Scotland 2023
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Friday 28th April 2023
Woke to rain again, we are leaving today to join the Adria rally at North Berwick, near to Edinburgh. We left and drove to the Morrisons at Dumbarton and stocked up the food and fuel supplies. Left around 11.30am and hit traffic congestion at Glasgow and Edinburgh. Arrived...
Sunday 23rd April 2023
Lazy morning, took our time over coffee and toast. We are leaving site today and after packing up we set off for Loch Lomond at 11am. Weather has changed and today is grey with some light mizzle. Lovely drive through open moorland with mountains all around us. Stopped for...
Glencoe
Tuesday 18th April 2023
We left the site on Skye around 9.15am for our next site in Glencoe. Stopped off to refuel before we drove over the Skye bridge to continue on our journey. Stopped for a coffee at the site of the Battle of Glen Shiel...
Thursday 13th April 2023
Damp and grey start to the day. We left Loch Ness at 9am and had a fairly long drive to the aisle of Skye. Stopped off for coffee and a snack on the way then drove over the Skye bridge onto Skye. We are on the northern side of Skye so had a little more driving until we...
Tuesday (11/04/23) we left the Cairngorms heading to Loch Ness Shores CCC site.
We went via Inverness to get some provisions and refuel, we then came down the east side of Loch Ness calling in at Castle Urquhart and Fort Augustus, before coming back up the west side of Loch Ness to our campsite...
We decided to base ourselves at the Glenmore campsite for 4 days to explore this area, walk and cycle.
On Good Friday (07/04/23) we cycled uphill to the Cairngorms Funicular mountain railway base camp (4.5 miles), where we took the railway ride up to the top. It was a glorious sunny day with...
Today we left Carr’s Hill, Falkirk and made our way up to Glenmore campsite, Cairngorms for the Easter period.
The campsite is next to Loch Molichy, it is quite a large site and looks full.
After lunch we had an explore of the site and surrounding area.
Saw our first Red Squirrel 🐿️ of the trip...
Today we headed into Stirling.
Parked at the Springkerse park and ride for free. Bus ride into Stirling town centre was also free. 😀
It was a bit of a damp day, some light drizzle which became heavier as the day went on.
So we went to the Stirling Old Town Jail and did the guided tour. Our tour...
From Carr’s Hill campsite we drove to the Helix park and parked up for the day free of charge.
Firstly, we walked to the Kelpies took a load of photos and paid for a guided tour taking you inside the horses head ( really good).
Back to the van for coffee and cake, then decided to cycle to the...
Today we have made it to Scotland. Staying on a small peaceful campsite attached to a farm called ‘Carrs Hill’.
Located between Stirling and Falkirk, which we intend visiting over the next few days.
Left home 🏡 at 0920hrs Sunday , 2nd April.
Excellent trip up to Two Oaks CS Wrightington, Lancashire. Nothing to report on the journey, just one stop to stretch the legs arriving at 1300hrs.
Campsite is about 5 mins from the M6, quiet and secluded, lovely site.
After lunch we wandered up the...
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