Visiting Garlieston in Dumfries and Galloway

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Ian

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.

Driving to Loch Goil on Scotland’s Wonderful West Coast

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Ian

We drive from the Glasgow area through Loch Lomond side, onto Loch Long and then Loch Goil. Scotland’s west coast is some of our best scenery and today we drove through the old military road due to the A83 undergoing some construction to solve the repeated landslides. We then visited the Boat Shed cafe on Loch Goil.

Enjoying Sunrises and the Milky Way at Garlieston

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Ian

We parked up on the edge of the sea at Garlieston Bay. It’s really nice here and we’ve enjoyed walking along the beach, around the harbour and watching a Heron and Cormorant. We’ve enjoyed spectacular sunrises and saw some of the Milky Way in this dark sky area. There is one pub/restaurant at the Harbour Inn and one cafe at the Hive cafe. Both are good and the people are friendly. Storm Babet created high winds overnight and since Wendy never slept a wink we decided to head home a couple of days early. We plan on returning.

Tour: Milton of Fonab, Pitlochry

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Ian

We had a short trip to the Milton of Fonab Campsite at Pitlochry, on the river Tummel. This is a lovely site with about a 25 minute walk from the site into Pitlochry over the suspension bridge. There’s stuff to do in Pitlochry, with plenty of cafes, restaurants and pubs.

The river Tummel is damned with hydroelectric power and there is a salmon ladder too.

It’s worth a visit here and we plan on returning in the future.

Fishing and Flying Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Scotland

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Ian

We had a wee day tour to Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe in Duncan’s Caddy Maxi campervan, so our Ducato had a day off.

Loch Awe looked like a mirror when we arrived and the scenery is lovely here. Sadly the pike were not biting today but there is some good fishing footage nevertheless.

Tour: Europe 2023 Episode 5 Chamonix, Bonneville, Epernay and Calais

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Ian

Sadly we start to head north in this episode as we start the return trip home.

We stop off at Chamonix where we experience some parking problems, then head North to the lovely aire at Bonneville. We were surprised to see journalist for the Tour de France parking up here.

Then we are off to Epernay for Wendy to buy some Mercier champagne and we park up overnight at an excellent aire. One of the best I’ve stayed at so far.

We then head further north to the aire at Calais and have a nice trip to the beach, and finally we travel on the Eurotunnel, park up overnight at Carlisle and then head to Glasgow. As we cross the Scottish border our normal weather returns!

Fabulous Findhorn on the Moray Coast

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Ian

We returned to Findhorn with two campervans parking up at the aire. This is a beautiful location a couple of minutes walk from the beach, and five minutes walk to the restaurant. We were lucky to see seals in the River Findhorn and dolphins in the Moray Firth – although didn’t capture the dolphins in the video.

Stonehaven by the Sea

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Ian

We spent a few days at the MCC site at Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. This is a nice clean site a few minutes walk from the sea front, and the wardens are very helpful. We met up with some friends and were able to get adjacent pitches.

There is a short sandy beach, with shingle and rocky areas, and a harbour at the opposite end of the beach.

We also took a trip to the Tomnaverie standing stones, to see the salmon jump at the Falls of Feugh, and to see the old nuclear bunker.

There was one day when the wind was not too strong and I flew my drone from the rocks.

You can view a video of the trip here.

Fabulous Findhorn aire in Moray, Scotland

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Ian

We were attending a family wedding so we decided to take our campervan and stay at the Findhorn aire. We were also joined by our son and daughter in our son’s recently converted Caddy Maxi. You’ll have ready previous posts about the conversion if you’ve been following our journey.

The aire at Findhorn is brilliant. It’s clean and modern, with an electronic booking and access system. Everything worked perfectly from arrival to departure.

We arrived late the previous evening and loved the lack of light pollution. This is the view from our van at 10:30 pm. With the correct conditions you can see the Northern Lights. Unfortunately we did not on this occasion.

It’s a few minutes walk from the aire to the beach.

There is a maximum two day stay so the aire was emptying the day we left and provided a good opportunity to capture the Caddy Maxi in the foreground and our Ducato in the background.

Sunrise at Luce Bay and Scotland’s Most Southerly Point

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Ian

The day started well with a beautiful sunrise from our campervan door. I captured some of the sunset from the beach.

Luce Bay – the view from our campervan door

We set off to visit the Mull of Galloway lighthouse and Scotland’s most Southerly point. The weather was great and this is a brilliant drive. Well worth the effort.

On the way back to the campsite we visited the harbour at Port Logan too.

The video below captures some of the drive, Mull of Galloway and Port Logan.

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