appetites to warm up for a brew, so we set ourselves a mission to find a decent coffee shop.

Rocksalt & Snails

I quickly directed my steps towards St Swithin Street and the familiar-sounding Rocksalt & Snalils. In fact, the place I visited in Edinburgh was called simply Rocksalt, and sold very nice sandwiches, but not great coffee.

The Monkey House

Faced with the prospect of ending up at one of the high street chains – since time constraints forced me and my companion that day to agree a location on Aberdeen’s Union Street – The Monkey House suddenly became a somewhat desirable location.