Isle of Skye

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edited July 2021 in Certificated Locations #1

Hi 

We have just bought our first caravan and are looking for sites neare but not on the Isle of Skye for next year, we have 3 dogs, so dog friendly, our unit also has an awning

 Any help appreciated

 

 

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  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited July 2021 #2
    • Don't know of any CLs on the mainland near to Skye, but we've visited it from the Club's Morvich site. There are some commercial sites en route to the island. This is the nearest I can find  
    • https://www.reraigcamping.com
  • Tinwheeler
    Tinwheeler Forum Participant Posts: 23,135 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2021 #3

    I stayed at Reraig many, many years ago and it was fine. Last time I looked it wouldn’t take bookings.

    I suggest Morvich or do a CL search.

  • KjellNN
    KjellNN Club Member Posts: 8,664 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2021 #4

    We stayed there about 20 years ago, but noticed it was closed down last year, however it now seems to have new owners and has reopened.

  • brue
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    edited July 2021 #5

     As mentioned by Nellie. Reraig near Balmacara,  is in a lovely spot for the Kyle of Lochalsh area. It's a larger site and a bit nearer to Skye for day trips.

  • SteveL
    SteveL Club Member Posts: 12,299 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2021 #6

    Morvich is a nice site, we stopped there for 3 nights this year and for two weeks, with a caravan, in 2016. When we took a very pleasant day trip to the Talisker distillery at Carbost on the Isle of Skye. You pass a large Coop at Kyle of Lochalsh,  very convenient  for resupplying on the way back, as there isn’t much close to the site.

  • brue
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    edited July 2021 #7

    If you're on Skye you can find yourself doing quite a bit of driving for food and fuel, the Kyle of Lochalsh area has much to recommend it as a convenient base for Skye itself.

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited July 2021 #8

    Apart from the sole CL on Skye the nearest other one is Torgoyle Lodge at Glenmoriston, 43 miles away from Kyle.

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited July 2021 #9

    Wonder if or when the OP will come back and acknowledge the posts and tell us if any were of help?

  • dave the rave
    dave the rave Forum Participant Posts: 806
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    edited July 2021 #10

    May be they have found that "the other club" has a nice site on the island or maybe they have realised that the local petrol stations etc like to charge very high prices!

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited July 2021 #11

    But OP didn't want to stay on the island, hence the suggestions supplied. Wonder where he's disappeared to, though?

  • Biggarmac
    Biggarmac Forum Participant Posts: 364
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    edited July 2021 #12

    When I was on Skye recently the price of fuel was not much above the price in the Central belt.  

    For anyone with a motorhome there is a new "Aire" at Auchtertyre Farm, Balmacara, IV40 8EG for £10 a night including waste disposal.  This could be especially useful if the site at Balmacara is full.  They are both about 5 miles from the Skye Bridge.

  • TomL
    TomL Forum Participant Posts: 763
    edited July 2021 #13

    We've been numerous times to visit the Isle of Skye and always use the CAMC site at Morvich as our base.

    Someone mentioned earlier that there's a well-stocked Co-op at Kyle of Lochalsh but there's also one at Broadford on the island and the fuel prices there are cheaper than on the mainland at Kyle of Lochalsh, Shiel Bridge and Lochcarron. There's also an Asda store and a smaller Co-op at Portree.

    Although it's quite expensive for vehicles, rather than simply driving over the bridge at Kyle of Lochalsh, there's an easy and very rewarding alternative by driving from the Morvich site, just down the road to Shiel Bridge then the road over the Ratagan Pass to Glenelg. There's a unique turntable ferry that will take you across the straights to Kylerhea then the road to Broadford on Skye. In all honesty, if you're on Skye the rerturn journey has some spectacular views, driving down Glen Arroch to the Kylerhea Ferry.

     

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