The most picturesque camping ground yet!

Day 5 - May 29th

After finishing breakfast and waiting for the local toilets to open (yes this is what my life has come to), we headed towards the town of Glencoe – another stop on Mums spiritual journey.

Walking through the woodlands near Glencoe.

We left Mum to go into the visitor’s center while Claire and I took a quick walk around the local area to stretch the legs and get out of the van as we’d spent a considerable amount of time in it to date. Glencoe is famous for the massacre of 45 McDonald scots back in 1692.

Mum enjoyed her time there thoroughly and we then headed south towards the amazing town of Oban. Despite only being 5 days in, Mum was complaining about the need to do washing so we decided to check into a camping ground and pay to stay.

It was a very good decision, as we came across quite possibly the most picturesque caravan and camping ground I have seen – and only £7 per person per night.

Another Scottish castle near Oban

The grounds were situated about 3 miles out of Oban itself and down a single-track road. The road and idiotic school bus driver managed to claim the first hubcap for the trip, as I had to dive into the gutter to avoid her coming through and took it off on the adjacent stonewall.

We quickly parked and setup and left Mum to do her washing, while Claire and I headed off on a much needed bike ride around town and the surrounding countryside.

Our evening was spent cooking up a delicious chili marinara with local seafood (from the Tesco freezer), a few glasses of the local beer and a stroll up to the top of the campgrounds looking out over the loch and hilly terrain.

View from the top of one of the hills in the Oban camping ground. Photo was taken at 10:30pm at night!

I also managed to pilfer a couple of bits of timber to use as a motorbike ramp. A good day all rounds.