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Camping In Scotland 2006 - Homeward Bound

As ever I am up early, but today I manage to settle back to some more sleep and get up at an acceptable time. Today we are for home, but the gf is not ready to go back. I shower, we pack and by 11am we are ready to go. With a now familiar wobble we set off and flow with the traffic back onto the roads leading home. It’s not long before we are at Rivington drinking tea and relaying parts of our story to our friends.

The tent at windermere.

It's time to pack this away now and go home....urgh...

We’ve been lucky this week I guess. The weather has held off, grey with the odd showers at first, but not enough to get wet and by the end of the trip I gained a little sunburn. We’ve learnt what we would like from a campsite, seen some awesome, truly “breathtaking” scenery, the bike has behaved impeccably and we have enjoyed the trip. Scotland is a cool place to go, especially on a bike.

The one big complaint is the cost of eating out on the road. The smarter cafes and restaurants can cost upwards of £10 a meal, some cost over £20, snacks and light lunches at about £7 for two. This all adds up, food being the largest part of the cost of the trip. It is my plan to work out a menu that can be easily purchased from most stores and cooked in a billy can on a small stove. Campsites can be very hit and miss. It was not my plan to research and set in stone a list of campsites, I wanted the freedom to come and go as we pleased. But the downside is the difficulty in finding suitable sites. Evening entertainment and food being the main issue.

Time is the other issue. There is just too much to see and so many miles to travel. It would take a month to cover the basics of Scotland and maybe 3 months to really have a good look. I have neither the resources nor the time to do this. I often dream of travelling to far flung destinations, yet only 300 miles north of my home lies this huge expanse of land and islands still waiting to be discovered.

Asta-la-vista baby, I’ll be back!

Dumfries
Fort Willaim
Mallaig And Strontian
St Andrews
Langholm
Windermere
Homeward Bound

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veggy	top story ,gonna do it myself;safe biking vgs
Lati	Enjoyed reading about your Scottish trip. I'm sitting in work at the moment, and it's cold and miserable outside, but I know the weather will pick up soon and reading this has brightened the day. I live near Loch Lomond, so know all the areas you visited very well. You've just put me in the mood to get my tent looked out and get on the bike and go.
	Thanks for taking the time to put your trip into words. I really enjoyed the photos and the obvious humour. Make sure you let us all know what happened on your next trip. Paul. West Yorkshire
Colin Eyre	Enjoyed the read,live quite near you in kirkham,lifelong biker,now in my 50s,seems that mainly I read of others bike trips!!We enjoy the trip up to the yorkshire dales as often as possible via our 650 dragstar,but two damaged legs and angina means miles are limited for me now.Thanks for taking the time to describe your holiday,and for jogging my memory regarding trips over 70 miles!!

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