MOT Passed with no advisories and we're now booked in for the bash

Highland Campervans by Dalcross service Bongos. They used to run their own fleet of hire Bongos so should know their way around them.

Paul

I fitted a cheapy LCD panel voltmeter from fleabay. This is conected to the leisure battery via a switch so that it is not permanently switched on. Its good enought to alllow me to keep an eye on the charge level of the leisure battery when parked up and also to keep an eye on the alternator when th...

We fitted replacement lower ball joints from a reputable source (not ebay) and the rubbers went in less than a year and the joints became loose. As we didn't have time for the Bongo to be off the road we purchased the complete Mazda genuine wishbones and wish we had done this the first time around.

We won't make it

We parked at walkers car park north of Torridon house,theres a track from there takes you around Liathach,also if the weathers clear I'd recommend a walk up Tom na Gruagaich for a fantastic viewpoint Thats the car park that our intended route starts from :D so might give it a shot then at least I'l...

Does anybody know a good spot for wild camping in Glen Torridon.

Heading there in July for a spot of mountain biking and looking for spots to stop.

Paul

I used a 12V bulb from Maplin and installed it onto the plastic adaptor that the original bulb was on.

I use a Pela pump then dispose of the used oil at the local council household recycling facility. Personally I find the Pela pump a lot less hastle.

September is out for us. May manage August but it will depend on which weekend.

Next year's Bash will be in Lauder, Borders.

Woo Hoo.....Not too far to the mountain bike trails at Glentress

It was great to meet old and new faces alike at the Scottish Bongo Bash which was held at Gairloch this year. Thought that we would share some of our photos and experiences from the trip. We set off on the Friday morning stopping at The Connage Cheese Pantry ( http://www.connage.co.uk ) to pick up s...

We have a travel charger with a Kindle adaptor if you need to borrow.

That's the home bakes done. Will see you all on Friday

Paul & Annette

It's never good to here of anyone having a bad experience at a campsite. We stayed at that site last year for a Saturday night as Mrs G was doing a stock count at their Montrose facility on the Saturday. We didn't have any issues but then we didn't bother taking the popup tent with us that time. You...