A New Year our first real holiday in the new camper!
And where to go and try the new heater! The Cairngorms in Scotland
Travel nine and a half hours north and we reached Glenmore campsite (Forest Holidays). Nice site and facilities, just a little muddy at this time of year - well unless things are frozen like at the start of our trip.
The aim of our trip was the mountain hare and possibly the Highland Wildlife Park for Polar bears but taking one day at a time - no need to rush. The first day we had arranged a safari with Glenlivet wildlife to stalk Mountain Hare, excellent experience but not for the less fit among us - there is a clue in the name - mountains are involved!
Our second day was spent trying to get internet connection, as the campsite was a dead zone except for odd spots. Aviemore is a get town with all amenities including Tesco and its only 10-15min drive away. Thanks to Cafe Mumbo, we were back online.
Our last day was spent at the Highland Wildlife Park, just a half an hour away. Unexpected cross between safari park (drive round) and typical zoo (old fashioned walking). great value for money as you can spend the whole day there walking or driving around and we did which is rare for us. Polar bears were the obvious top of the bill and we were lucky enough to see reindeers at the entrance. Others include tigers, arctic foxes, buffalo, deer, camels, scottish wlldcat, wolves etc
We cut our holiday short due to the weather forecast being wet and very windy, put together with the already muddy campsite meant a bleak couple of days to look forward to. As much as we like spending time in Herbie, you have to draw the line sometime!
