Dingwall Camping and Caravan Club

Camping

Camping
MSR Hubba tent in the garden

We were planning to be camping in Dingwall this week – but family circumstances have postponed it for this year.

It did me a chance to replace all the elastic loop guys I had fitted to my tent – over the years the rubber had weakened. I also shortened the orange guy line something I had been meaning to for a couple of years.

May be there will be thunder tonight?

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More photos from the trip to Scotland

Inverness

River Ness
River Ness

Forres in Bloom

Forres in Bloom

Forres in Bloom

Cake
…and cake

Aviemore

Aviemore

Loch Morlich and the Cairngorm Mountains

Loch Morlich

Loch Morlich and the Cairngorm Mountains

Cairngorm Mountains
Heather

Loch Morlich and the Glenmore Forest
Loch Morlich and the Glenmore Forest

Logie Steading and River Findhorn

Logie Steading and River Findhorn

Scottish thistle
Scottish thistle

Knock Farril

Cromarty Firth from Knock Farril
Cromarty Firth from Knock Farril

Glenurquhart Forest

Glenurquhart Forest
By chance we parked right by the cache

Glenurquhart Forest

Loch Ness

Loch Ness

Yachts in the Caledonian Canal Locks

Yachts in the Caledonian Canal Locks
Just opening the gates

Inverness

It rained hard and then turned into a great summer day!

Inverness

Inverness

Beauly Firth

Beauly Firth
The view at lunch time

Beauly Firth
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Kessock Bridge
The Kessock Bridge

River Cannich

River Cannich

Corrimony Cairn

Corrimony Cairn

Black Rock Gorge

Black Rock Gorge

Evanton Wood and the River Glass

Evanton Wood and the River Glass

Evanton Wood and the River Glass

Evanton Wood

Evanton Wood

The River Glass

Thunder storm at Dingwall Campsite

Thunder storm at Dingwall Campsite
The view from in the car

Invergodon

Invergodon looking away from the docks
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Invergodon looking away from the docks

John o’ Groats and Ness of Duncansby

John o' Groats and Ness of Duncansby

John o' Groats and Ness of Duncansby

Orkney

Orkney

Orkney
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Dingwall Campsite

Dingwall Campsite

We had been camped here for eight nights – so we left our marks! A couple of days of sun and rain should fix it.

MX-5 packed

The MX-5 is not big enough for two to go camping, so we need some extra luggage room. The boot bag fits securely and adds 50l of extra space.


Timber

Red leaf

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Plans went wrong!

We made a plan over a late breakfast to go walking for the day in a nearby forest, but we took the wrong turning and just kept going. It was sunny, we had the roof down on the car and the scenery was great. A check of the geocache map showed there were plenty ahead of us.

We stopped in Cannich for coffee and cake at the Bog Cotton Cafe and then onto geocaching and walking.

River Cannich

River Cannich

River Cannich

Corrimony Cairn

Corrimony Cairn

Corrimony Cairn

Corrimony Cairn is an ancient burial mound, built about 4000 years ago.

River Enrick

River Enrick

Milton

Geocache 300
Geocache 300

VR
VR


Toadstool

When we got back to the campsite having had a great day out in glorious weather with the roof down, we discovered the site was flooded in places. The heavy rain started at Dingwall at about 11am and went on and on for four hours!

So for a day that started by taking a wrong turning, it turned out alright for us.

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