Eriba Man

  This post is about my first trip in the caravan in 2023. I left home on the 24th of March and returned on the 1st of April. I stayed at three C&MC Sites during this trip, Culloden Moor, Morvich, and Kinlochewe. The weather was, on the whole, better than forecast and was in fact very pleasant. Any rain I experienced was light or drizzly and winds were light. Overall, great weather for touring. I use Culloden really as a 'stop-over'. It's ideally located for me between my home in Aberdeenshire and my first objective, Morvich. It's a nice, well kept site with good dog walking, and access to the supermarkets around Inverness before heading into the more remote areas. I normally take the basics from home, pick up some of the 'staples' on route, and try to buy the top-ups and luxuries in the local areas where I'm touring. Morvich was comfortably quiet. The site had only been open one day and the weather was great. I've been here many, many times and it f...

This is night No.12/2021 living in my caravan. It's our 4th and final night of our visit to Kinlochewe and  the last night on this 7 night jaunt. It has been a great trip despite the mixed weather. Today, for example, we got up to heavy showers, then light rain, then heavy showers and all of a sudden around 1500, it turned lovely! I also discovered a number of very quiet and nice dog friendly walks with no issue around sheep or estates or whatever. First 'damp' walk of the day was in a forest just outside Kinlochewe on the main Glen Docherty road. A small area to park (I was the only car) and a pedestrian gate led to a big spruce forest. Privately owned, but offered great walking for the dogs. After the walk, headed into the village to pick up a couple of treats for later. Some oatcakes and half a dozen eggs. When I got back to the van, I noticed that the oatcakes were over a month out of date. I always try and support the local economy of where I'm visiting, but this s...