‘Stay the Night’ returns to forest car parks

MOTORHOMES and campervans will be able to “Stay the Night” again this year in 36 car parks run by government agency Forestry & Land Scotland (FLS). This year’s scheme runs from 1 April to 31 October and will charge vehicles £7 for the night. FLS said that “stays are for one night only between the…

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NC500 repeats motorhome and campervan advice

THE North Coast 500 (NC500) has reminded visitors driving motorhomes and campervans about the “dos and don’ts” while touring the North Highlands. Operations director Craig Mills said: “Experiencing the NC500 by motorhome or campervan has become a popular way for visitors to enjoy all that the North Highlands has to offer. “However, it is important…

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Leith market’s Oktoberfest starts today

THE first of three Oktoberfest weekends gets underway today at Pitt Street Market in Leith “Pittöberfest” features Barney’s Beer, Bellfield, Campervan, Edinburgh Beer Factory, New Barns, and Pilot. Barnacles & Bones and Ròst are among the street food vendors taking part in the festival. Barney’s Beer boss Andrew Barnett said: “While the cancellation of beer…

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Win a pair of tickets to the Detox Health Beauty Festival

Early-bird tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday, 7 February, for the Detox Health Beauty Festival. The event will return to the Archerfield Walled Garden on Saturday 16 May, with a line up of health, natural beauty and wellbeing experts on hand to help ticket holders enrich mind, body and soul. With more than 1000 people…

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Racing to good health in their campervan

A Scots GP and her family have been racing to good health with the help of their trusty campervan. Shona Beveridge, 43, regularly takes part in triathlons and has been able to battle some of Scotland’s harshest weather conditions as she does so thanks to her Jerba Campervan. Since Shona and her husband, Simon, purchased…

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Responsible drinking campaign arrives in Scotland

Tryanuary’s annual campaign to promote responsible drinking in local pubs and bars is coming to Edinburgh this weekend. The event was initially created as a response to campaigns promoting dry January. Tryanuary is now a yearly phenomenon encouraging special pub-based events and festivals to help boost pubs’ and independent beweries’ profiles throughout a challenging month…

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Earlybird tickets for Tiree Music Festival sell out

The 2019 Tiree Music Festival is celebrating the fastest ever ticket sales for the annual festival, with 750 early bird tickets selling out in just 52 minutes! And on top of that, all glamping and campervan tickets sold out in just 10 minutes, an unprecedented record for the festival that will help mark its 10th…

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Brewery support for Small Business Saturday

Campervan Brewery Tap Room is celebrating Small Business Saturday today, by attending two local events to highlight the importance of supporting local businesses. Small Business Saturday UK, which is in its fifth year, is grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’. Paul Gibson, after years as an IT…

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Campervan craft is alive and well in Scotland

Travelling around Scotland is something more and more of us would love to be able to do. There seem to be more and more campervans on the road these days, in addition to the old favourites of carvans or trailertents. In the Scottish Borders, there’s an enterprising group, where the employees of a firm are…

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Explore Scotland’s beauty from the comfort of your armchair

Scotland’s great outdoors is being brought into our homes this week in a new TV show. The two episodes of Roads Less Travelled – The Heart of Scotland, will be broadcast on BBC Two Scotland from 7-9pm, on Wednesday, 27 December, and Thursday, 28 December. This year, Scotland’s best known outdoors man, Cameron McNeish, is…

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