Campsnaps - Jobs and views around the campsite

Video of some 2014 events

Grass seeding bare patches on pitches

25.3.2014

note the old yellow esso oil can

Fueling up for the best job of the week-

sit on lawnmower for camp pitches

 Pitch  grass clippings

24.3.2014
Near the pitch "Belle"
Daffodils and leopard's bane leaves

19.3.2013

Logs for seasoning for your campfires

15.3.2014
Pitch next to "Catkin"

Sibling pitch to "J Way"
Self set silver birch

10.3.2014 Sun on lower camp

Sandstone ruins of "Rosebank" (1890's) cottage

One of the huge variety of tents that have been pitched here

Sun around a campfire area

Badger hide

4.30p.m. 7.3.2014.

 Welcome from the sun and trees at the lower pitches.

18.2.2014

Steps and rope handrail to first set of  woodland "Pitches".

 3 types of moss, yellow on twig, green on sandstone, also blue.

A sign of a good oxygen level. No wonder people feel good in a woodland.

Steps from No. 1 holiday cottage into campers' lane.

Stone wall to campsite,

built in 1890's and water run off from top pitches.

Beech tree base.

17.2.2014

 Stream from balcony of camping shack

1 of the Recycling areas

Sandstone quarry in the valley (our cottages were built from this)

Food - Take away Dalgety Bay

3 miles east of campsite at Dalgety Bay:-

Spice of India 01383 821313

 Lamb Nentara, Lamb Madras, rice, dhal, 2 chapattis, 1 paratha

                                                           16.3.2014 £20 Enough for 4 

Fish Bar Dalgety Bay

Simon's kitchen chinese

woks

http://www.welcometoscotland.com/


English

Eating Out in Scotland

Fife Leisure park 2 miles:- ,

Bella Italia, http://www.bellaitalia.co.uk/menu/main-menu/7Chinese buffet, Pizza hut,

Nando's chickenMcDonalds, pub, Dobbies cafe.

Craigies Organic farm http://www.craigies.co.uk/jamkitchen.htm

Inverkeithing - Burgh Arms

Cycling Fife Coastal Path Sustrans CTC

John at  Kinross 01577 862839.  

The cycle path around all of Loch Leven is nearly complete and makes a great day out.

www.davesbikeshed.co.uk - Aberdour repairs

Cycle path starts yards from our holiday cottage and woodland camp.
Go  to the pretty harbour down from Inverkeithing High street,
 opposite Sandy Wallace cycles.
Walk or cycle along the estuary to Dalgety Bay and Aberdour.
Then as far as you like.
Look for the Chain walk.


Many who are cycling or walking for charity or fundraising or Lands end to John O'Groats
use our camp as an overnight stop. We are on the old north road (B981).
For example  Richard Toole, who is disabled, plans to walk from the Tay bridge to the Forth road bridge. - http://stores.lulu.com/RICHARDTOOLE
and http://www.justgiving.com/richards40dayshike09

and Richard Barr at http://www.cancerwalker.com/

http://www.ctc.org.uk/

http://www.sustrans.org/

http://www.sustrans.org/default.asp?sID=1090515197515 Scottish routes

Mike Carter 6000 mile cycle around Britain get.carter@observer.co.uk

See Google cycle link http://current.newsweek.com/budgettravel/2010/03/biking_directions_added_to_goo.html

John at  Kinross 01577 862839.  

The cycle path around all of Loch Leven is nearly complete and makes a great day out.

Plants in woodland. Ancient woodland

Flower calendar - Bluebells...

Our woodland and meadows:-
11.5.2014
Speedwell at "Moonbeam" pitch

28.1.2014

 1.7.2013
Scarlet Pimpernel at "Axis" pitch

Wild mustard

Wild strawberries

Grasses

28.6.2013
Purple clover

Queen Anne lace

Yellow vetch

17.6.2013
Wood Avens

11.6.2013

Orchid and buttercup
Speedwell and purple vetch

speedwell

Clover, stitchwort and horsetail

10.5.13 

 Wild whitecurrants

Emerging Ferns

Primroses at shack

Leopardsbane

Bluebells


Forget me not (mysotis)
Lesser celandines
Fernscomfrey


Apparently there are a few ways to tell if woodland is ancient,:-

1. If it is shown on early maps,

2.If it is irregular shape and not a rectangle as with modern tree planting because it is easier to fence.

3.Woodland on slopes was not easy to clear or farm, so it got left where it was.

4.Native primroses are paler yellow and native bluebells hang to one side.

5. Existence of ancient hollow way (an old track pasing through the middle of the wood.)

All of the above are evident in the valley of what is called "Hidden valley" on old local maps.

yellow archangel

scarlet pimpernel at entrance to "Hoot"

Primroses on the valley embankment.

Orange hawkbit at "Hawk"  near "Aero"

3 kinds of orchid:-

Early spotted, common spotted pyramid?

Forth bridge visitor centre

Forth bridge visitor centre

 Video and display  at the National gallery of the proposed viewing platform

South Queensferry

Sun on the Forth Rail bridge 20.1.2014

Orocco pier - bar and grill menu

5 miles from campsite

Animals - Hare video

Hare 2.1.2014

Just hopping around on the pitch "Axis".

Fungus - Algae - Moss - Lichen

25.3.2014
yellow moss on stick

20.1.2014 Doing some repairs at the campsite steps

 and saw this yellow frilly edged fungus

Fungus - velvet shank

Spotted 2.1.2014

Velvet shank fungus on Pitch "Ox"

Lichen

Moss