Off to Skye

27th Aug 2011
Today we are taking the camper van from South Cumbria (home) to the Isle of Skye.
When we travel the west side of Scotland we have three main stopping places, either great spots for us or the dog. The first of these is the Annandale Water services on the M74. This is a perfect spot if you are travelling with a dog. At the far end of the car park is a great dog walking area complete with a lake. The second place is at Inveruglas on the banks of Loch Lomond, this is both a great spot to stop for both the dog and ourselves. The facilities are good, nice ice-cream , great views of the Loch and surrounding mountains, including Ben Lomond. Today we stopped there for lunch. The third stop is Fort William, it's usual for us to fill up with diesel at Morrison's. When heading north of Fort William you need to fill up on cheaper super market fuel, we won't find it cheap north of here.
The journey from Cumbria to Skye was enjoyable with not a great deal of traffic. It started in heavy rain but the sky cleared a little so that we had great views on the way of Loch Lomond, Glen Coe and The Seven Sisters.
On arrival at the campsite we go into our routine of Tina taking Bonnie for a walk while I set up the little house - turn on the gas, hook up the electric, fill the water container, connect up the water pump, turn the passenger seat around and pop up the roof, hay presto It's ready.
We are stopping at Ashaig Camping and Caravan site for three nights. The site is very simple with a small number of facilities, this is not a problem as along as the numbers allowed on the site are kept low. We had a very warm welcome by the owner and it is a reasonable price.
From the site there is a good view of The Red Cuillin, from here they hide their more sort after cousins, The Black Cuillins.

Phil