Having seen a few reviews on the internet for Callander’s chippy it would have been rude not to give it a go. Opinion was divided. The fish and chips fell somewhere between acceptable and the best ever - and the service somewhere between barely acceptable and perfect - and quite often the review would be mixed, with exceptional food and unexceptional service or vice versa. I was pleased so see that the chips were cooked in animal fat. This was something that our local chippy had always done and the taste was way beyond anything vegetable oil could produce. I was also happy when I entered the shop to see unusual and locally sustainable alternative catches available alongside the normal cod, Haddock etc.. I ordered one Megrim and one Haddock (needing to do a taste comparison), ... read more

After driving through the strangely named Kilmahog, we were pleasantly surprised when we arrived at our site in Callander. Having had to book something at the last minute we were not expecting that much. Our pitch had its own water supply. This may seem like a strange thing to get excited about to those of you living in houses with running water. But believe me, when living in a caravan, its things like this that make it easier. After setting up we drove into town and had a wander around the many shops. It was good to be close to so many amenities after our daily tips to Inverness. Town was still about a mile away from the site so the site was still nice and quiet. We found plenty of pubs, shops selling shortbread and ... read more

We couldn’t come to Scotland and not see Nessie so we booked ourselves into Loch Ness Caravan Park. This was right on the side of Loch Ness so if we didn’t see him here then we weren’t going to see him anywhere. We managed to get the last available pitch. Unfortunately when we arrived we discovered that this was right next to the toilets and showers, which we would later find out were not always hot - we would not let this spoil our stay. We needed supplies so took a ride out to our local shops. The journey took a little longer than expected when we realised that our local supermarket was a 50 mile round trip to Inverness. We have to say we were not that impressed with Inverness so having to travel there ... read more

We woke on day two with slightly sore heads. What we craved was a good ole Sunday lunch. It took me some time but I finally convinced Andy that we could create this on the cooking appliances we had. We decided that a joint of meat was probably a bit too ambitious so settled on lamb chops instead. I have to say that with a BBQ and a microwave it is possible to knock up a lovely Sunday lunch, although our neighbours looked at us rather strangely when we lifted the lid on our BBQ to reveal Yorkshire puddings! Later that day some new arrivals picked the pitch opposite us. We watched in amazement as they spent the next few hours erecting 4 massive tents and a gazebo linking them all together until they had something ... read more

We had a pretty terrible nights weather. The wind felt like it would blow the caravan over and the rain beat so hard on the roof that we could hardly hear each other speak. The weather was even worse when we woke the next day so we decided to put off our departure and booked an extra night. We soon realised how lucky we were to be in Molly the caravan as we watched our neighbours squeezing out of their two man tents and dashing across the field to the loo while we sipped our morning coffee. Later that day the weather finally cleared. We drove to Kielder water and took the scenic route back. This was a 12 mile drive through Kielder forest on a rough gravel road. This road is sometimes closed to the ... read more