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Two owld bastardo's on CRF500L's are heading up to Scotland on the 21st Aug and we'd like to know if anyone else is heading that way...???? What would be nice is to know some prime trails to head too and by this I don't mean off-road green laning type just nice easy forrestry or service roads that get you lost..???

Camp sites too look out for as well....???
School holidays on plague Island. Jeeeeeeeeeesuuus. You have my sympathy.

I would prepare for Wild camping if possible. Everything will probably be booked out or double the usual price. I did a week around the highlands in early June. I had to book in February.

But not everything was fully open then so who knows.

The Dukes pass has some light trails. If you're going that way.

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The camp site Q was only really for one night and somewhere to dump the trailer + car. Me and Bill have done plenty off wild camping with various degree's of success, Hammock's and Whisky at the ready..!!! Gonna give it a bash, what could possibly go wrong...
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We had ten days on the west coast recently in a campervan, a week or so after the Scottish schools broke up. We didn't have any problems getting space on campsites, though we tended to be in fairly remote places.

The night near Loch Lomond was a low point—we spent more on midge products that night than the campsite fees. We could have wild camped as we had solar power plus portable toilet and shower, but my better half wanted a proper shower.
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I'm 'stuck' by a river in fab surroundings close to Bala.
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I'm 'stuck' by a river in fab surroundings close to Bala.

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You've escaped the big smoke..???!!! Enjoy the sheep....errrrm, whoops, sorry meant to say View...!!!

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Two owld bastardo's on CRF500L's are heading up to Scotland on the 21st Aug and we'd like to know if anyone else is heading that way...???? What would be nice is to know some prime trails to head too and by this I don't mean off-road green laning type just nice easy forrestry or service roads that get you lost..???

Camp sites too look out for as well....???
The campsite at Glen Brittle on the Isle of Skye is utterly fabulous and always seems to have space, I think it might be 'first come, first served'. I'm not sure about off-road routes around there though.
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