Popular Post Peaklander Posted October 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2020 We have just returned from ten nights in our 110. It's been a little road trip through Argyll & Bute and what a lovely area it is. There are no shots of green lanes, so look away now if that's your bag. The Eberspacher D2 that I installed last year (with some trouble), has really worked well. Not because it was cold, although it is nice to warm a living space from 8C to 20C in 10 minutes but it helped get us dry towards the end of the trip, when the heavens opened. We even managed a visit to look at a well documented and very nice, new-build workshop. It looks even better in the flesh! Thanks to @Retroanaconda for a socially distanced cuppa. Most campsites are closed or if open, the facilities are closed. We are self-sufficient until the Porta Potti needs emptying but we can stretch that out to about three days. Camping at the side of the road / beach is tolerated and we did this for 7 out of 10 nights. However people abuse this and we had to clear-up at a couple of places and roll-back someone else's muddy ruts too. It's a great time of year to visit the west coast, with the temperature in the day maxing between 8 and 12 C but the nights are longer than the days now, so sightseeing moved to Milky Way and meteorite watching when the weather allowed, which it did for the most part. Mennock Valley in the Southern Uplands These people need to be severely dealt with:- The Kyles of Bute Ferry to Tarbert on Kintyre Sunrise with Arran in the foreground Northern Ireland from the Mull of Kintyre - only 12 miles across. Ailsa Craig in the distance from the Mull of Kintyre Machrihanish Overnight stop and the view up the west side of Knapdale Looking towards Luing and Seil On the route home, towards Loch Lomond - a classic view 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Very, very nice ! There is more to 4WD's than getting on unpaved roads ! Love to see a pop up roof in action and being used. Some places look familiar... Did a few years ago a short trip on the west coast of Scotland while visiting friends - all the way to the North.... Good trip, worked a few gun dogs and did some rather serious off roading on private estates... The night heaters are very, very useful... Please keep them coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Glad you had a a good trip - thanks for dropping by 👍🏻 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Nice pics, good to see you both had a pleasant trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Great pics, it must be amazing to camp out with no light pollution. HBRO had a trial with camping West of Reading, the valley it was in ran North/South and was deep enough to block all the light pollution then. I can't believe people who like the outdoors enough to camp out but not enough to remove their rubbish! With the current situation it really shows those who care and those who don't give a ****! We have a nurse friend who has announced that she is unfriending all her Facebook contacts who are actively promoting for people to NOT wear a mask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Lovely holiday 😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 4 hours ago, missingsid said: I can't believe people who like the outdoors enough to camp out but not enough to remove their rubbish! With the current situation it really shows those who care and those who don't give a ****! We have a nurse friend who has announced that she is unfriending all her Facebook contacts who are actively promoting for people to NOT wear a mask! I don't normally like to generalise, but sadly I think it has a lot to do with the whole 'van life' types.... people who aren't normally outdoors types so just don't respect where they stop. Also probably made worse by those who have stayed in the UK rather than travel through the pandemic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaklander Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 I can’t work out who they are. That first pile was at the overnight stop in the first pic. On the otherside of the road is a big burn and it was between the road and water. That was an amazing place with no light and as there was no moon I got a stiff neck gazing up. Virtually no traffic either after dark. On Kintyre, people had made fires on small areas of turf instead of a few steps away in the pebble beach. They don’t remove the turf and replace after as a good Boy Scout would do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L19MUD Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Nice pictures. A few of us did the NC500 at the start of October and we cleared other peoples rubbish away from every 'wild camp' place we stayed at. I really don't get it, If you had space to take it there you have space to take it away. It was amazing though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger110 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 One thing i did notice with Scotland was the large wheelie bins at most car parks supplied by the locals for people to deposit their rubbish as the volume of traffic in these areas is much much larger than, maybe 10-15 years ago. Still got rubbish left 20 metres from the bin. You can't knock such a fantastic beautiful country for trying to cater for the traveller, clean public toilets with hot water and some even had heating! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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