Scotland / wild camp / camping sites?

Grim · Oct 8, 2018

SelenaRGJ said:
Hello everybody

I'm planning on taking my 8 year old son round the north of Scotland in Lizzie, our 110 with a roof tent, during the summer holidays. After reading a lot on here I've got an outline of a plan. We are in Gloucestershire so here you go:
Day 1 to the Lakes
Day 2 over night Loch Lomond
Day 3 to Fort William
Day 4 ride the Jacobite train
Day 5 follow the route detailed on another thread to Skype but then adding on the bit to Applecross, over night there
Day 6 Isle of Skye
Day 7 Eigol for boat trip to Loch Coriusk
Day 8 ferry to Harris
Day 9 Harris and Lewis
Day 10 ferry to Ullapool
Day 11 Old man of Stoer then to Durness
Day 12 Smoo Caves then to John O'Groats
Day 13 to Rosemarkie to see dolphins at Chanonry Point end day at Glenmore
Day 14 military road over Cairngorms to Edinburgh
Day 15/16 Edinburgh Fringe
Day 17 home

It's a real whistle stop tour let me know if you think it's doable

Cheers in advance

Liking the sound of your route!! I've been wanting to visit those general areas for years!!! If you fancy having a second vehicle for the driving bits, just give me a holla

wattfield · Oct 8, 2018

TheQ said:
Your route looks fine, but almost all you seem To be doing is driving. Many roads are narrow or twisty, and slow. You'll be concentrating on not finding the ditch or sheep in the road. You won't see the country, personally I'd reduce the objectives by a third.. .

I'd agree, you'll want to spend a little longer at each place, and the timing of the ferries might leave you very little time on each island. Also plan what you might want to see at the Fringe so you're there at the right time. If you can't spend more time here, you could always come back, your plans could easily be split into a West trip and an East trip.

Big Monkey · Feb 11, 2019

The north west part of Scotland is stunning. We've just come back from a 1300 mile trip up the east coast then over to the west coast via Ullapool in our 130 Defender. We slept in the back as it has a workshop body.
Don't forget the Bealach na Ba to Applecross. Probably one of my favorite roads. Camping in Applecross is also nice and easy. The locals are great.

samanthasummner · Mar 29, 2019

If you are serious about wild camping, then this is the information that you need: https://travelsites.com/camping/ .
Personally I love camping, but we usually travel by car, so we take a lot of things with us for a comfortable stay. I'm just trying to plan my upcoming camping trips to a detail cause I don't want to be it a test, but a real rest.

SelenaRGJ · Jul 15, 2019

Thanks for your advice, the ferries are booked and the route amended. Just Fort William (3 nights) , Harris/Lewis (3 nights), Durness, Glen More (3 nights) and Edinburgh (3 nights).

Are there any accessible area for Landys? There are so many great routes that are dead ends and I wonder whether there are tracks that continue from the end of them that we can use.

wattfield · Jul 15, 2019

SelenaRGJ said:
Thanks for your advice, the ferries are booked and the route amended. Just Fort William (3 nights) , Harris/Lewis (3 nights), Durness, Glen More (3 nights) and Edinburgh (3 nights).

Are there any accessible area for Landys? There are so many great routes that are dead ends and I wonder whether there are tracks that continue from the end of them that we can use.

The law is different up here, and there are no green lanes open to the public without permission.

Scotland / wild camp / camping sites?

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