Category Archives: Campsites

Parked Up at Glorious Glenmore in the Snowy Cairngorms

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We’re parked up at glorious Glenmore campsite in the Cairngorms for a few days. This is our first visit to this site, situated around Loch Morlich. It’s a straightforward drive north on the A9 and then about 10-15 minutes on the B5912 from Aviemore, passed Coylum Bridge. The campsite staff were friendly and helpful at check in.

We arrived in the sun with a light covering of snow. A storm was forecast and the weather did get blustery and cold with more snowfall. The setting of the campsite is really nice with many forest walks, bike tracks and walks around Loch Morlich itself. The Cairngorms are a short drive from the campsite and at this time of year it is very popular with skiers and serious hikers.

The Pine Marten Bar is adjacent to the campsite for drinks and food. The staff are friendly and seating is limited so turn up and wait for a table. The visitor centre and cafe are opposite the campsite across the road, with the reindeer centre a little further along the road.

There is also watersports on Loch Morlich (closed when we were here) and a sandy beach around the loch. It is easy to spend time walking/cycling through the forest and around the loch. There are many tracks and paths.

I also came across activity of beavers whilst walking along the river bank!

There is no public Wi-Fi on the site and we both had a very limited cell service, if any at all. So for us, Starlink was essential and this worked well.

Our pitch was right on the edge of the forest with the loch only a few minutes walk from our van.

I am looking forward to returning to Glenmore. I think it will be equally nice in the summer.

Park Ups at Bury CAMC, LadyWharf Boatyard and Lyons Boatyard

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We have a campervan convoy travelling south with park ups at Bury CAMC, Lady Wharf boatyard and Lyons boatyard. The first few days are reserved for sorting out any teething troubles with the newly converted Peugeot Boxer campervan and then we have park ups at the two boatyards. We haven’t parked up the campervans at boatyards before and I’ll be happy to do so again. Secure sites and friendly people made these park ups enjoyable.

We also spent a couple of nights at Great Orton and travelled to Bowness on Solway for a walk along the beach and to visit the end of Hadrian’s wall.

Parked Up at Bury CAMC Site

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We spent a few days at the CAMC site in Bury, near Manchester. This is a nice site with a pub immediately outside the barrier and a cafe a couple of minutes walk down the hill. There’s a large grass area busy with people relaxing and walking dogs and nice walks along the river Irwell.

There’s also a train track at the rear of the campsite with steam trains running back and forth. It’s a nice well laid out and maintained site.

Exploring Roses, Spain

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We’ve headed sixty miles north up the coast to Camping Rodas in Roses, near Girona. This is another lovely beach resort with the campsite about a 15 minutes walk from the town sea front. Camping Rodas is a large well organised campsite. There’s both a Carrefour market and a Lidl within walking distance of the site too. The beach area nearest the campsite has a few bars and restaurants with mostly large hotels. The other end of the beach has more restaurants, bars and beach bars around the marina. The beach looked lovely although dogs aren’t allowed on it at this time of year so we didn’t use it. There are cycle lanes along the boardwalk although there are some warning signs prohibiting cycling in certain locations and apparently the police do fine cyclists for breaking the rules. We hired a boat here and enjoyed sailing around. The people at Boats Mediterrani were extremely helpful, and were happy to speak English. This is our last stop in Spain before heading north through France.

Investigating Lloret De Mar, Spain

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Lloret De Mar is the most southerly point of our trip. We are staying on a campsite at Camping Blau/Lloret Blau. This is a 10-15 minute walk from the beach. It’s a nice campsite with most pitches surrounded by trees. Our Starlink was partly obstructed as a result, but we still got good reception. There is a lovely well kept beach here, with many beach bars and restaurants to choose from. The larger hotels are typically at the southern end of the beach up the hill. There’s a castle at the northern end with lovely views over the cliff onto the crystal clear waters.

Outstanding Medieval Carcassonne, France

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We spent two days at Carcassonne in France, exploring the medieval village and the new town area. The medieval village is spectacular. There’s lots to see and do inside the walled village. We couldn’t book the aire so booked the adjacent campsite. This is ideally located, just a short cycle from Carcassonne itself.

Tread The Globe Event, Southport and the Sir Anthony Gormley Statues

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We’ve been following Marianne and Chris from Tread The Globe on YouTube for a long time and we attended the Dekafok charity event in Telford. This was a great event and we met lots of like minded lovely people. We then headed North, parking up at Southport CAMC and visited the Sir Anthony Gormley statues on Formby beach.

Visiting Garlieston in Dumfries and Galloway

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Garlieston CAMC in Dumfries and Galloway campsite is a lovely site right next to the sea on Garlieston bay, with the harbour a few minutes walk from the site. There is one pub/restaurant (The Harbour Inn) and one cafe (The Hive) on the main street. There is one small shop in the local petrol station, ten minutes away from the main street, so if you plan to cook your dinners then stock up before your arrive. It’s a nice place for a relaxing break.

Europe 2024 La Rochelle, Mont Saint Michel, Le Crotoy and Calais

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In this video we leave Ile De Re heading North with four more park ups along the way. We have an overnight park up in the aire at La Rochelle and a wee tour of La Rochelle itself – what a beautiful place. We then spend a couple of days at the stunning Mont Saint Michel campsite and then stay over at an aire in Le Crotoy. We are staying at the second aire next to the harbour that we haven’t been to before. Our final park up in France is the aire at Calais. Whilst we are parked up we have several e-bike tours along the way too.

Europe 2024: Ile De Re, France Coast to Coast

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Episode 2 of our European tour travels coast to coast across Ile De Re staying at three different campsites across the island and touring in between on our MiRider e-bikes. This is a lovey place with many cycle tracks to explore. Our touring spans Loix, Saint Martin De Re, La Flotte, Saint Marie De Re, Rivedoux Plage – starting in the North West corner and travelling to the South East corner. It’s well worth visiting here.