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Subject Topic: Best pattern for road trip holiday?
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Persontrog100
22/3/2015 at 12:56pm
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old very windy roads that have been straightened and not dualled are a good source of nice pull off spots.. the cut off bends get left behind often..

with a tiny freedom van you should have no trouble.. go north and not south.. he he

make sure you have enough water onboard and a good battery.. village spar type shops are a good source for provisions..

finding somewhere to stop overnight is easy.. finding somewhere away from road traffic noise is a little more difficult.. pull of the main roads and start looking early in the evening..

leave the van hooked up to the car that way you can always move quickly if you have to..

i covered over 3000 nearer 4000 miles last summer in this fashion.. no problems at all..

spend a night on a proper (with facilities) site every few days if needed..   

trog



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PersonTonkarav
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You have to know that schools break up at the end of June in Scotland so booking would be advisable


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PersonMotobiman
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What about later in the year say late August early September once the kids are back at school?

Would love to see the wilder parts of Scotland and not opposed to less travelled roads.

Do you guys using a caravan for this type of trip make any special arrangements about water tanks as obvously you can't use an Aquaroll?


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Are you also aware that many of the roads in the wilder part are single track with passing places? (even the A roads).


PersonMotobiman
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Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 23/3/2015
Are you also aware that many of the roads in the wilder part are single track with passing places? (even the A roads).


Yes.


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PersonMoi34
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Hope you will try the falkirk wheel and the kelpies there is a caravan club site cl at Denny and sits in the hills it won the cc cl site of the year you are also in the central belt with east access to stirling castle Wallace monument only 8 miles away .hope you enjoy


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i did kind of tell you whats needed.. read back a little..

i did exactly what you are thinking of doing.. late august early September last year.. a 1700 mile round trip.. i saw parts of scotland few people see..

my van is set up for it which means onboard water.. simple containers will do.. forget aqua rolls..

i now have an onboard tank but its not essential..

the pic is as far north as you can get.. sango sands not booked and pretty empty arrived and set up and paid later in the pub.. just part of last years trip..

your van is smaller than mine and mine pretty much went everywhere there was a road of sorts.. off the beaten track is my thing.. he he


i carry my water containers in the back of the towing vehicle to keep weight out of the van.. i carry about 75 lites in all.. its last two people around four days..

if all people ever do is visit popular easy to get to sites the rules are different.. with out of the way ones pre-booking is not needed.. also be midge prepared.. he he..

trog



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Personalan29
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Toured Scotland last year for 3 weeks. A couple of nights in different places, up the west side to Orkney. Then Skye for a week and then a couple of stops on the way back.
Personally i would find setting up and taking down every day too much and it would ruin the holiday for me.
Decide what your must see places are and then do a three or four centre holiday. You will know Scotland much better that way. West coast is more spectacular than the east.
For our money Orkney and Skye were the absolute highlights.


PersonMotobiman
24/3/2015 at 1:38pm
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When you say setting up and taking down is a chore.

I was kind of reckoning on three or four nights off site and then a few on.

For a few nights off site isn't that just dropping the legs, moving a water container, sticking the waste water thingy under the back end and taking the travel cover off the water heater?

I ask because your the second person who has said that and I think I may be missing something.

Sorry trog will read back .....   


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Its booking in , finding a pitch, maneuvering on to the pitch, leveling up, winding down steadies, doing the leccie, sorting the water. It all takes time and so does doing the reverse in the morning.


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PersonLobeyDosser
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Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 23/3/2015
Are you also aware that many of the roads in the wilder part are single track with passing places? (even the A roads).


Could you please tell me what A-roads are Single Track with Passing Places in Scotland?

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PersonMotobiman
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Quote: Originally posted by alan29 on 24/3/2015
Its booking in , finding a pitch, maneuvering on to the pitch, leveling up, winding down steadies, doing the leccie, sorting the water. It all takes time and so does doing the reverse in the morning.


Ok thanks got it.

Probably not such an issue when off sife then.


PersonMotobiman
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My van is a Knaus 470 Starclass and Renault Koleos towcar so not that big.

I note a lot of the CLs Oop North just have the basics so the Aquaroll and waste water thingy would have to be dragged out for SWMBOS use when there but the rest of the time it's a flannel and two cupfuls for abluting.

Reckon I might just book a few nights in Ayrshire to get us started and then wing it.

So that will be late Aug early Sep.


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PS
That picture of Sango Sands might just have swung it for SWMBO


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when a van is set up for touring its not the same as one set up to head for site and then unload everything..

if the van is set up right setting up can involve simply stopping turning on the gas and entering the caravan the job is basically done..

there is no setting up not unless you want there to be..

winding down the rear legs is about all that needs doing.. there is no need to de-clutter the van with all the site stuff because it all needs to be out of the way all the time..

we carry a few blocks of wood for levelling when needed but that takes no time at all.. setting off involves packing the loose stuff away quickly raising the rear legs and turning off the gas and off you go..

if the van does need to be detached a mover helps.. but as well as forgetting the aqua roll the awning also need forgetting plus all the other junk that normally fills up the caravan floor.. number one rule.. if it dont pack neatly away leave it at home.. :)

meals are done in the same way.. park up cook and eat and move on..

its not a large family thing but a couple can do it very easily

     
trog

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That sounds a lot like I had my yacht set up.

We used to empty all the lockers for a regular clean and check of the hull and fittings and you don't do it often before getting shot of stuff you don't use.



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