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Campsite, UK

Oban Caravan and Camping Park – Oban

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.

UK

The Kelpies

We have been to Scotland a few times now and never visited the Kelpies, heard so many people say “you need to go” so decided we would..

Parking and entry was £6 with allocated parking area for Motorhome’s next to the coaches, you could stay until 10pm when the gates close ( July 2022 )

You can stay overnight at the first car park before you enter the main Kelpies car park for £7.50 per night with no services.

Lovely walk along the canal to where the Kelpies are situated

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
Aire, France

Montherme, France 2022, At Last!

We finally managed to get over to France again, its been 3 years and we have missed it dearly

We stayed at a Lovell CL called Page Farm about 10 mins from the tunnel, so came up Thursday night, an early start Friday morning meant being at the tunnel for around 7am ( our crossing was for 9:20) and was put on the next crossing (7:20) for no additional charge, very quick boarding and in France within 30 mins.

Lovely view from the town back across the Aire

We had a long drive down to Montherme, but it was worth it, just south of the Belgium border the town sits on the river Meuse, room for around 22 vans with fresh water but no Chemical Waste Disposal.

At a cost of €4 a night + 40c per person tax it was well worth it, EHU is available for €2.80 but the points are quite away from where you park on the waters edge so you will need a long lead.

The view along the water in front of the van going left
The view along the water in front of the van going right

The town has plenty of shops and of course the obligatory Patisserie, plenty of walks up and down the river and even some bike hire if you desire.

Lovely views and walks along the river

All in all a fantastic Aire and one we will definitely visit again if out this way.

Campsite, NC500, UK

NC500 2021 Day 9, Ullapool

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.

NC500, UK, Wild Camping

NC500 2021 Day 8, Knockan Crag Nature Reserve

We left Kinlochbervie and headed south to Kylesku Bridge where we had tea and homemade cake for a mid morning stop.

At newton we branched off right on the B869 headed towards Clashnessie and Lochinver, the road was very narrow with some scary hills and bends, plenty of passing places and quiet roads enabled the wife to keep her eyes open most of the way, Clashnessie Beach was lovely.

We then headed into Lochinver but never stayed long as raining and couldn’t really find the right place to stop.

We continued on towards Ullapool and found a lovely stop over at Knocken Crag Nature reserve, a tarmac car park with toilets and fresh water set up out the of the way with amazing views over a loch and some great information regarding the rock formations.

NC500, UK, Wild Camping

NC500 2021 Day 7, Loch Clash Kinlochbervie

We left Altnaharra and headed across NW along the A838, the midges were out in force so we barely stopped except for brunch tucked away overlooking Loch Stack.

Osprey or Eagle Nest

We arrived at one of our favourite stops Kinlochbervie, a night stop well worth a visit, £15 a night with EHU, £10 without or £5 if you just want to empty and top up.

Fresh water and CDP, bins and a very well stocked shop, the views across the harbour are fantastic, this plays fills up quick so I would aim to be here between 12 and 2 if you can, after that you may struggle.

CAMC, NC500, UK

NC500 2021 Day 6, Altnaharra CAMC

We left Bonar Bridge and headed to Lidl at Tain to stock up, we then headed to Loch Fleet National Nature Reserve.

We were amazed at how many seals were lying on the sand bars, we counted 63 about 100 yards from where we were parked.

We had brunch and walked along the side of the loch taking photos.

We then headed to our night stop at Altnaharra Caravan and Motorhome Club site, right on the edge of Loch Naver, CDP, water and a small shop, NO toilets or showers.

Please note the water is pumped from underground and although I am assured it is safe to drink, looking like apple juice I decided not too.