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Brilliant! A fellow muso. As long as you don't have one of those ukuleles or a Banjo. Bloody red necks
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Brilliant! A fellow muso. As long as you don't have one of those ukuleles or a Banjo. Bloody red necks
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Since you and Michelle arrived Barry Arran’s population has officially increased by two, as for the weather, stop moaning, I thought mad axe men were a lot tougher than thatThe mad axe murderer is still here. Just sayin
Except he's staying in his van as it's pissing down. I blame Bill.
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Since you and Michelle arrived Barry Arran’s population has officially increased by two, as for the weather, stop moaning, I thought mad axe men were a lot tougher than that
I always moan about the weather particularly if it's Scottish weather. I even started a ranty thread about it a few weeks back. Not good enough! Get wee Nicky onto it!
Parked up at Blackwater foot now. It's like a French Aire. Stuffed with vans. I'm not stopping though. Dougaire was the same last night. Seems to be getting busy as the weather gets worse. It was probably too hot for the Scots before
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Forecast good for the next week Barry.
Yeah it don't look too bad. It was grim just now. Left Blackwater foot and was going to park in the forestry car park about two miles up the road out of there heading south west and some moron was sat in there in a camper van with a flaming fire going in the car park. They weren't sat round it but just sat in the van and the whole place was full of smoke and stank. You could smell it half a mile down the road. Why anyone would light a fire on a pissy day like this anywhere let alone in a forest is beyond me. Another rant there for you!
Ended up in Kildonan but the last few miles were literally in the clouds. It was like night.
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Was that the spot I mentioned to you Barry?Yeah it don't look too bad. It was grim just now. Left Blackwater foot and was going to park in the forestry car park about two miles up the road out of there heading south west and some moron was sat in there in a camper van with a flaming fire going in the car park. They weren't sat round it but just sat in the van and the whole place was full of smoke and stank. You could smell it half a mile down the road. Why anyone would light a fire on a pissy day like this anywhere let alone in a forest is beyond me. Another rant there for you!
Ended up in Kildonan but the last few miles were literally in the clouds. It was like night.
You should have whipped out Richard and put the fire oot
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Was that the spot I mentioned to you Barry?
You should have whipped out Richard and put the fire oot
I think so. Just after you go up the twisty hill after blackwaterfoot down the Southend. I would have stopped had he not had a fire going as plenty of room. Very dark in there though today.
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Aye, same spot, and it is dark due to the tree's. We hunkered down there for a couple of days, would be two Octobers ago. Weather was foul, thankfully I had the genny with us, as solar gain was nil, nor did anyone park overnight, just us. Shame this idiot spoiled this for you, why would any sane person light a fire within a forest!!
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Beats me. Seen a lot of this kind of thing on this trip. Maybe he didn't want the mad axe murderer parked next to him.
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Could have been much worse, you could have got the guitar out and burst his ear drums.Beats me. Seen a lot of this kind of thing on this trip. Maybe he didn't want the mad axe murderer parked next to him.
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Barry why not change your name on here to ArrandwellerHere you go Bill. Lamlash bay late last night from the van window. First time we have seen the moon in five weeks.
Just a thought, if we go independent, you might qualify for a Scottish passport.
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Barry why not change your name on here to Arrandweller
Just a thought, if we go independent, you might qualify for a Scottish passport.
LoL! We are the same everywhere. Ended up spending nearly two months in Devon and Cornwall earlier on this trip. I'm fancying a change soon though especially if the weather turns. Lake District I think. We have been known to spend two months just up on Flamborough head.
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Barry do yourself a favour. If you go to the Lake District try out Braithwaite Village CCC site. It only opened last year, and it’s a stunning site. We were there in the summer, and are heading back for four nights in December. We are members and it works out at roughly £22 a night in December.
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I like the looks of that Bill, is there a pub within walking distance?
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Depends what you mean by walking distance Rob, but from what I can remember there was a nearby village with a pub. Look up google maps.
There was an hours walk through small villages via quiet country roads into Keswick. The bus stop is just outside the site entrance.
Braithwaite Village Campsite
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Depends what you mean by walking distance Rob, but from what I can remember there was a nearby village with a pub. Look up google maps.
There was an hours walk through small villages via quiet country roads into Keswick. The bus stop is just outside the site entrance.
Braithwaite Village Campsite
Book our highly-rated Braithwaite Village campsite from £13.05 p/n. View pitch availability and book online now to kick-start your Lake District adventure!
Yep.
Reading the reviews there are apparently '2 fine pubs and both do food'.
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We will give it a go Bill. We usually use the Quiet Site near Ullswater which we really like but this would make a nice change.