Reflections on the Isle of Skye

Wild Camping We found no problems whatsoever in finding places to park overnight whilst on the island. Some were nicer than others- but more often than not they had marvellous views. Most small car parks and laybys/viewpoints has at least one wheelie bin for your rubbish. Just make sure you follow the wild camping rules- […]

Easter Holidays Pt 4- Isle of Skye

Thursday Bluebell the motorhome is parked up next to another motorhome down the end of the beach road at Staffin Bay. We are parked up underneath the cliffs, at sea level, next to the beach that is famous for its dinosaur footprints. The weather is clear (hurrah) our pitch at Staffin Beach Today, we drove […]

Easter Holidays 2014: Pt 3 Glen Coe to Skye

Tuesday: Bluebell the motorhome is parked up right next to the gorgeous white sands of Arisaig, just off the road from Fort William entitled “The Road to the Isles” – the A380 to Mallaig. Today we left Loch Leven fairly early, as we wanted to get some supplies from the Morrisons at Fort William. After […]

Easter Holidays 2014 Pt2: Loch Lomond- GlenCoe

Saturday Bluebell the Motorhome is parked up in a large viewpoint car park on the side of the A82- on the map it’s called Black Mount. The views are stunning: </a Sunday We drove down the 16 mile long minor road that wound through Glen Etive, finishing in a small carpark on the banks of […]

Easter Holidays 2014 Pt1- Norfolk – The Scottish Border (A68) – Loch Lomond

Bluebell the motorhome is parked up once again (for the 4th year running) on the Bonny banks of Loch Lomond. we are parked in the layby closest to The Inverbeg Inn- ideal for walking down for a cheeky dram The weather is ok- it’s dry but overcast. We headed for our usual layby, but were […]

Feb Half term- The Peak District, Pt 4: Railways and Ales

After a very blustery night (I honestly thought we would blow over at one point!) at our Brit Stop we awoke to a really rainy murky day which thankfully cheered up by the time we were ready to start our 1 mile drive to the Hartington Station car park of the Tissington Trail. Our plan […]

Feb Half term- The Peak District, Pt 3: Railways and Ales

Bluebell the motorhome is parked up at home, having a well earned rest having driven 500 miles over the last week! We’ve had a wonderful week, and have been very lucky with the weather, hence the lack of blog posts- we’ve been out and about, eating, drinking and napping!! Oh, and I actually started and […]

Feb Half term- The Peak District, Pt 1: The Crooked Spire of Chesterfield

Bluebell the motorhome is parked up in the car park at BritStop 518 (2914 book) overlooking the Derbyshire Dales and the town of Chesterfield. We didn’t leave Norfolkshire til lunchtime as we’d had a busy day yesterday moving Keefy’s mum. We weren’t in a major rush, as all we wanted to do was see the […]

A lovely day on the Norfolk coast

Bluebell the motorhome was parked in the huge carpark of BritStop 219 on Saturday night. On one side was a large field where we were lucky enough to watch the deer, on the other side was my dad and Jenny’s motorhome, behind us was the sea ( well half a mile walk away) and in […]

Perfect pilgrimage to Walsingham Abby, Norfolk

Bluebell the motorhome is parked up in the car park of BritStop number 220 Her owners have been drinking in Nelsons local tonight after a very pleasant pilgrimage to Walsingham Abby today. When we left home the weather was gloomy and wet, but we hadn’t even gotten out the village before the sunshine peeped out […]