Caravan - Yr 1, Home 3.1

May - June 2024
  • 1 Planet 1 Bag
  • Marc Scheulin
Our 10 day rented caravan adventure around the Scottish Highlands. Read more
  • 1 Planet 1 Bag
  • Marc Scheulin

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  • Walking to the beach
    The trail back to campsiteIs this an ancient road?View of Staffin from campsiteStairs to bottom of dock at low tideDock at low tideLargest city on Skye

    Marc’s view of Skye lands

    June 5, 2024 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 50 °F

    No driving today. I was able to sit back, looking out the side windows at the ocean, green-scape and mountains. Someone else was struggling with the roads of Skye.

    This post is mostly random photos of the landscape and other beautiful and interesting things on our adventure today.

    After our bus trip, Pam and I took what we thought would be a simple 30 minute walk to the beach. Well, no travel on Skye is simple. After washing our socks crossing a bog, we found ourselves on a steep trail paved with rough stones. We are wondering if it is an ancient trail? We can’t imagine anyone putting in the effort to pave this trail in modern times.

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  • Staffin to Ben Nevis

    June 6, 2024 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F

    Tonight we are camping at the base of Ben Nevis at 1,345meters (4,413 feet) the tallest mountain in Scotland. Today it has snow on its cap! In June!

    The drive started with a stop at Kilt Rock and waterfall. Compared with other stops in Skye, all we had to do is stop in the parking lot and there we were.

    Then drive 3 hours (a new driving record for Marc) to our campsite.
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  • This is the Firkin Point!

    June 7, 2024 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

    All my life I’ve tried to get people to get to the Firkin Point. Today it finally happened!

    Should be no surprise, the Firkin Point is Dangerous. If not very careful, you can get into very deep waters!

    The Adventurers will find more than just one Firkin Point:
    Firkin Point A: Green Pasture leads to deep waters.
    Firkin Point B: Life can be a picnic if you stay on point.
    Firkin Point C: This is the long road less traveled.

    This is Marc’s trip to The Firkin Point!
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  • Lifeboat house from the dock

    Luss, 19th century town on Loch Lomond

    June 7, 2024 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 52 °F

    The town of Luss has been renovated to look like a town from the turn of the century in 1900. It’s very popular with the tourists. Many buses and vans bring tourists to the 3-5 different boats the explore Loch Lomond from here.

    Our campground was a short 15 minute walk up the beach from Luss. This gave us the joy of slowly exploring the town after the tour buses had gone.

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  • Blackout shade on windshieldBlackout shades on side windowsBlackout or bug screen on skylightRoomy beds and tons of storageSee the sink!Sink folds out of the way of showerLow step, trash can, blackout, bug screenBlack water cassetteHappy Camper

    Things in our rented rv that make sense

    June 7, 2024 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 48 °F

    We’ve owned RVs in the states but none of them have these options.

    1. Sunshade for the front window that rolls up from the dash.
    2. Side shades for the windows that are built in and fan up.
    3. Bathroom sink that folds down
    4. Toilet paper that rolls up when you close the lid.
    5. Trashcan built into the door.
    6. Screen door that rolls up
    7. Black out shades that pull up from all windows
    8. Screens that pull up from all windows
    9. The bed is built 4 steps up. This makes the rear access truck space HUGE!
    10. Easy open skylight with screen and blackout shades
    11. Cassette toilet (basically a small black water tank). To empty you carry it to the restroom where the sites have what amounts to a large toilet. Open the top of the cassette and turn it over into the “toilet” and flush it away. Rise off the cassette and carry it back. There aren’t black water holding tanks in the rv.
    12. Most campground have very flat spots. Called pitches made of granite rocks and surrounded by grass. Most are also elevated above the surrounding ground. Mostly done as the ground here is Scotland is usually very wet.
    13. Site restrooms and showers are very clean and very nice.
    14. In the shower block area is also the cassette dumping place and an area where you can wash your dishes. And usually a laundry room.
    15. Grey water is dumped straight from the rv into an area drain. There are no black/grey water pipes to move around.
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  • Laundry at a gas stationWallace monument in Stirling

    House 3 and 3.1 Scotland ending

    June 8, 2024 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 55 °F

    Scotland is a great place to visit. It’s different than the U.S. but not so different that it’s all strange. It’s just enough to keep you on your toes.

    The weather was generally nice with a bit of rain tossed in to remind us we were way, way, way north, as if the sunsetting at 10:30pm wasn’t enough.

    During our stay our friends Donna and Jim caught up with us on their adventure back to the states from Ecuador.

    We met up with family Shirley and Lee and “golfed” St. Andrews.

    We had 2 meetups with Facebook friends from our Go With Less group.

    We had a great time and we would recommend it to everyone.
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