Posted on 18/09/2016 20:47
Question thats bugged me for years being a member of the caravan club - why are the club obsessed with Bunree when we have so many stunning sites up and down the country. Just recieved our new membership cards and there on the front......again......is bunree. Great site but would be great to see some variety.
Why not run a competition each year and choose the best photo to put on the membership cards?
Posted on 22/09/2016 20:27
Nav, there is a designated pitching area for CC members but you don't have to go in that area, we've stayed there on a number of occasions and never gone in the CC area we prefer to be down the front on the North part of the site, there is a walk from the site to the next village which is quite nice and a lovely cafe/ tearoom.
If you go on the sites own website they have a site map that you can look at, we like 3125 - 3121, if you are a motorhome and not putting out a canopy or awning they are happy for you to go rear in if your lounge is at the rear, this lets you enjoy the wonderful views.
Posted on 22/09/2016 21:20
No part of that site at North Ledaig is owned or run by the CC.
It is all a commercial site owned and run by the one family.
Good view of the bay from the lower part of the site.
K
Yes, K. Thankyou for emphasising my point. I said some way back, it's an AS and not a CC site. It's owned by the Weir family.
There is a good view of the bay from all pitches (because they are staggered) except those at the very top of the site where the wardens are sited.
Posted on 23/09/2016 09:40
I don't mind a pic of Bunree if it appears on my card next year but it's not my favourite site, there are so many in Scotland! Our one stay there was in the middle of a terrible storm that whipped up Loch Linnhe and took van awnings and their contents away. I find it oppresive up there when the weather's bad, the mountains can get a bit gloomy, I prefer a glimpse of the sea or a longer view.
Posted on 23/09/2016 15:23
Bunree or Scotland in general is beautiful but it's hard to commit to visiting it to be met by horizontal rain & low cloud so regularly. It's a big old drive to find you can barely see beyond the next Van. South of the border does seem to have a decent crack
at Summer. The lakes are like Scotland in miniature, with better weather
Posted on 23/09/2016 16:09
I prefer a glimpse of the sea or a longer view.
Are we discussing the same sites here? Looking down Loch Linnie one can see the horizon (if not raining) so I'm at a loss how one might get a "longer" view.
A few who get loch side pitches enjoy views that those elswehere on the site don't see quite as easily. A longer view to me means an open view, a bit further south on Loch Linnhe the views are more open towards Mull and the sea down there. But up near Fort William I feel closed in, especially in dreary wet weather.....
Posted on 23/09/2016 19:50
Bunree or Scotland in general is beautiful but it's hard to commit to visiting it to be met by horizontal rain & low cloud so regularly. It's a big old drive to find you can barely see beyond the next Van. South of the border does seem to have a decent crack at Summer. The lakes are like Scotland in miniature, with better weather
Weather's been great the last 3 or 4 weeks Rocky, but I know what you mean.
We once spent a wild evening (weather wise) at North Ledaig sat in the van watch out in the bay an airsea rescue going on. On another occasion we sat with the lights off just watching it get dark and the stars coming out then the moon shimmering across the water, lovely. Out of the main season its our chill out do nothing place.
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