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Scotland Aviemore pictures and writeups (january 2022 )
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Fires lit .........lovely big moon and its getting chilly
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Still frosty this morning. Minus 2 last time I checked last night. Apparently there were 8" of snow just last week!
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Lovely sunrise this morning
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Thats Bill on the left, up the hill. He's surprisingly good on that board!
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Around the fire 
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One for the albums.....THANK YOU GAV
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G1zmo having five minutes in the sun reading his book.
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will add my write up this afternoon
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So the time had come for me to pack my kit and head up the road to the site . picked gav and bill up on the way to our first stop over point on route to camp
This was on the m6 at a travel lodge (excellent value if you book early ) suitably refreshed and fed and watered after the first 6hr stint behind the wheel we set of on the final 4,5 hr drive to the camp site
Bill was kind enough to have prepared a "pick and mix" of sweets which kept us going on the long drive.
3 hrs into the last leg of the drive and we were getting a strange noise "scrapping and a general that dont sound good noise from the trailer " .
pulled into a service area and diagnosed a wheel bearing had collapsed....
so a mission was on to make the load in the trailer as light as possible so we transferred as much kit as we could to the landrover and on the roof rack of the landrover we stripped out the old broken bearing and decided it was worth a punt to see if it would run on just 1 bearing on the out side of the hub rather than 2 ... so of we set at a much slower speed to try and nurse it to the camp site
As luck would have it paul was following up the rear so i asked him to shadow us and keep an eye on the trailer for the up would bound of the trip.
We managed to limp it to the site with out to much more bother
the site ...... Camping in Aviemore, the heart of the Scottish highlands
in truth i was a little bit worried about the site i had booked as it may have not been "wild enough" i was gladly surprised
we had the camp site to our selves the quarry area was perfect for our needs so we all set about setting up our gear and get the tents and stove's squared away .
we had been on site less than a few minutes and the first of many log/fire wood deliveries arrived curtesy of the maintenance guys for the camp (just a side note ALL fire wood was supplied free of charge ) we were also handed an EHC which ment the guys could charge their power banks/phones and other items ...
It was time to take a wander around the site to see where everything was ... the toilet block was less that 50 yrds from the quarry (which we had sole use off) the shower block was impressive with a laundry and also freezers we could use to keep food fresh ... the main office and little shop was well appointed and all good's sold were at a very reasonable price ,,, ideal for milk eggs, bread, bacon
Back to camp for an evening Infront of the fire
my next worry was what to do about the bearings on the trailer after a quick search of the net there wasnt anyone local to get them from then had a look on Amazon got them delivered to site next day ... after a morning of faffing around with trying to make do with limited tools i managed to get it changed with the help of gavin
i wont go into to much stuff on the trip as i would like the other guys who made the trip to give their versions of events and experiences
i would just like to say a big thank you to the guys and girls at the camp site who were more than help full and welcoming
i would also like to thank my traveling companions @1 shot willie @gavin @G1ZmO for making the trip 1 of the best weve had so far
last but in no meens least was nice to see you @Ark79
. picked gav and bill up on the way to our first stop over point on route to camp This was on the m6 at a travel lodge (excellent value if you book early ) suitably refreshed and fed and watered after the first 6hr stint behind the wheel we set of on the final 4,5 hr drive to the camp site
Bill was kind enough to have prepared a "pick and mix" of sweets which kept us going on the long drive
.3 hrs into the last leg of the drive and we were getting a strange noise "scrapping and a general that dont sound good noise from the trailer " .
pulled into a service area and diagnosed a wheel bearing had collapsed
....so a mission was on to make the load in the trailer as light as possible so we transferred as much kit as we could to the landrover and on the roof rack of the landrover
we stripped out the old broken bearing and decided it was worth a punt to see if it would run on just 1 bearing on the out side of the hub rather than 2 ... so of we set at a much slower speed to try and nurse it to the camp site As luck would have it paul was following up the rear so i asked him to shadow us and keep an eye on the trailer for the up would bound of the trip
.We managed to limp it to the site with out to much more bother
the site ...... Camping in Aviemore, the heart of the Scottish highlands
in truth i was a little bit worried about the site i had booked as it may have not been "wild enough" i was gladly surprised
we had the camp site to our selves the quarry area was perfect for our needs so we all set about setting up our gear and get the tents and stove's squared away
.we had been on site less than a few minutes and the first of many log/fire wood deliveries arrived curtesy of the maintenance guys for the camp (just a side note ALL fire wood was supplied free of charge ) we were also handed an EHC which ment the guys could charge their power banks/phones and other items
...It was time to take a wander around the site to see where everything was ... the toilet block was less that 50 yrds from the quarry (which we had sole use off) the shower block was impressive with a laundry and also freezers we could use to keep food fresh ... the main office and little shop was well appointed and all good's sold were at a very reasonable price ,,, ideal for milk eggs, bread, bacon
Back to camp for an evening Infront of the fire
my next worry was what to do about the bearings on the trailer
after a quick search of the net there wasnt anyone local to get them from then had a look on Amazon got them delivered to site next day ... after a morning of faffing around with trying to make do with limited tools i managed to get it changed with the help of gavin i wont go into to much stuff on the trip as i would like the other guys who made the trip to give their versions of events and experiences
i would just like to say a big thank you to the guys and girls at the camp site who were more than help full and welcoming
i would also like to thank my traveling companions @1 shot willie @gavin @G1ZmO for making the trip 1 of the best weve had so far
last but in no meens least was nice to see you @Ark79
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