Finally, here is another post from last August and our little camping holiday for Baker's birthday!
If you missed the first post from this little mini-series, check out our stop-off at Bruce's Stone, Loch Trool here.
These are just a small collection of photos I took while at our gorgeous little campground, North Rhinns Camping Near Leswalt, Stranraer. It was the most perfect setup for us, private and (mostly) quiet. Well-behaved dogs were allowed as long as they were tethered at all times which gave us an opportunity to try out Baker's stake and line and is one of the main selling points of this particular place for us.
As I said, this trip was to celebrate Baker's 10th birthday and spend quality one on one time with just him. With him being such an anxious, scared dog I was concerned about how he would cope with being away from home, having to sleep in a tent, and whether there would be many other dogs around but I needn't have worried too much. He absolutely adored his little holiday, and slept so well with us in the tent (he usually will not sleep over night without his cage and has never wanted to sleep in a bed with me even given the choice).
Unfortunately, there was one family who caused slight problems as they had their dog off lead at all times and we had to walk past their pitch to get to our car. They also were drinking, playing music and let their children kick a football, late into the evening but on that night the owners of the campsite did come out and tell them that this was a quiet campsite and they had to stop which was amazing! I really appreciated this and I'm sure all the other respectful, quiet campers were too.
Lastly, I do have to mention our particular pitch. I think there are a couple of pitches like ours that were totally private and have ruined all perspective future campgrounds for me. I want this type of pitch or nothing haha! Some pitches were near the car park, other pitches had a path others had to walk past to get to other pitches, however, ours was away from all the rest, separated by trees and bushes, well sheltered and with fabulous views across the fields where the sunset in the evening. We had a firepit and you can buy a bag of logs for a very reasonable price.
We were surrounded by nature and you'll see below some of the wonderful wildlife we were lucky enough to spot!
A field of beautiful cows, a visiting Hare, Deer, Blackbirds, Chaffinch, Song Thrush, Wood Pigeons, Spotted Flycatcher and more.
They do of course also have a full facilities building with toilets, shower, washing up area and shared fridge freezer. We didn't use any of these and had our own small portable compost toilet, large water carriers for drinking, cooking and washing use, as well as everything else we could need.
I highly recommend North Rhinns Camping and we actually hope to return ourselves this year!
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