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I just pack up the car and hit the road found some really good sites that way! Camping is about adventure not booking lol

Kevin

Thankyou everyone for the advice, we are the sort of family that will get by with very few facilities, but will phone and check with a few sites, don't really want to be tied too much as to where we go.

As to the midges, Avon skin so soft!  Lets see if it works, you never know, weather may be too cold, wet/windy for the little devils??

By thre middle of August the Scottish schools will be back for the start of term so you will find it much quieter and I think it's unlikely that you woulds need to book. We are going away on 25th August and won't be booking but as already mentioned it never does any harm to give them a phone.  Enjoy your time in Scotland.

I would book. Last year we went to camp at Stratford racecourse only to be told that we had to take our tent down whilst the racing was on. We weren't prepared to do that as it's a right old pain, so we looked elsewhere. That night we spent our first night at a b&b, which I hated. We ended up on this campsite which had the worst showers & dirtiest toilets one could imagine. Pity, it would have been great otherwise.

I think enquiring now is a good idea- your Diablo 900 is a bit od a big 'un and I know that friends of mine with a Diablo 600 had some problems finding Scottish sites to accommodate them  last year.

Some sites on the Western Isles can also be quite exposed and may advise against big tall tents for that reason too.

So to avoid diappointment I would make those enquiries now;  ring and ask about booking AND whether they can take a tent that size..