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West coast camping suggestions

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:43 am
by Sanjøy
Heading up for my annual birthday camp and rather than hunting those peah spots wondering if anyone would care to share.

Previous locations:
Little Loch Broom
Gruniard Bay
Loch Gary
Mull
Skye


SP

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:42 am
by GilesM
Sanjoy

Achmelvich is difficult to beat for camping.

Giles

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:46 am
by Stephen
Carradale in kintyre went there last year. good but quiet.

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:19 am
by Shug
Bennetts in Glasgow..... :roll:

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:24 am
by Sanjøy
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:34 am
by Baggy
tayvialich (carradale)

good campsite, magic popular seafood restraunt, Tayvialich Inn (book before you go just in case) & bonny ,(very quiet but good for one night) & nice bit of road between Bellanoch & Tayvialich. Midgies can be Murder.

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:37 am
by Sanjøy
Looking for somonewhere we can have a big fire, drink beer, not pester anyone. Do not really go for actual campsites.

Balahulish loop has a few nice wee spots.

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:18 am
by MacK
Are you looking for somewhere beside the road?

Sanna Bay in Ardnamurchin is good. Or just over the Corran Ferry beside Loch Linnhe there is a few goiod spots.

If you are happy to treck a bit to get there try Sandalwood Bay..

Or I know of a couple of other good camp-sites that require a hike too....

8)

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:26 am
by Sanjøy
Beside the road on a beach, might be after some wooded cover should weather take a turn. Balahulish is prime but want to go somewhere new.

Will autoroute the above suggestions as not wanting to drive for more than 2.5 hours.

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:27 am
by GilesM
Looking for somonewhere we can have a big fire, drink beer, not pester anyone. Do not really go for actual campsites.
If you camp at Achmelvich campsite you can do all the fire, drinking, being alone stuff on the beach which is two walk minutes from the Tents.

Giles

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:40 am
by MacK
GilesM wrote:If you camp at Achmelvich campsite you can do all the fire, drinking, being alone stuff on the beach which is two walk minutes from the Tents.
Giles
Just need to take your own wood for the fire!!

:lol:

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:43 am
by Sanjøy
Say hello to my lill friend ...

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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:52 am
by MacK
There's no trees at Achmelvich beach !!

:lol:

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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:59 am
by GilesM
There's no trees at Achmelvich beach !!
Fence posts :wink:

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:02 pm
by simon
I have a photo of Tim W and Iain T borrowing a fence post at Gairloch :lol: