Eriba Man

  This was a trip I must have booked some time ago. I'm fairly certain as the 4 nights I had booked, including a hardstanding and electricity, was less than £70 which is becoming quite rare these days. I've notice the C&MC prices really rising this year, with some sites close to £30 per night. The drive up from home was more or less uneventful. I don't think I was held up at all. The journey took around 3.5hrs. I would normally stop at the forest just outside Huntly, but it had been raining recently and the carpark there becomes very muddy, so I continued into Keith and on the way out of the village, I stopped at a layby which conveniently led into 'Cottage Wood'. I'd passed this before without realising that it offered a good dog walk. Arrived at the site around 1330. I've been here many times in the past with campervans and caravans, and I've had all sorts of pitches. In 2021, the grass pitches had been reduced to dirt due to the huge influx after ...

  This blog entry is a record of my most recent trip, a 4 night stay at the Dingwall C&CC Site in the town itself. I was from the 3rd 'til the 7th July 2022 and took my tally for nights away in the van this year to 39. I've been to Dingwall a few times before in both caravans and camper vans and I've found it to be an excellent base for exploring the surrounding area. Dingwall is a bit of a crossroads between Inverness to the Highlands and to the Far North Coast. It is also on the (in)famous NC500 route and sees a lot of through traffic on the way up the East Coast or towards the West Coast. The site itself can get quite busy in the early evening with arrivals from the NC500, but is deserted as they head away the following morning. The site is near the Town Centre is is fine for an evening walk. A sort of hybrid pedestrianised/traditional Main Street with a small selection of shops. Apparently, the Beatles only attracted a crown of around 15 to this show, but they hadn...