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Old 1st July 2006 | 09:57
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Genghis the Engineer
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I've not done an awful lot of this, but...

- I know that Glenforsa don't mind you camping under the wing. Also it's arguably the most charming airfield in Britain, if not the world.

- I recently stopped overnight and camped at Fishburn, between Durham and Newcastle. Lovely friendly place, gorgeous scenery, very cheap, fuel available. Okay, it's not actually in Scotland, but a long way north within England, so might be a useful staging point en-route North or South.

- Not sure of the current situation, but there was a club caravan on North Connel airfield at Oban that you could make use of.

- There's a friendly SYHA Youth Hostel at Broadford village, which despite what it may look like on a map is NOT next to Broadford airfield (on Skye). Nonetheless, it's a lovely walk - about 4 miles. No idea about camping there, but somehow doubt anybody would mind if you asked.

- If you don't like long walks, there's a hostel (and about 100 B&Bs) a short walk from Plockton. No idea about camping there.

- On Lewis they're happy for you to camp anywhere that doesn't cause a nuisance, so camping on or near Stornoway airfield shouldn't be a problem. That said, I've not tried - the one time I've been on Harris and Lewis, I was backpacking and didn't visit the airfield.

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