After leaving Collieston Harbour we headed to the Seal beach to spot some seals, we heard it was the largest colony of seals in the UK but at this time we only spotted 4 – Nature Reserve ( we actually tucked the motorhome up in the car park behind the golf club, directed by one of the locals as we drove down, no one questioned or bothered us as we were not too long)
We then headed to Craighead to empty, refill, shower and chill for the day.
Good Hardstanding pitches with grass surrounds
£25 a night for Pitch, showers, toilets, washing facilities (coin operated), fresh water, CDP, very quiet site with lovely owners, would definitely visit again if in the area.
We stopped here for one night after a short drive from Strone Hill CP, the road to the site is a single track road with passing places, the site is situated on a hill with Hardstanding and grass pitches some with views some blocked by trees.
£25 per night gets you hot powerful showers, clean toilets, washing rooms and external washing up areas, shop, WiFi, CDP, fresh water and drive over grey waste drain.
The site needs a little updating, the Hardstanding pitches have better views than the grass pitches which is a shame.
You will need levellers here, even with our auto levelling system we were at the limits on the front to get almost flat.
It’s so nice to be out in the motorhome again, the weather is nice, the sun is shining and it looks good for the weekend.
We are at Holiday Resort Unity @ Brean, not normally our kind of site but its very nice, quiet and we are tucked out the way in the yellow field, onsite there is entertainment, food, (Chinese, Indian, Fish & Chips ).
The pitches are hard standing with plenty of room, electric, water and grey waste at the pitch.
Toilets and showers seem roomy and clean, it seems a lovely site.
We left the cragg nice and early to head into Ullapool, there is a large free car park behind Tesco, also note there is a laundry service available on the right as you pull into the car park and well worth a visit to get all that washing done.
We headed into town to get a coffee and a wander with a view to stop at the SeaFood Shack for lunch, they open at 12 and by 11:30 had started queuing, we joined them at around 11:45 and they opened promptly at 12.
I ordered the haddock wrap for my wife and 6 langoustines for myself, while I was ordering Karen found the pop up Gin booth and had a taster.
We stopped at Ardmair Point Caravan & Camping park, £27.50 for the night, hard standing, EHU, Showers, Toilets, Washing up and CDP, amazing views across the water.
We got up early to head down to the lighthouse for a spot of dolphin watching, we witnessed a few pairs breaking the service and a seal bobbing around but nothing spectacular, the view however was indeed gorgeous, the walk was about 20 mins to the point across the edge of the golf course.
After a well earned cooked breakfast we decided to walk into Rosemarkie, a 20 minute walk along quiet roads and through the Camping and Caravanning site on the waters edge, we stopped at a lovely coffee shop called Crofters, a nice selection of coffees, cakes and meals.
We walked down into the village and decided to walk to Fairy Glen Falls, the car park was only 3-5 minutes from the village centre but it was a long walk to the actual falls through gorgeous woodlands along the brook/river.
With over 20,000 steps under our belt we headed back to the van to moan about how much we ached and asking “is it bedtime yet”
We left the viewpoint at Loch Lochy around 7:30, through past experience we realised Fort Augustus Motorhome bays in main car park get busy fast so planned to be there between 8 and 8:30, arrived with plenty of spaces. £3 for 4 hours was nice and cheap.
We had breakfast and took a wander down to the town, headed out towards Loch Ness, it was beautiful.
We then headed up along the loch to have a nice morning coffee while watching the boats coming through the locks.
We left Loch Ness heading on to Inverness and our stop for the night Fortrose Bay Campsite, a lovely stop over right on the edge of the water @ £25 a night with EHU and all the usual amenities you would expect from a campsite, nice clean hot showers and amazing views over the Moray Firth.
Up early in the morning for a walk to the point to see Dolphins hopefully.
We left the South Coast nice and early for a leisurely 5 hour drive to Cumbria, our first stop was Kaker Mill Farm CAMC CL @ £15 a night for 2 adults with EHU, nice quiet farm just off the M6 with hard standing, water and CDP.
Plenty of space with lovely views of the rolling hillside and wildlife.
Wooot, No rain, it was dry all day, this makes Motorhome life so much easier, we left Black water falls after a photoshoot of our gorgeous cockapoo “Treacle”
You have no idea how long it took to get her to look forward, still she is so adorable.
Heading towards Inverness we stopped at Rogie Falls, after the rain they were just as spectacular as Blackwater.
Decent size car park and toilets that were open.Another suspension bridge, Karen really does not like them.The roar of the water is so loud.
We had some lunch then headed towards Tore Service Station to get some refillable LPG, all filled up and heading to Inverness for our overnight stop tonight – Bught Park Caravan Park and Camping Site.
Not busy at all, lovely hosts, all the services, CDP, waste emptying, fresh water, hot free showers, toilets, washing up and laundry – £26 per night with EHU inc our dog.
We left early as no phone connection heading south towards Ullapool, we stopped for a coffee on route in a little tearoom called “ The Elphin Tearooms”, nice coffee but a bit bleak inside.
Great View coming down into Ullapool. So many amazing views out of every window.
We arrived in Ullapool and headed to Tesco car park, we needed to stock up and have a walk around the town, the lorry park adjacent to the Tesco car park takes plenty of Motorhome’s and is free.
On walking to Tesco we noticed a laundry service establishment just off to the left, we enquired and was amazed at the price of £10 a bag of washed, dried and even folded cloths, so popped back to the van and dropped that off while we had a walk around.
We then grabbed a coffee and some great scones from “The Tea Store” on the road parallel to the harbour road, headed back to the van and waited for the laundry to finish.
By the time that was all done it was time to heard to our stop for the night, a camp site we passed as we came down into Ullapool called Ardmair Holiday Park.
Great hard standing pitch overlooking the bay.
We paid £26.50 for a hard standing pitch with EHU per night, services include, CDP, waste emptying grill, fresh water fill up, showers (hot and free), toilets and a laundry room if you want it, shop at reception with a friendly host to give you all the info.
