Isle of Mull wild camping.

Grizzly said:

Hi Bazman,
Some great spots to wild camp on the B8035 along the south side of Loch Na Keal. Head west from Salen over the saddle for a couple of miles then turn left on the B8035 towards Kinloch.
Some great camping spots between road and shore along this road on nice grass - and no hassle from landowner

Cheers.......................Grizzly

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deksawyer said:

Looks ace!

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Micky said:

It is

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deksawyer said:

I have actually been to Mull many times, but never yet stayed overnight, camping or hotel, B&B etc...same with any Scottish island. Terrible I know........ Orkney is on the cards either with the bike or the GF in the car.

Maybe a short trip is required before the summer midges appear?

D.

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philbuck said:

Wild camped at Dervaig last year. No probs. The pub is the white building, top right of the pic, and there's a shop 100m further down the road too. The hotel does accomodation as well. We camped right by a church and 50m behind the pic, are the lochs.

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Grizzly said:

Hi Bazman,
Some great spots to wild camp on the B8035 along the south side of Loch Na Keal. Head west from Salen over the saddle for a couple of miles then turn left on the B8035 towards Kinloch.
Some great camping spots between road and shore along this road on nice grass - and no hassle from landowner

Cheers.......................Grizzly

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laughing gas said:

Spent a week wild camping on Mull, with my boy and his dog. Beautiful place and I'll be going back again this year

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Northern jock said:

Check the tides before you go, if you are going to get a very low tide it is worth taking a washing up liquid bottle, a spade, a bucket and a load of salt (strong salty solution in the bottle). Get some spouts when the water is at its lowest and eat them fresh with minimal cooking. Great free and easy version of the scallop.

When you see an oval depression near the water line give a wee squirt of the salty water, when the spout comes up dig under it and remove from the sand. Rinse in a bucket for a wee while. Boil water, remove pan from heat, put in half a dozen spouts in their shells and wait for them to open. Remove from shell, cut off guts, eat. A wee pan of butter and garlic to dip them in and some bread is good.

Repeat.

If you look around you will probably get some mussels as well and if you happen to have a collapsible crab pot you may get prawns or crabs to finish your meal.

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Micky said:

That's my eldest son you're trying to poison Alastair

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Northern jock said:

Check the tides before you go, if you are going to get a very low tide it is worth taking a washing up liquid bottle, a spade, a bucket and a load of salt (strong salty solution in the bottle). Get some spouts when the water is at its lowest and eat them fresh with minimal cooking. Great free and easy version of the scallop.

When you see an oval depression near the water line give a wee squirt of the salty water, when the spout comes up dig under it and remove from the sand. Rinse in a bucket for a wee while. Boil water, remove pan from heat, put in half a dozen spouts in their shells and wait for them to open. Remove from shell, cut off guts, eat. A wee pan of butter and garlic to dip them in and some bread is good.

Repeat.

If you look around you will probably get some mussels as well and if you happen to have a collapsible crab pot you may get prawns or crabs to finish your meal.

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laughing gas said:

Heading to the outer Hebrides,

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laughing gas said:

Heading to the outer Hebrides, wild camping, in May hopefully. I'll be sure to give this a go
(I'm assuming by 'spouts' you mean razor clams)

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Northern jock said:

Check the tides before you go, if you are going to get a very low tide it is worth taking a washing up liquid bottle, a spade, a bucket and a load of salt (strong salty solution in the bottle). Get some spouts when the water is at its lowest and eat them fresh with minimal cooking. Great free and easy version of the scallop.

When you see an oval depression near the water line give a wee squirt of the salty water, when the spout comes up dig under it and remove from the sand. Rinse in a bucket for a wee while. Boil water, remove pan from heat, put in half a dozen spouts in their shells and wait for them to open. Remove from shell, cut off guts, eat. A wee pan of butter and garlic to dip them in and some bread is good.

Repeat.

If you look around you will probably get some mussels as well and if you happen to have a collapsible crab pot you may get prawns or crabs to finish your meal.

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