This trip to Bunree Campsite, Onich, takes us along the shores of Loch Lomond and through Glencoe.
On this motorhome trip we take Nessie along the shores of Loch Lomond and through the spectacular Glen of Glencoe. If you haven't already driven this route you need to add it to your wish list. There aren't many drives in Scotland as good as this.
Our story
We are Irvine and Karen and we love to travel. We have had the travel bug since we met 43 years ago and have travelled extensively ever since.
We travelled around the world in 2017 taking in Dubai, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, California and Florida. We have many great memories of that trip.
The section in New Zealand was a tour of the South Island by camper van and it was an incredible trip. We started in the North of the South Island by touring the vineyards of the Marlborough region and tasting our favourite wine which is the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. We then travelled down the East Coast to Kaikoura where we did a Whale Watching tour before stopping off in Christchurch. Our journey then took us to the beautiful Queenstown and further West to the Fjord Land of Milford Sound which has got to be one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen. Once we reached Franz Joseph it was a helicopter ride to the the Franz Joseph Glacier which had us in awe and the spectacular drive through Arthur’s Pass completed what was an unforgettable trip around this beautiful country. The video series of our trip can be found on this KZread channel.
We love to travel TOGETHER, as in our opinion it’s better to have SHARED memories than saying to each other “I wish you had seen this or that? or “If only you had been there” etc so our advice is always travel and do things TOGETHER and you will have so many SHARED memories.
After many holidays to the sunshine State we bought a villa in Florida in 2007 and had many more shared holidays with family and friends. We were very lucky to retire at 55 (me) and 52 (Karen) in 2015 and then started to spend 6 months per year living in our Florida home. We did this for 8 years before deciding that, after owning for 15 years, it was time to sell in 2023.
Our love of motorhoming started at a very young age (I was 20 and Karen 17) when we borrowed a small camper van from a friend and toured around the Highlands of Scotland, however it wasn’t until we retired in 2015 that we decided to buy our first motorhome a second hand Chausson Flash 10 which really gave us the bug. 3 years later we bought a brand new Mobilvetta K Yacht 85 and our love for motorhoming just grew deeper. After selling our house in Florida we decided it was time to buy our dream motorhome so went to the NEC and ordered a Carthago Chic C Line XL LE which is now known as Nessie due to being a monster and residing in Scotland. This van gives us everything we need in a motorhome, it’s very spacious, luxurious and has a massive amount of storage space which will be great for the European trips we have planned for the future.
Our first trip in Nessie was a tour around France which was incredible and the videos of that trip can be viewed on this KZread channel also. The trip took us by ferry from Poole to Cherbourg where we visited the World War 2 museum and memorial at Utah Beach which was fabulous. We then travelled South through the Vendeé to Challans, La Rochelle and the île de Ré. Our next port of call was the beautiful Dordogne where we visited Monpazier, Chateau Naud, Chateau Beynac and the Lascaux Caves before we headed East to the Alps and the pretty towns of Annecy on Lake Annecy and Chamonix where we took the gondola to Aquille du Midi. After leaving Chamonix we headed North through Dijon to the Champagne region where we visited the Joseph Perrier Champagne house and Caves and sampled some of the beautiful champagne. This was a fantastic first trip in Nessie and we look forward to sharing future trips with you through this channel and hope you enjoy coming along with us.
Our motto: Live today like there could be no tomorrow - You only get one crack at this life so make sure to enjoy it.
Cheers
Irvine & Karen
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Really enjoyed watching this. Looks a lovely site
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi Jed many thanks for your kind comment and we’re glad you enjoyed the video. Bunree is a very nice site indeed and we were very lucky with the weather. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
You popped up on my feed and I subscribed straight away . Living just 30 mins away from Luss , it's a regular drive for me . Was lovely to see your travels here . Happy motoring . Love your motorhome 😘
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Ah thank you for your kind comment Sandra it's very much appreciated. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
We absolutely loved Bunree
Hi both just found your channel hoping to visit Scotland this year all the best susan and Richard from west wales
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi Susan & Richard many thanks for commenting on our video it’s very much appreciated. We hope you enjoy our channel. We hope you enjoy your trip to Scotland. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
Hi Irvine and Karen, just found Your youtube channel, we’ve been up in Bunree, Beautiful campsite, and stunning drive up there, best wishes to You both, mybe bump into You both one day on our travels, best wishes from Bruce and Linda from Livingston 😎🚐.
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi Bruce & Linda many thanks for your comment. Yes we agree Bunree is beautiful. It was fab being able to get the Corran Ferry over and have a couple of drinks at Ardgour Ales and we were very lucky with the weather. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
@Brucecarmaintence71
2 ай бұрын
@@motorroamingaround safe travels 🚐🌞😎.
Hi Karen & Irvine- love this video. Such a stunning place to visit and yet another place to add to our ever expanding bucket list! Love the drone footage- very inspiring. Happy travels, Richard & Jackie
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi Richard & Jackie many thanks for your kind comment it’s very much appreciated. Bunree is very beautiful. We do love the different dimension drone footage brings to videos. Hope your visit to Cornwall is going to plan. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
Another lovely video Irvine and what a difference decent weather makes. Another site on our list to visit.
