What a perfect holiday!
The site's "blurb" attracted us - we were looking for a quiet two weeks in nice surroundings.
Travel north was so different from battling through Birmingham and we found a beautiful, mostly level field which, despite this "record wet" July showed no signs of becoming boggy, set on a loop of the river Forth. Not exactly "trout stream" - but certainly not a huge river! The fields around were thick with hay and wildlife abounded - including swifts, hares, bats and the occasional sighting of the resident Red Kite. And so quiet!
A warm welcome from Irene - but we saw little of the family - they were working all daylight hours to get the grass cut and baled as haylage. And a Scottish July day is a long one!
With doom and gloom weather forecasts, it was a triumph to return home with the proud boast that we didn't wear rain gear from beginning to end! And there was so much we could see and do within just a few miles. Stirling, Falkirk, Dunblane, Loch Katrine, Flanders Moss, Argoty Red Kites, Inchcolme Island are all to be recommended.
Two positives: Over our 40 years of CL-visiting, the chemical disposal arrangements have varied from Club Site standard to the frankly disgusting. Matthew Steel's solution is elegant and practical - and gave me pleasure to use each time. Also, within a few miles there are not one but two excellent farm shops!
One negative: The upcoming UCI World Championships time trial runs along the road. A good thing is that they have just resurfaced it. The bad side is that they kept closing the roads!
