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I have really enjoyed Medo‘s adventure, thanks for writing it up so eloquently & documenting the events with nice photographs.
How could you avoid Cullen, with its fine Cullen skink soup!I was now running short of daylight, so I briefly stopped at Portsoy-18thC harbour and cracked on to the community motor home ‘Aire’ at Findhorn, arriving just as it was getting dark. Pic is from the next morning. It was supposed to have toilets, waste emptying, water supply etc but everything was frozen up, including the hard standing which was a large sheet of glassy ice. My friend arrived at about the same time in his camper and we went for a wander in the village. Not much happening, so homemade curry in the vans. Delicious!
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Fair point Marc. I’ll add it to the list with the Portsoy ice cream to sample when we go back next year!!How could you avoid Cullen, with its fine Cullen skink soup!
We bought twenty portions in the local shop when we were there with our Cali.
Regards from Amsterdam,
Marc.
Loving the blog, and your Kombi pics are a bonus, thanks.Thanks to Park4night I did find the most amazing camp spot right in Glencoe itself. It’s run by the National Trust, authorised as an overnight stop, suggested £5 donation, space for about 10 campers (I was the only one!) and would have had the most spectacular views if I hadn’t had to leave before dawn! The only downside was a bit of road noise from lorries, not too bad.
I haven’t shown you how well I’ve eaten really and last night was the last of the pre-prepared food I bought from home, tandoori chicken and dhal. Absolutely delicious! The only food I think I’ve had to buy has been a tub of yoghurt for breakfasts and a pot of cream for coffees (and birthday fish and chips, of course!)
Breakfasts have been overnight oats with nuts and fruit, lunches: salads with cheese/egg/hummus/salmon etc and a hot meal every night: curry/chilli or similar. Snacks of fruit, peanut butter, cheese or Shona’s amazing protein balls. I’ve really eaten very well and never been hungry!
There’s not much point in taking pictures of Glencoe in the dark, or with low cloud and mist, so I will find some pictures of the last winter camping trip in the orange Kombi when I also passed through Glencoe and went to Skye (in better weather!)
More to come, I still have one more days camping but with Shona as well, after I pick her up, from near Rob Roy’s grave in Balquhidder.
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Thanks!Loving the blog, and your Kombi pics are a bonus, thanks.
Is that a swing-out cooker by any chance? Had one in a ‘69 Devon and miss it so much.
I really like the idea of a pop top cover for winter camping. But how the heck do you fit one if, like me, you are under 8 feet tall?In view of the bitter cold up north, I have looked at the various pop top covers available. I was really keen not to sacrifice storage space so I liked the Comfortz Cali topper and found one in perfect condition on eBay, clarified that it was for an electric roof (the sizes are different) and it arrived today. Despite the wind, I managed to fit it single handed in 11min and it is great. Nice thick material (not insulated) and no serious flapping when installed. The whole package fits inside a chair in the tailgate. Very happy!
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Pop the roof a few inches, (50mm)drop the front of the co er over the front of the roof , (access the roof from both sides), pop the roof 3” (150mm).I really like the idea of a pop top cover for winter camping. But how the heck do you fit one if, like me, you are under 8 feet tall?
You make it sound so easy.Pop the roof a few inches, (50mm)drop the front of the co er over the front of the roof , (access the roof from both sides), pop the roof 3” (150mm).
pop the roof, tension. The the cover, it’s not hard
I keep looking at the pic of your wheel and can't help thinking it would look just that little bit better with a set of nice shiny black wheel nut covers. They are so inexpensive and for the price I think that they are a great enhancement. Clean wheels helps, of course.There were a couple of upgrades I had been considering,
Mmmmm, good call! I feel an internet search coming on!I keep looking at the pic of your wheel and can't help thinking it would look just that little bit better with a set of nice shiny black wheel nut covers. They are so inexpensive and for the price I think that they are a great enhancement. Clean wheels helps, of course.View attachment 117549
I’ll admit it could be tricky, I am 6’3” so that definitely helped. Even I would find it easier as a two person job but the basic principle is: roof up a few inches, drag the cover front to back (or vice versa!), corners in place, roof carefully up and then secure the elastics.I really like the idea of a pop top cover for winter camping. But how the heck do you fit one if, like me, you are under 8 feet tall?
There are four wheels to stand on !I’ll admit it could be tricky, I am 6’3” so that definitely helped. Even I would find it easier as a two person job but the basic principle is: roof up a few inches, drag the cover front to back (or vice versa!), corners in place, roof carefully up and then secure the elastics.
Here is the official vidYou make it sound so easy.
We promised a link, and we are in Scotland now, so here you are:We will do our Scottish winter trip in January. We usually make a trip log on Polarsteps. When we do, I will post a link here, so you guys can follow us without us 'hijacking' this thread.
Super, looking forward to following your travels !After a spell of terrible weather at home, with storm after storm keeping the Cali on the driveway, we have set off on another adventure!…
This time across the North Sea to Europe. We are heading South, through Germany to Switzerland and the Alps and then on through Italy to Croatia. The info from the Scottish trip will hopefully come in handy!
First leg was on the ferry from Newcastle to IJmuiden in the Netherlands. Luckily, we hit a calm spell between two storms and the crossing was pretty smooth. As we have all our camping gear, we were able to take food, a kettle and the electric Bialetti into the cabin and cater for ourselves.
Hopefully there’ll be some pictures from the trip, but here’s a few to get you started!…
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After a spell of terrible weather at home, with storm after storm keeping the Cali on the driveway, we have set off on another adventure!…
This time across the North Sea to Europe. We are heading South, through Germany to Switzerland and the Alps and then on through Italy to Croatia. The info from the Scottish trip will hopefully come in handy!
First leg was on the ferry from Newcastle to IJmuiden in the Netherlands. Luckily, we hit a calm spell between two storms and the crossing was pretty smooth. As we have all our camping gear, we were able to take food, a kettle and the electric Bialetti into the cabin and cater for ourselves.
Hopefully there’ll be some pictures from the trip, but here’s a few to get you started!…
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Ahem. Yes, high car. No problem!That ferry looks to be incredibly good value if the van is booked on as a high car, ie less than 2.2m high, less than 6m length.
If it has to go as a small motorhome, price almost doubles.
Can I just ask if you did in fact book it as a high car ? No problems?
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