What I did in my Holidays

I am just starting to put the finishing touches to the plan for this years main camping trip and have realised I never wrote about last years trip. I wrote about some off days out and about but not our week on a slightly remote island.

Last year I booked a couple of weeks off work at the beginning of May with the idea that we would go camping. I have always wanted to visit the Giant Causeway but the Scottish end appealed to me more than the Irish one did. So after some research I decided on Mull as our destination. Ferries and campsites got booked, the car got packed and on a slightly grey morning we set off.

We took things nice and steady and stopped off at Sallochy Campsite on the shores of Loch Lomand on the way up for an overnight stop (after successfully navigating round the Glasgow by-pass roadworks & diversions). Then the next day it was on to Oban to catch a ferry over to Mull then a drive across the island to Fidden and the campsite that is part of the farm.

The next 5 days were lovely and relaxing and spent walking and exploring and we did fit in an excursion to Fingals Cave on the tiny island of Staffa. Sadly the stay came to an end far too quickly and once more we made our way across the island to catch the ferry to the mainland. This time we avoided Glasgow and it's roadworks and made our way over towards Edinburgh and Linwater Campsite where we had an overnight stop on our way home.

We both had a fabulous time, from the tent we were about 25 paces from a lovely white sand beach which looked out towards Iona where we could watch the sun set every evening. Lots of photos were taken, mostly of the huge variety of wildlife that surrounded us. The only two things that we saw that I didn't manage to get photos of were a cuckoo and a nightjar.

If you are interested in seeing any of the photos click here Hannah & Hilda's May 2016 Scotland Camping Trip Photos