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MountainGoat wrote: maybe Mulshy could make a suggestion. He appears to have visited quite a few campsites along the west coast of Scotland over the past year with his dog in tow.

Tony

Usually avoiding campsites with their "dogs must be kept on a lead" policies!

Never stayed at it but how about this one
http://www.kinlochlevencaravans.com/

Campfires allowed and a breeze off the loch to keep midges at bay.

Driver+Passengers wrote:Hook up is over-rated.

I quite agree Matt!

Jillygumbo wrote:

Driver+Passengers wrote:Hook up is over-rated.

I quite agree Matt!

Add me to that list.

A porta-potti, on the other hand, is not over-rated, as I discovered in Dent

Well, if you want remote and non-electric we could always go here: http://www.scottishcamping.com/link.php?n=194

Crikey!

Been there once and to Iona three times. Wide open campsite with the animals (sheep and cows) running loose all over the place. We got attacked by the cows over night, they knocked down our windbreak. Relatively midge free thanks to the sea breeze.

It is quite a popular campsite with no set pitches, camp where you can find a reasonably flat spot. Might be a bit difficult to get us all together as a group.

Tony

Oooh

I like the look of that site, think that will go on my "must visit" list

mulshy wrote:

MountainGoat wrote: maybe Mulshy could make a suggestion. He appears to have visited quite a few campsites along the west coast of Scotland over the past year with his dog in tow.

Tony

Usually avoiding campsites with their "dogs must be kept on a lead" policies!

Never stayed at it but how about this one
http://www.kinlochlevencaravans.com/

Campfires allowed and a breeze off the loch to keep midges at bay.

Here's a review of this site:

It is worth giving the midges a paragraph of their own, for at Caolasnacon they are absolutely ferocious. For at least two hours at sun up and sun down, it is nigh on impossible to sit out, so keep this in mind when planning your day. We quickly learned when to cook and eat outside the tent to avoid the worst of them, and even at that, we have come home covered in bites. The Caolnasnacon midges don't quite top the nearby Red Squirrel Campsite's infamous midges for viciousness, but they're a close contender for the Midgie Cup all the same. If you have any faith in midge repellent, take it and make it the first thing you pull out of your car boot when you arrive.

Probably not such a problem in May but moving the Scottish bash to late July or early August has it's issues with midges, Ian is probably correct in trying to source a site on the East coast or a little further south where generally midges are a bit less of an issue.
Glad I bought those midge screens at the bash.

How about Peterhead? The Craighead site looks good, but maybe a bit small for our needs? Plus, could we book it for late July/early August?

Ian , the Silver sands at Lossiemouth used to be a fantastic site, have not been there for many years so don't know if it still fits our needs.

Silver Sands is a possible - I am local to it. I'm away from home at the moment, but I can go and give it a quick survey when I get home.

DA

That would be good, Dave. The key requirements are

a) dog & child friendly
b) not too fussy about their definitions of campervans & drive-away awnings etc
c) 30 electric hook ups all near each other
d) will they take us in peak holiday season (last weekend of July or first weekend in August)?

Bongoplod wrote:

mountainmummy wrote:Hi

It's probably too far north but I can highly recommend Clachtol Beach Campsite. The midges weren't too bad, the beach is lovely and there's whale watching thrown in for free.



Sara

Now that looks the business

Brian

Clachtoll is brilliant but it is a bit far for a weekend camp.

mulshy wrote:

MountainGoat wrote: maybe Mulshy could make a suggestion. He appears to have visited quite a few campsites along the west coast of Scotland over the past year with his dog in tow.

Tony

Usually avoiding campsites with their "dogs must be kept on a lead" policies!

Never stayed at it but how about this one
http://www.kinlochlevencaravans.com/

Campfires allowed and a breeze off the loch to keep midges at bay.

We stayed at this site last night and it was lovely. Dogs welcome and camp fires allowed on the beach and plenty fishing for the enthusiastic (free because it is a sea loch)
Very basic, but the whole of the circle beside the loch is hook up with about 24 points
We will definitely be going back