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10/1/2010 at 8:06pm
Location: Dundee
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Hi,
The East coast is best if you're main aim is to avoid the midges.
However the West coast has the more dramatic scenery, better for a holiday and has more choice of sites
This is obviously only my opinion. We live in Dundee and always take our main holiday up the West coast. We have also stayed on East coast sites for weekends. Our experience of the midges has never put us off visiting the far West coast. We do take precautions eg citronella candles, wristbands etc.
The sites that we have stayed at with our kids and would recommend to you are, North Ledaig nr Oban, Bunree nr Fort William and Ardmair Point nr Ullapool. These sites are all right on the water and have playareas for the kids. All have websites.
Hope you enjoy your visit,
Alex.
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11/1/2010 at 10:20am
Location: Turriff Aberdeenshi
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Being an East coast resident, I'm always happy to promote this area, but I'll concede that the West is more 'dramatic' .
Inverness is at the head of Loch (not Lock)Ness, so not much difference there. But if you mean that's the furthest north you want to go, then there are plenty of places to see on the East coast.
With walking / cycling / family & dog in mind, I'd recommend :
Edinburgh - Linwater site at East Calder. Nice canal side walks and Almondale country park walkable distance. Easy links into city from site.
Crail - be sure to visit the 'Secret bunker'.
Cruden Bay - not a great site, but good CC CL there. Lovely beach, World class Golf course and ruins of 'Dracula's castle'. (Bram Stoker wrote 'Dracula' while staying in Cruden Bay).
Fraserburgh - basic site in town but beside fantastic beach.
Lots of municipal sites along coast - check Aberdeenshire local govt website.
Huntly CC (affiliated) site in town & near castle.
Going along Moray coast - Findhorn sands.
Going towards Inverness, you might like to visit Cawdor castle, but I'd forget Culloden - It's the bleakest place on earth.
Hope that's some help. If you want anything more specific, just ask.
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19/1/2010 at 2:16pm
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Thank you for all your replies.
We have looked into the various recommendations and feel most are gems.
We will definitely be visiting them, but as many are a bit further North than planned, we are going to postpone Scotland until we can do a longer tour - probably 2011. We’re probably in Castle Douglas though at Easter (Loch Ken if it has space).
We will be keeping an eye on this post though in case anyone adds to it.
As for the dreaded Midge, we’ll we’ve never done the East coast so we’ll target there and probably the western coast as this appears to be a better option for a Midge reduced holiday! We did a week on Loch Lomond a few years back when we had a boat. The Midges were terrible. They had a real problem keeping up with the boat, but you could not walk anywhere, they were like a black fog. We had to keep windows shut, which was horrid as we had excellent weather.
Happy holidays everyone
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