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I'm up for booking up the Inchcailloch campsite, facilities- composting toilet only.

Inchcailloch is about a 15min paddle from Balmaha, and is a Nature reserve hence campsite, grassy, and beach. No facilites as such just a composting toilet, key available after booking. As it's a National Nature reserve it is partly exempt from the SOAC, hence no wild camping, although the official site - Port Bawn -is really wild camping.

I can post more info eg site rules and numbers tomorrow if anyone is up for a meet up. We can paddle out Friday Pm/Night and then explore the islands of Loch Lomond on Saturday and return or head back to Balmaha. The site has limited numbers, from memory 5 tents. If we are over that, folk can discretely (legally) wild camp on the nearby islands, especially Clarinch.

It has bootiful old oak trees, 3 wee walks, ample hammocking trees, fire pits/rings and a nice shallow beach for kids to wade/paddle. I have taken 5yr olds there and other adults for weekends. I live 45mins drive away.....

I'm thinking mid/late september for less midges and settled weather. I have overnight parked with no probs at the carpark across the road from the put in, the Boat Yard allows limited parking on request, although this is strictly by arrangement. You can't overnight park at Millarochy Bay, and the Nat. Park ask for personal/route details as well.

Official Guides
http://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/visi...id-98.html

http://www.snh.org.uk/nnr-scotland/downl...nd_nnr.pdf

Anyone up for it ?

Nick

The view from Port Bawn beach (the campsite)

Hmmmmm tempting.What are you paddling in?

Solo in an Old Town Charles river, may bring a mate too. We can raft up the next day for sailing or paddling as a raft etc if windy.

I may bring my 8 yr old nephew too.

Nick

Here are two Charles Rivers, Old Spey Bridge, during an October descent of the Spey, notice the t shirts.

Oooooooo...., a nice bit of Tilt Shift there...

I could be interested..., I currently have 18/19 and 25/26 Sept free...

Cheers
Red.

Ok, I'll enquire about those dates. I'm easyosy about either.

Anyone else ? There is no minimum number.

We could do a half hour drive on the sunday and do the River Teith nearby. Grd 2.

Nick

Redframe,

Re tiltshift, I teach the kids to use http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

That photo was from a bridge so has the high aspect.

Nick

Think I'll bin this trip due to lack of interest. That's a week now.

Cheers

It is a shame there has been little interest shown, but it has been rather quiet on here of late! Maybe after the kids have all gone back to school and people have got there usual holidays out of the way, there may be a little more interest.

Nige.

PS Thanks for the tilt-shift link. Kept me amused for hours the other night.

Possibly, the site shuts at the end of the month, but unofficial camping is allowed under the SOAC.

Nick