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NE250, UK, Wild Camping

NE250 2023 Day 9 – Station Road, Burghead

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We were planning to stop at Portgordon but it was not to our liking, but as we came into the village along the coast Karen spotted some seals on the beach, we managed to park and upon crossing the road found hundreds of seals sunning themself’s on the sandy shore.

We stopped at Lossiemouth for some lunch but it was too busy to park in the car park, we ended up on a quiet side street with a lovely walk around the harbour to bars and restaurants.

We ended up at another free stopover at Burghead, a very short walk from the harbour overlooking the water.

Bins and a CDP emptying point up by the harbour office.

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NE250 2023 Day 8 – Banff Harbour

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We headed along the coast to Portsoy to sample their famous ice cream, it was well worth the stop.

Waffle and Ice Cream
Plenty of flavours to choose from

We then headed along to Bowfiddle Rock, although the main car park had a height barrier we were able to pull in out of the way and walk over to the rock formation, which was beautiful.

Bowfiddle Rock
Amazing views of the coast and coastal birds

We stayed at Banff Harbour, free overnight parking with Bins but no other services, it was quiet with amazing views of the sea.

NE250, UK, Wild Camping

NE250 2023 Day 3 – Gourdon Harbour

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We stopped at a small waterfall on route to Gourdon Harbour Called Arbirlot Waterfalls

Small car park very close big enough for motorhome parking

We then headed of to St Cyrus Nature reserve to empty and refill but sadly the CDP was out of order, there are 3 dedicated motorhome bays for overnighting if you wish but they are very steep.

St Cyrus Nature Reserve

We did take a walk down onto the sand dunes and found tons of driftwood all washed up, very pretty

At Gourdon Harbour there was a lot of work going on in the car park so we decided to come back up and park in a lay-by overlooking the harbour, it was back from the road enough to not keep us awake and a gorgeous view of the harbour.

NE250, UK, Wild Camping

NE250 2023 Day 2 – Inchcape Park, Arbroath

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We were originally going to stay at Kirkgate Park overlooking the lake but when we arrived the midges were so bad we had lunch then decided to move on, we ended up here at Inchcape Park very close to the harbour.

Gorgeous view from the Motorhome Parking

There are no facilities here and ( as far as i can see ) no payment required, there are clear motorhome parking signage explaining where you can and cannot park, sadly not all are able to follow the rules and a number of Motorhome’s had parked beyond the area permitted, it may seem harmless but its just another excuse for the disgruntled locals to get it stoped altogether.

Hardstanding reinforced grass areas for about 8 – 10 Motorhome’s overlooking the sea make for fantastic views in the morning as the sun rises.

A lovely easy walk into the town with plenty of shops to stock up or browse if required, I would definitely stop here again if in the area.

Aire, UK, Wild Camping

Glencaple Pier, Glencaple

Although this was our destined stop we went a bit further down the road to empty and refill at Caerlaverock Castle Corner Campsite, its a community run site that allows the use of CDP, fresh and waste water and overnight stop all for a donation.

Caerlaverock Community Association – Home

We then headed back to the Pier and were lucky enough to get the left most pitch facing the water looking down the inlet, a fantastic view.

Whilst we were there we were lucky enough to experience the tidal bore, an event that happens when the difference between high and low tide is more than 6 meters, the rush as the waters surges up is worth a visit in itself, there is a pub and cafe at the pier and public toilets open all night, at the end of the pier are dedicated motorhome bays, you may park in them overnight night between 9pm and 9am, out of those hours they request you do not park your motorhomes in the car parking spaces, the marked car parking spaces are needed by The Nith Hotel and The Boathouse Cafe.

UK, Wild Camping

Strone Hill, Forestry Commission CP

We left Lochore and headed across to Oban, we found Loch Earn on route with a great parking place situated just by St Fillans, right by the edge that we were lucky enough to find a space to stop and have lunch

We then headed on to Strone Hill, Forestry Commission Scotland, Car Park operating the “Stay the Night” initiative.

Space for 3 Motorhome’s with no current charge ( possibly to come later on ) no facilities except a lovely short walk to a waterfall

Max 1 night with no return within 48 hours.

UK, Wild Camping

New Lanark UNESCO Site

We stopped here to walk the waterfalls and visit the Old Mill, there is a large main car park that is quite uneven and 3 overflow car parks that are quite flat, you can either pay for 24hrs or 28days parking for cars or coaches, I paid for a coach @£5 but had to use the machine as my number plate on the app wanted to charge me £3 for cars.

I checked with the visitor centre that what i had done was ok and informed them i would like to stay over and they were very happy for me to do so. (we stayed in the flat overflow car park no2)

The Mill is amazing with so much to do including a cafe and lots of areas for kids to play.

Just adding a small addendum here: We found the actual buildings all dog Unfriendly, cafe, shops and most buildings were not accessible if you had a dog.

We walked upstream towards the hydro electric power plant through a fantastic riverside path that was very well maintained and laid out, the waterfalls were spectacular and that was without too much rain.

Follow the badger along the trail to the waterfalls
France, Wild Camping

Gare D’eau Guarbecques, France 2022

We arrived here after an hour and half drive from our last stop, an absolutely beautiful stop over, free day and night stop over but NO services, no water, no Chemical waste disposal and only a handful of bins.

You can park on gravel hard standing overlooking the canal with ducks and geese everywhere, the canal is a fairly busy waterway with some large boats up and down, it can get busy with dog walkers and picnickers but very quiet in the evening.

View overlooking the canal.
Lovely views both left
And right

Lovely walks along the canal, you could also cycle if you wished.

Large boats a plenty