Greyman 25,111 Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Spell. Checker mate but yes you are right, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gav 1,708 Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 7 hours ago, gaz said: I think the fella above means The Caledonian Canal? Anyway back to a bit of camping in Gods Country,you can head just about anywhere here whether it be south,north,east or west you will find what you are after,sure the highlands get a lot of the publicity for obvious reasons but I wouldn't overlook the Borders or Dumfries and Galloway if you don't want the the long drive...plus it wont be as busy with the tourists at this time of the year. The famous midge can be a bit of the pain in the arse but a mossie face net if their bad combined with one of the products over the counter like Smidge or the like will keep them at bay and shouldn't put that much of a dampener on your time up here,anyway its a small price to pay as you will prob agree when you get home,another thing to keep in mind depending where you end up the weather can turn in a blink of a eye pissing one minute and the sun beating down the next..,.infact theres a auld saying up here "if you don't like the weather in Scotland just hang around for half n hour" lol Aye we have all four seasons in a day here on Lewis 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,111 Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, Gav said: Aye we have all four seasons in a day here on Lewis The daughter got caught in a bit of an un forecast storm in the North Sea before entering the Caledonian, they had nets over the beds to stop them being thrown out and a bucket each as it was to dangerous to go above deck, loved the never ending daylight at this time of the year and the midges have been forgotten already so I definitely would not let them put me off going 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,352 Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Get yourself up the lakes. Near Keswick is a place called Grange. There's a good campsite called Hollows farm. Head to there and continue down the river and up the mountain a little and there is a cave. Or just hammock next to the river 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gav 1,708 Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Greyman said: The daughter got caught in a bit of an un forecast storm in the North Sea before entering the Caledonian, they had nets over the beds to stop them being thrown out and a bucket each as it was to dangerous to go above deck, loved the never ending daylight at this time of the year and the midges have been forgotten already so I definitely would not let them put me off going We had a calmac ferry (Clansman) sailing to Iceland a few years ago for 14 hours it was that bad, I'm right up by the Butt of Lewis 58° North, its starting to get darkish around midnight for a couple of hours now, but solstice time is a pain, I much prefer winter when theres no heebeejeebies aboot, and the winds up to 160mph, I wonder why we have no trees Edited July 22, 2019 by Gav 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gav 1,708 Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, mushroom said: Get yourself up the lakes. Near Keswick is a place called Grange. There's a good campsite called Hollows farm. Head to there and continue down the river and up the mountain a little and there is a cave. Or just hammock next to the river Must admit I used to love tramping around down that neck of the woods in the 70's Edited July 22, 2019 by Gav Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 12,352 Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Gav said: Must admit I used to love tramping around down that neck of the woods in the 70's When I'm dead, that's where my ashes will be dumped Atop of castle rock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gaz 284 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 15 hours ago, Gav said: Aye we have all four seasons in a day here on Lewis Are you a native to the isle bud? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gav 1,708 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 17 minutes ago, gaz said: Are you a native to the isle bud? No I was born on RAF Wyton pal, they say you have to be fourth generation born to be a native here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinkell 787 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 On 22/07/2019 at 07:33, Gav said: We've right to roam here, camp where ye want! Only wussies worry bout midges, it's the cleggs ye really wanna worry aboot 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kinkell 787 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Biting today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gav 1,708 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, kinkell said: Biting today Bit too windy for them here today, we have the massive ones with psychedelic eyes, look like they're on acid. Edited July 23, 2019 by Gav Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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