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VangoMan02

19/9/2016 at 10:53am
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I had a day visit to this site to catch up the Deid Squirrel Gang and the Nutters.
Gimme Shelter is not your average site but more of a wild camping experience within a woodland setting with some open spaces and composting toilets. Camp fires are allowed. A really good site.

As I say it was just a day visit for myself and also met the Nutters Gang from south of the border for the first time.

I was made very welcome by all and you will never go hungry with these campers. There is always food on the go and plenty of it.
They had two kitchen tents with 3 ovens dotted around the main campfires with tarps above, it helps to keep the heat in and keep you dry..brilliant!

I am sure some of the members will remember the folks I visited from previous posts/pictures from the likes of the Red Squirrel site at Glencoe.

It was a day I really enjoyed among fellow campers and a really nice group of people.

You should give this site a try if you like wild camping or want to try it. It is listed on the Site search as Gimme Shelter just on the outskirts of Inverkeithing and Dunfermline.

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krazykamper

19/9/2016 at 3:50pm
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Another great wee trip to the beautiful Gimme Shelter Campsite. It was great to see everyone enjoying themselves so much. Lots of smiles and laughter round the campfire...........

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2015 Trips

January - Red Squirrel
February - Red Squirrel
March - Gimme Shelter
April - Elie
May - Noah's Ark
May - Riverside, Skipton
May - Blair Castle
June - Braithwaite Bridges
July - The Star
July - Witches Craig
July - Scone
August - Highburn House
September - Gimme Shelter

thebiz

19/9/2016 at 4:28pm
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Lovely to see you again Vangoman and even better when Andycapp arrived unexpectedly

It was funny to see you introduced to Billy and then his reaction when we told him your UKCS user name , a weel kent name indeed .

The boat trip on Saturday was a tremendous success, very interesting and of course the weather made all the difference, don't know if you saw us but we waved to you as we passed your hometown

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See you next time, if not before

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diwlsn

19/9/2016 at 4:35pm
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It was great to finally meet you VangoMan, a great time was had by all

andycapp

19/9/2016 at 6:08pm
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Glad I went, if only for a visit. It was great to see you all again. See you all soon I hope.

All the best,

Andy

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irodeludo

19/9/2016 at 7:13pm
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Great trip had by all, lovely to meet VangoMan and always a pleasure to see andycap! Roll on the next meet!

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jelboy53

19/9/2016 at 8:20pm
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Great to see vangoman again...A kindred spirit judging by his tales of times gone by..Glad you felt welcome and at ease in our company...As for Andycapp...Turns up and within minutes is sat on a chair talking away as if it was minutes ago he last met us...LOL!!

Jelboy.

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heath63

20/9/2016 at 4:34pm
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It certainly was a fab meet, it was great to see Andy again and at last met Vangoman, hopefully meet again in the future!

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JohnAD

20/9/2016 at 7:17pm
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It was a great four days at Gimme Shelter. Good to finally meet you VangoMan and to see you again AndyCapp. We were very lucky with the weather and that made all the difference, especially for the boat trip on the Forth Belle. Cannot wait to get back to Scotland again for another visit.

John

armchaircamper

20/9/2016 at 10:03pm
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Another great meet and good to see you again, Vangoman!

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