Carry on Camping?

Things I have learnt this holiday....

• don't let small boys climb trees.
• do not set foot outside in the Scottish Highlands without Skin So Soft.
• consider buying shares in Skin So Soft.
• consider buying shares in Sudocreme as you'll need heaps to deal with the midge massacre.
• do not move when covered in Sudocreme as it stains like a bitch.

Still fancy going camping?  We're lucky in Scotland with the roaming rights, which means it is possible to camp almost anywhere and can avoid being forced into camp sites.  So thought we'd make the most of this and go wild camping on the way home after visiting friends in Inverness.

We borrowed a huge 8 person tent. I know, I know - there are only 3 of us so that was a bit daft. We pretty much agreed that next time (next time?!! Ha!) we'd take 2 Two person pop up tents. Daddy Wild in one with all the stuff, and TT & I cuddled up in the other. That was possibly the only highlight of the one night camping trip - I got to sleep with TT. She's so adorable when she's asleep!  If only she were so calm and peaceful during daylight hours.

So if you aren't put off, make sure you make it as easy as possible and are prepared for full on vigilance over the children.  We're the most laid back parents in the world apparently, so found the constant vigilance exhausting.  Maybe camp in the middle of a field out of harms way, definitely not on the edge of a fecking highland loch surrounded by trees.

The view was stunning though.

And I heard an owl hooting, which was nice.