Arran here I come

Just checked our December booking £90.40 for four nights.
We are ACR over 60 members.
 
Fisherman said:
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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Sorry Bill but not my cup of tea at all. I do know the site as I know the lakes like the back of my hand but I just don't do campsites. We did a month last year in the back end and just used CL sites and one remaining superb wild spot so will do the same this year although I suspect we will just use our two favourites. One between Windermere and Coniston and one near Ullswater. Then home.

I'll get the bike serviced in Carlisle on the way down so may have a day or three in that area.

If the weather stays like it is though we will stay on Arran for a couple of weeks yet though. :D just dropped all me washing off at Brodick laundry this morning. Poor girl. 🤣
 
Stay where you are big fella and catch the last of the Scottish summer. It’ll be back to auld clothes and porridge befor you know it🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😂
 
caledonia said:
Stay where you are big fella and catch the last of the Scottish summer. It’ll be back to auld clothes and porridge befor you know it🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😂
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It's already getting a bit cooler but feels nice when the suns out. I think this must be some kind of Scottish Indian summer or summat today :D must be a tropical 17c. :D
 
barryd said:
It's already getting a bit cooler but feels nice when the suns out. I think this must be some kind of Scottish Indian summer or summat today :D must be a tropical 17c. :D
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Defo the end of our summer. Enjoy it while it lasts. Do you have your snow chains with you?🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😂😂😂
 
Barry you may have heard that the queen has just left Scotland, maybe a hint in there somwhere, ye Ken like. If ye stae much longer yell be wearin the kilt loddy. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
 
Martin P said:
Its been a beautiful day in Brodick. Perfect for our 25 wedding anniversary.
Stroll along the board walk then meal in the Douglas hotel. luvely
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Are you staying on the sea front? I noticed last night and early the morning before there are a lot of vans staying there. Sounds like you had a good time.
 
Fisherman said:
Barry you may have heard that the queen has just left Scotland, maybe a hint in there somwhere, ye Ken like. If ye stae much longer yell be wearin the kilt loddy. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Michelle refuses to leave! 🙄 I'm about ready for a change to be honest and like last September it's getting a tad too busy with too many vans now.

At your favourite spot right now at the end of Lamlash bay and there were five in here last night. When we went out on the bike in the afternoon there was just us! Came back and it's a campsite.
 
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barryd said:
Are you staying on the sea front? I noticed last night and early the morning before there are a lot of vans staying there. Sounds like you had a good time.
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Yes. We were the last ones up this morning. Bit of shopping then going off on an anticlockwise circumnavigation!
 
Lol! I'm a victim of my own wildcamping success! The lovely spot at the end of Lamlash bay turned into a campsite last night. Too many vans so we moved back up to the top end of the island hopefully to our favourite spot. We got talking to a lovely lady a week or two ago who is living in a self build while she is working the summer at the castle where she lives in the van most of the week. Wednesday is her weekend and she goes off in the van for a night. I told her about the splendid spot at Catacol and sure enough as we get round the corner there she is. 🤣 Deservedly so of course. Anyway Im sick of people parking next to us so I found another pull in just a quarter of a mile away which I always discounted as I never realised how far back off the road through the gorse bushes it went. Bit tight to shoehorn a seven metre plus MH in but in it is. Superb views but no phone data signal so went all old school with the iboost WiFi antenna and picked up WiFi from a cottage up the bay. :D

Just to confirm my total Freeloader status Im now sat in the ferry terminal waiting room while Michelle walks around the bay charging both laptops and downloading a shed load of series from the Pirate bay off the Free BT wifi from the house over the road. (Calmac one has a filter). :D

Off to the Chinese in Brodick later rain or shine then I think ill get royally pissed and make as much noise as I like on the guitar. (No neighbours) :cool:

Another window view.



 
Have a good Evening
We are between Imachar and Balliekine.
Dinner is in the oven and the mando is tuned and ready.
I think Ive bruised my Wildwood Flower
 
The two main ferries to Arran are absolutely rubbish. The Caledonian Isles is not so bad but the other one is an absolute ancient piece of junk. Both are long overdue for replacement. They breakdown all the time. It's driving the locals mad.

This is a new spot for us at Catacol. Didn't realise I was actually on the beach :D

 
Does anyone know what CalMacs standby queue policy is for Brodick to Ardossan? I know they stopped motorhomes sitting and waiting at Ardossan but their site just states motorhomes are not allowed in the stand by queue Ardossan to Brodick. No mention of Brodick to Ardossan. Reason I ask is I booked a ferry this morning and the only one I could get on was the 19:20 on the 28th and I need to be in Carlisle first thing that following morning so not ideal. My thoughts were to just turn up about 10am and see if I can get on sometime earlier.

Never had this issue before but there is only one ferry now apparently. Bloody hotel California innit! :D
 
I would go to ticket office Barry, enquire there, which is what we did nearly two year ago, got our Friday slot changed to Thursday.
 
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