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi Janet thanks for your very kind comment. The weather certainly does make such a difference. We were away for 3 nights and had two fantastic days of weather and on the other one we didn’t leave the van as it poured all day long. Hope you guys are well. Irvine & Karen.
Hi Peeps, just found your video, fantastic camera work , but with regards to the sound, sometimes less is better. I personally prefer the natural sounds, wind , traffic etc. rather than music, but hey ho , each to their own . liked and subscribed 😀
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi Jim many thanks for your comment and we’re glad you enjoyed the video and have subscribed to our channel. We do normally try to have a bit of music and some natural sounds but in this video we had a bit of a disaster. After getting back to the van from the waterfall I had to change the battery on my GoPro and for some reason the “record sound” option defaulted to off so it wasn’t until I was editing the footage on my computer that I realised that all of the footage taken on the ferry and over to Ardgour Ales had no sound. I therefore had to scrap a lot of the footage especially of us talking directly into the camera etc. Rather than scrap all of the footage I tried my best to use some of it and add a voice over which I agree isn’t the best but on this occasion we decided it would be better than scraping the footage altogether as we had captured some beautiful views etc. Thanks again for your comment and for subscribing. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
Lovely camp site 👌🏼👌🏼. Cracking weather to 😂👍🏼🏴
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment Alex. Yeah we’ve been wanting to go to this site for years but just hadn’t got round to it. It was beautiful and as you say we had fabulous weather which makes all the difference. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
One of our favourite stopovers. Great footage 👍
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi and thank you very much for your kind comment. Bunree is such a beautiful place and we’re glad you enjoyed our video. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
Rumours has it, that they have trained the cows on the entrance lane to bunree to only walk through on green ? In the summer Bunree camp site is midge central, they have been genitacally altered to only bite Sassenachs.
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Ha Ha Steve. Stranger things have happened. Thanks for your comment and for taking time to watch our video. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
Great video again thanks
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi Steve many thanks for your kind comment. We were very lucky with the weather which does make for producing much better quality videos for sure. Being able to get the drone up for example does take the videos to a different dimension. Thanks again for your kind comment. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
Exactly..they dont own the air space...said to us it was for the privacy of other visitors...we can see right in their skylights with a drone!!!...hahaha..its mad
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Definitely hilarious. Happy & Safe travels to you from us.
Hi Karen and Irvine fabulous video not aware of the location despite being a Scot although not lived in the homeland for nearly 5 decades. I agree that Loch Lomond side is a very underrated part of Scotland yet so accessible. I remember when it was very difficult at times for a car and a caravan to pass in the 1960's early 70's before the road improvements were made. I can see why Bunree is such a popular spot. kind Regards Crawford
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi Crawford thanks very much for your kind comment and we’re glad that you enjoyed our video. The Loch Lomondside road has improved a bit since the 60s/70s but there are still quite a few tight sections when you have a large van like Nessie. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
@crawfordg
2 ай бұрын
@@motorroamingaround Yes Irvine and Karen. Over the last 10 years or so when we lived in Devon we did a few bus tours around Loch Lomond and enjoyed stopping at Inveruglas and there are still a few tight spots. We have since moved and are now 150mtrs from the sea on the South Coast of England
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
@@crawfordg The South coast of England is a beautiful part of the world also for sure Crawford. Take care. Irvine & Karen.
We got the Corran ferry to Strontian ( think that's how you spell it) and we saw the camp site you stayed on. We have now marked it as definitely want to go there. Like how you can go as foot passengers and stop at a brewery! We look forward to your trip to California. We are planning to ship.our van over for a year to USA 🇺🇸. Thanks for sharing ❤
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for commenting Anna. It's much appreciated. Yes we've been to Resipole Campsite in Strontian and it was also very nice. Your trip to USA sounds fab. Keep safe both. Irvine & Karen.
@gatersontour
2 ай бұрын
@@motorroamingaround ❤️
Lovely video 😊
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Ah thank you for your very kind comment Lorna we’re glad you enjoyed it. Bunree in the sunshine is such a beautiful place indeed. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
Me encanta
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Gracias Señor Error.
Your lucky you got away with flying your drone..when we were there we were told to bring ours down as it was against the law lol…not against the law but the caravan and motorhome club sites don’t allow it seemingly..nothing to say that in booking etc tho ..great footage ..love ur motorhome
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for your kind comment Debbie, it’s very much appreciated. I never knew that they had a no drone policy but what these organisations don’t realise is that if any of us fellow drone operators take our drone off site and fly it back over there is absolutely nothing they can do about it as it’s the CAA that control the airspace so therefore it would be perfectly legal to do that. Happy flying with your drone and keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
Nice video but look at all the motor homes taking up the lay bye's.
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Thanks Dennis. Not sure what you mean by “Look at the motorhomers taking up the lay bye’s” though.
@dennislowe7316
2 ай бұрын
@@motorroamingaround you filmed them on your drone.
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
@@dennislowe7316 Hi Dennis I did film the motorhomes with my drone but do you think there’s a problem with them being there? Not sure what you mean….sorry.
Brill aidy fae Kilmarnock
@motorroamingaround
2 ай бұрын
Hi Aidy, thanks for your comment. We’re glad you enjoyed the video. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
really nice, could do without the crap songs. Instrumental music is much better!
@motorroamingaround
Ай бұрын
Many thanks for your comment Chris. Sorry the music wasn’t to your taste. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.