Scotland
Pitlochry
Argyll
Lairg
Newton Stewart
Oben
Blair Atholl Caravan and Camping Park
Blair Atholl
Pitlochry
Perthshire
Scotland
Beautiful scenic location, surrounded by mountains and forest. Well
kept pitches and spotlessly clean, ample toilets and showers. Large
central grassed field for football etc. Childrens playarea. Alovely
quiet site with no noisey clubhouse or bars. Ideal base for exploring
central Scotland. Beautiful Blair Atholl Castle is situated in the grounds
a short walk through the forest. We keep going back, our favourite site!
Sent in by Paul Caffrey
The Camping & Caravanning Club Site
Barcaldine by Connel
Argyll.
PA37 1SG
Tel 01631 720348
No Calls after 8pm
Map
The site is in a walled garden. recently the end wall has been removed
and several more hard-standing pitches have been added. The facilities
consist of toilets, washbasins, showers, washing-up sinks, a vegetable
preparation sink, water points, chemical disposal points, laundry room,
electric hook-ups, disabled toilet & shower (this may be difficult
to get to with a wheelchair as the route is over gravel) and a small
children's play area outside the wall. The shop is very limited with
no bread, milk or newspapers (at least until the assistant warden starts.)
There is a small bar just outside the main gate which is open from 6 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. and meals are served between 6 and 8 p.m.. The bar is closed on Mondays.
The site is at the side of a Forestry Commission area with 4 walking routes marked out and colour coded. This is the dog walk.
Sent in by John Trace
DUNROAMIN CARAVAN & CAMPING PARK
MAIN STREET
LAIRG
SUTHERLAND
IV27 4AR
Very peaceful and clean.
Central for touring the highlands of Scotland and perfect for fishing
and for golfing
Sent in By Alasdair Hudson
Caldons site is a Forest Enterprise
run site,
about 15 miles north of Newton Stewart in Galoway
For booking contact
Forest Holidays
Forestry Commission,
231 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh,
Scotland.
EH12 7AT.
Tel 0131 334 0066.
THIS IS AN ISOLATED SITE, it's great if you want to "get away from it all" and escape the world!!.
It is set on the shores of Glentrool loch, the main site is slightly sloping however there are other parts of the site that are level.
The road leading to the site is single track with passing places, it
is set in a beautiful area of south west Scotland. The site has a small
shop selling limited supplies,a small children's play area, a stream
running through the site, a pool room, a table tennis room, there were
barbecue sites around the site and a communal room where there are plenty
of books,some board games and
seating, there was a coffee machine in the communal room but when we
were there it was out of order.
We took the mountain bikes with us 3 on the car and 2 on top of the trailer tent, this was the first time we had taken them and on this site we found they were essential.
The Glentrool visitor centre was a couple of miles down the road with
half a dozen cycle trails from a couple of miles to ten / fifteen miles
also some walking trails. we did the longer cycle
trail and saw a wild otter in a small stream.
We walked around the loch passed Buruce's stone which marks his first
victory over the English
in 1307(I think we let him win) the walk is about 5 miles and is a nice
gentle walk. We also walked up merrick the highest peak in south west
Scotland 2770ft, spent a day on The Queens Way through New Galloway
Forest there are a few visitor centres,there is raider road a rough
car track through the forest with picnic sites and an otter pool. Also
on The Queens Way there is a wild goat park, a red deer walk (Guided
by ranger), more cycle trails and sculpute walks.
While on a tour of the Blandoch distillery we noticed a sign for a
scotrail family day trip ticket it cost £13.00 for all 5 of us
for the day, you could travel on the train up to Glasgow, the nearest
rail station was Barhill 10 miles away, we got the ticket and spent
the morning in ayr and
the afternoon in Glasgow (the ticket also covered all underground travel
in Glasgow)
We had some "fun" with the midges a couple of nights they were that bad we couldn't sit out but the rest of the time they weren't that bad, moscoils were on sale in the site shop and these kept them out out of the trailer tent.
The site is on the southern upland way so we saw a few back packers camping overnight.
Facilities
The toilets / showers were basic but kept clean, it had a washing up room (to keep the midges out), washing machines / dryers were in a separate room.
as we wanted to get away from it all we had a good time on this site.
Sent in by Simon Gibson
I received the follow mail about the above site in June 03.
Hi Mark The Caldons site (details from your listing Above ) has now
closed indefinitely and we are the park chosen by most of Caldons customers
to re-locate to!
I wonder if you might have a look at our website - www.3lochs.co.uk - and perhaps consider including us as atypical of the sort of quiet rural location your visitors might like to come to when in South West Scotland?
The Worden
North Ledaig Caravan Club Site,
Conell,
Oben,
PA37 1RU.
Tel 01631 710291
NORTH LEDAIG
ONE OFTHE BEST LOCATIONS ON SCOTLAND'S WEST COAST, THE THIRTY ACRE PARK
IS SITUATED ON A TWO-MILE SAND SHINGLE BEACH ON ARDMUCKNISH BAY. SOME
PITCHES ARE ALMOST AT THE WATERS EDGE AND ALL PITCHES FACE THE SEA AND
ENJOY A PANORAMIC VIEW TO THE BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF MULL. YOU CAN TAKE A
TRIP INTO THE FISHING PORT OF OBAN WHICH HAS A FERRY TERMINAL FOR THE
HEBRIDES AND WESTERN ISLES, AND INLAND TRIPS TO GLENCOE, CRUACHAN POWER
STATION AND THE HISTORIC TOWN OF INVERARAY ARE A MUST
Sent in by james dowie
Pitlochry
Argyll
Lairg
Newton Stewart
Oben