Edinburgh CAMC

Saturday:
A good pack up first thing in the morning, taking 1.5 hours, which is about the norm now with the awning. Good weather again, we headed down the A90 and stopped again at Kinross services. We just missed the deadline for a bacon butty, so opted instead for a sausage roll (not as good!). From here was a short journey into Edinburgh itself. We found the site without any issues and pitched up. In no time we sere set back up again and enjoying the second leg of our Scottish tour. It’s a while since we’ve done a site to site journey, the last one in fact being France 2011, but we are enjoying it. We stayed on site for this our first day here.

Sunday:
Weather turning a little, so we decided to visit the ‘Ocean Terminal Shopping’, mainly to visit the Royal Yacht Britannia, which is moored there. But first, we needed to collect the shopping from Tesco. We had ordered a collection for Sunday morning, so we trundled off there first and collected it. Following this, we headed off to the ‘OTS’. Parking is plentiful and free, so no problems there. We viewed the shops first and then went on the ‘Brittania Tour’. This is well worth a visit, reminding me of the Titanic tour we did in Belfast. It takes around 1.5 hours to complete the tour, which took us to dinner time. We were dining out today at the ‘Toby Carvery’ near the site. We enjoyed our meal and then returned back to the site to relax.

Monday:
Well we’ve had the worst of stormy weather ever in our caravan experience today. The site was like a river, although drained very well. We had thunder and lightening, which made getting water, toilet block runs very tricky indeed! Suffice to say, we didn’t go anywhere today and took refuge in the caravan.

Tuesday:
Better weather today, so a trip into Edinburgh itself was in order. The bus stop is a short walk from the site, bus number 27 is the one you want, takes you quite directly into the centre of Edinburgh. We enjoyed a walk around the city, although it’s very busy, which is not quite to our liking. We saw the castle, although didn’t enter as we felt it a bit expensive at £20 per person, especially as it was so busy, didn’t feel quite comfortable. A quick coffee later and we returned back to the site.

Wednesday:
Weather starting to soar now, just in time for our trip to Cramond Island. This is walkable from the site and provides some stunning views over the harbour. There’s a cafe en route, which is a nice stop for a coffee and snacks if required. In Cramond itself there is a cafe along with public toilets. The beech here again is breathtaking, the sand stretches out quite a long way when the sea is out. The complete walk is around 6 miles in total from the campsite and back again. Back at the campsite, sun shining, all happy campers were sat outside! If going, do check the safe crossing times.

Thursday:
A stay at site day, weather like France!

Friday:
Another stay at site day, weather cooler than France – since they are at a record 45.9! Glad we weren’t there!

Saturday:
Time to leave. This is all quite relaxed compared to the usual France run. We packed up usual and then headed out. One thing to note is that the exit is quite tight for a long 8ft wide rig. The ‘in’ road is slightly wider than the ‘out’. We had no problems coming in, but exiting, you have to be careful if have you have a long 13m / 8ft wide rig. We made it out, but had to back up a little in order to ‘re-align’. Following this, it was pretty straight forward, although it was very busy until we reached the A1, so due care again. No service stations on this route, so cross your legs! Again we briefly stopped at the border, and then headed back to storage.

• Date: 22nd June 2019
• Nights: 7
• Pitch #: 146
• GPS: 55.977311, -3.264296