↓ Advertise on Defender2 ↓

Home > Camping, Caravanning and Holidays > Isle of Mull Camping Trip
Post Reply  Down to end
Page 1 of 1
Print this entire topic · 
rockster57



Member Since: 15 Nov 2014
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 937

United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Zermatt Silver
Isle of Mull Camping Trip
My OH and myself are loading up the 90 and setting off to the Isle of Mull on Saturday for a week's camping holiday. Can anyone familiar with the area suggest any must see/must do's?
Post #707437 15th May 2018 9:27pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
mick



Member Since: 08 Feb 2010
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 2109

England 2010 Defender 130 Puma 2.4 HCPU Rimini Red
Hmm go to Ulva great sea food. Erraid if possible I’ve been in the RIB not sure about a car. After that I would probably move on up to Arisaig nip over to Skye then up to Applecross
IMO a lot better than Mull
Plenty of campsites about
Post #707440 15th May 2018 9:55pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
Ayrshirelandy



Member Since: 28 Mar 2015
Location: Ayrshire
Posts: 140

Scotland 
If the weather is good a trip to Calgary Beach is well worth doing. Beautiful white sands and very blue water......beautiful 2015 Defender 110 XS Utility Santorini Black, sawtooth alloys, steps and so much more...........
Post #707450 15th May 2018 10:31pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
MartinK



Member Since: 02 Mar 2011
Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border)
Posts: 2663

United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Orkney Grey
Ahh the Mishnish pub in Tobermory - great place on a sunny evening!

I'm sure you'll drive the coast road all the way round - shame not to. If you are feeling energetic, Ben More is the only 3000 foot mountain on the island, fantastic viewpoint Thumbs Up

Hmmm, seems like yesterday, but last time I walked Ben More on Mull was May 2002!!! Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's)
Post #707461 16th May 2018 6:35am
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
Ramsay



Member Since: 30 Sep 2015
Location: Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway
Posts: 623

Scotland 1995 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Auto Keswick Green
If going to the West for Ben More also look to get to Fionnphort and over to Iona. Clear waters and great beaches and the abbey are worth the trip.

If it is going to be windy don't camp there I snapped the ridge pole on a Vango Force 10 there in the 1990's and the rest of the campsite blew away. 1995 Defender 110 CSW
1971 SIIA Lightweight
Post #707466 16th May 2018 7:38am
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
Pat



Member Since: 05 Dec 2016
Location: Somewhere new!
Posts: 363

Wales 
Find Scoor, follow the minor road to the end, two beautiful beaches and most likely not another person in sight. Look out for basking sharks, hen harrier, golden eagle, sea eagle .... It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this.
SIII CSW Safari, limestone, (JAC 914N). Where is she now?

It's not a car, it's a way of life!
Post #707467 16th May 2018 7:38am
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
MartinK



Member Since: 02 Mar 2011
Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border)
Posts: 2663

United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Orkney Grey
Ramsay wrote:

If it is going to be windy don't camp there I snapped the ridge pole on a Vango Force 10 there in the 1990's and the rest of the campsite blew away.


Aha now I understand Smile Hard to snap a F10 pole - must have been very wild. I once bent a F10 ridge pole, didn't sleep a wink in the storm! Other tents were shredded. Next morning the campsite was Beirut-like.

Tobermory distillery on Mull - worth a tour if the weather's unkind...? Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's)
Post #707469 16th May 2018 8:11am
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
rockster57



Member Since: 15 Nov 2014
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 937

United Kingdom 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Zermatt Silver
Lots of fantastic ideas there. Thank you everyone for your suggestions Thumbs Up
Post #707478 16th May 2018 9:25am
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
Retroanaconda



Member Since: 04 Jan 2012
Location: Scotland
Posts: 2519

Scotland 
Some nice walks around Aros Park just outside Tobermory.

Loch Frisa is good for eagle spotting, I drove the length of it last week and saw two golden and one white-tail in the space of a few minutes. Public can't drive up it but there's a car park at the bottom (Salen end) where one can park and walk up. Watch out for dumper trucks fixing up the road at the moment.

One of my favourite spots is Ardmore right at the top of the island. You can park at the forest road entrance and walk up to the headland/bay past a couple of old ruined farmsteads/crofts. Nice views over to Ardnamurchan and Coll.

Assuming you're coming from Oban - make sure you book the ferries and don't just turn up hoping to get on, they're rammed at the moment. I got stuck last week due to a booking SNAFU and ended up having to go a rather circuitous route via Fishnish - Lochaline and then Corran Ferry to get round back to Oban.
Post #707496 16th May 2018 11:40am
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Reply with quote
GREENI



Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10352

United Kingdom 
It's stunning, you won't go wrong, we go for the Rally, but go for 10 days and tour around...we missed the Northern Lights because of the Mishnish though Laughing Thumbs Up
Post #707536 16th May 2018 3:33pm
View user's profile Send private message View poster's gallery Post Reply
Post Reply  Back to top
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT

Jump to  
Previous Topic | Next Topic >
Posting Rules
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum



Site Copyright © 2006-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
DEFENDER2.NET RSS Feed - All Forums