West coast camping suggestions

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:43 am

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

GilesM · Post by **GilesM** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:42 am

Sanjoy

Achmelvich is difficult to beat for camping.

Giles

Stephen · Post by **Stephen** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:46 am

Carradale in kintyre went there last year. good but quiet.

Post by **Shug** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:19 am

Bennetts in Glasgow.....

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:24 am

Baggy · Post by **Baggy** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:34 am

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.

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:37 am

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.

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:18 am

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....

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:26 am

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.

GilesM · Post by **GilesM** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:27 am

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

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:40 am

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!!

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:43 am

Say hello to my lill friend ...

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:52 am

There's no trees at Achmelvich beach !!

GilesM · Post by **GilesM** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:59 am

There's no trees at Achmelvich beach !!

Fence posts

Post by **simon** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:02 pm

I have a photo of Tim W and Iain T borrowing a fence post at Gairloch