Speyside campsite attracts lots of nationalities. We have German and Danish campers here at the moment. But we all have one thing in common, well some of us do, we like to gossip, swap stories and talk about where we have been and what our plans and dreams are.
On Monday a lady camper van driver turned up and pitched opposite us. And yesterday whilst out walking with Tara the lady was out walking her dog a 14 year old spaniel, we passed the time of day and started talking about our motorhome and camper vans, she had bought her van when she had retired 6 years ago, and loves every minute of it, her ambition is to drive around Scotland and England, she thinks the v camper she drives has been round the clock twice since she has owned it and it's still going strong.
We then turned to places we had been like she had been to Applecross which until a few years ago the only way in was the drovers road over the top of very high hills. I mentioned that is one place we would love to go but I would only go by the new road, she replied the new road was just as bad as the drovers road, you need nerves of steel up there with hairpin bends and a vertical drop on one side, no I said Sheila would not have that, she would be jumping into my lap all the way there, it's bad enough on a narrow road road when a truck comes in the opposite direction, she then said the road is single lane all the way up.
She then asked me had I done the outer Hebrides yet, I said no but I intend to, it's a trip worth doing she said, try and book an island hopping ticket it's much cheaper, and gives you the freedom to travel all the way up and back to the mainland up on the west coast of Scotland, she recommended going from Skye from a place called Uig which has a campsite you can use before getting the small ferry across.
This little bit of information had got me intrigued and I am intending going next spring, when the long days start.
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