Campervanning in Scotland April 2022. Part 1, Bute.

The start of our latest ten night tour of Western Scotland covering Bute, Oban, Mull and Glen Orchy. Here, after an overnight stay just outside Elvanfoot, we take the ferry to Rothesay on Bute and find a lovely camp on the beach at St Ninian's Bay where we do a bit of fancy cooking on the BBQ. From there we tour the island, taking in the Mount Stuart Estate, several other fine beaches and St Blane's Church before settling on our final park-up at Etterick Bay.
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[@elib7311]

I like people who aren’t shy about their butter :D

[@timhamlett]

Lol cheers. Butter makes everything better. Thanks for watching.

[@howardpalin67]

We went to Bute in 2018, it's a beautiful tranquil place especially the west side of the island,. Thanks for sharing your journey...

[@adogaday]

Thanks for watching. It was lovely and very friendly too.

[@intransit2822]

Great video and cooking... 👍

[@adogaday]

thank you. really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment x

[@motorroamingaround]

The food you guys make while in your campervan gives us all great inspiration. Safe travels. Irvine & Karen

[@adogaday]

Thanks guys. BBQ/outdoor cooking is somewhat weather dependent but we seem to be very lucky there. Fingers crossed our luck holds out x

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Yes indeee. Any chance of recipes?

[@joannewalton-calvert5124]

Lovely views of Scotland but I especially loved the cooking shots

[@adogaday]

Thank you. We especially loved eating the food! 😂

[@madformorgan7848]

My goodness, so impressed with the amount of ‘proper’ cooking you do. No one pot fast food for you.

[@adogaday]

Ha ha we do cook rubbish sometimes. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@raymondrobertson3869]

Just came across your channel and have subscribed. I have just bought a camper van and get it next month so I may go to Rothesay for a few nights when I get it. I live in Scotland so you never know I might bump into you guys sometime. All the best to you both.

[@adogaday]

We love Scotland and have at least another two trips there planned for this year. Keep an eye out for our van. ❤️

[@raymondrobertson3869]

I am getting a ford nugget which is metallic grey it is my first venture of ever owning a camper so I will be watching and looking for tips. Thank you very much for your reply 👍

[@adogaday]

Oh I love the nugget. You will have a great time. Love your colour choice, but then I would say that!!!😂

[@raymondrobertson3869]

Cheers. Thank you👍

[@CamperVanya]

Hi, just watched part 1 of your Scotland trip and really enjoyed it. You’ve a lovely laid back style and its an easy watch. Very impressed with your van cooking, puts me to shame! Lovely park ups and views. Thanks for sharing. ATB, Sue 😊

[@adogaday]

Thanks Sue and thanks for watching and commenting. The cooking peaks in the next video then gradually deteriorates as we get closer to the end lol. take care x

[@markfrost9005]

A great blog guys, and your food looks divine 😋 look forward to meeting up with you one day on our travels

[@timhamlett]

Cheers Mark. Thanks for watching and commenting. I’m sure our paths will cross at some point, especially if your heading up to Scotland.

[@getawaygeese]

Great video guys and stunning locations. Live your style of blogging it’s so relaxed and shows your campervan life … food is amazzzing you need to do cooking vlogs Bute looks a chilled back place

[@timhamlett]

Cheers Guys. Thanks for watching and commenting. Bute does seem very relaxed and friendly. We spoke with plenty of locals, mostly dog walkers and they were all very nice and helpful. Regarding the cooking, I’m a rubbish cook and if left to myself would eat beans on toast every day lol. Claud can cook but doesn’t really enjoy it when we’re at home. But when we’re camping it’s a really nice way to spend time doing something together so we really do enjoy cooking when camping. And it does taste good too which helps. How are you guys getting on?

[@getawaygeese]

@@timhamlett yep a bit up and down with stuff lol but that all makes it fun into our 4th week now

[@timhamlett]

Four weeks? Yikes! Must be nearly time for your first shower and change of clothes lol.

[@getawaygeese]

@@timhamlett nah another 3 weeks yet - mind you Jane stinks

[@travelfooddiaries2031]

Wow nice your food looks so delicious best wishes from Germany 🇩🇪

[@adogaday]

Thanks. Check out our latest video where we bake bread and lasagne. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKKXdGSbnMecotk

[@VagabondTurtle]

Oh my goodness I would love that area to sleep too… I can understand that you guys just take it as it goes, the area looks amazing! That little town too… gotta wonder if there is anywhere in Scotland that is not just amazing. Would love to see myself.

[@adogaday]

I hope you do one day get to visit Scotland. It really is something special.

[@marycarmack4953]

Hopefully someday I will meet up with you guys

[@timhamlett]

Thanks. And you x

[@mandychartres3033]

Fantastic! Would you mind giving me the 'what three words' for the layby you stayed in first and last on Mull - and the one where you stayed at Loch na Keal please? Going to Mull in two weeks time with my sister, best friend and our dogs - two campervans!

[@adogaday]

Hi. Mull was fab. You're going to love it. The lay bay was ///interlude.grabs.smelter but someone posted on another of our videos that the woman has stopped letting people stay, which is sad if true. There were quite a few spots along Loch Na Keal. We stayed around the ///directory.hurray.cocoons area as it was the most spacious but there were other nice spots. ///hoot.belonging.aunts looked like fun and I think you could get two vans on it. Have a great time x

[@mandychartres3033]

@@adogaday thank you so much for your help! I've been to Mull a few times but my sister has never been to Scotland and my friend has never seen Mull. We love to see the wildlife and hope we'll see otters and eagles this time. Happy travels xx

[@adogaday]

@@mandychartres3033 We got really lucky with the otters but there are plenty around so fingers crossed for x

[@johnallan5821]

New sub great video ur wife brilliant cook 👍👍👍

[@timhamlett]

Thank you.

[@goingmouch3753]

Wow… If there is anyone I would love to meet wild camping pitched up next to… It would deafly be you guys… I will swap you a couple tinnies for a bit of that grub you cook up cook… because it looks absolutely gorgeous,!!!

[@timhamlett]

Ha ha it’s not always that good. We often just stick a burger on the BBQ or have dairylea butty. Nice to eat well sometimes though.

[@jimmyjohnstone5878]

Pronounced Weems Bay.

[@timhamlett]

Thanks Jimmy. I’ll get it right next time.

[@fosterfamily]

Please can I ask about Your lovely Dutch oven type pan, where would I find one please ?

[@adogaday]

Hi, we are cooking on the Madog outdoors open fire set. It is a brilliant set. I found it on Kickstarter over a year ago and instantly fell in love with it. It is made of carbon steel so needs seasoning just like a cast iron pan and it cooks like cast iron but is a lot lighter than cast iron. It is specifically designed to be cooked on real coals/open fire (unlike most other pans that have artificial non-stick coatings on them which can leach off at the high temperatures you get on a real fire,) and it cooks really evenly and consistently. It is one of my favorite things that I have ever bought for the van and it has transformed what we cook whilst camping, as you can see from our videos. Keep an eye out for our upcoming video where we bake a loaf of bread and a lasagna from scratch. Here is the link to the pan set. I think buying the skillet and Dutch oven together is best as collectively with the shared lid it means you can pretty much cook anything. www.madogoutdoors.com/shop

[@fosterfamily]

@@adogaday thank you so much, I shall be watching out for your next video, hopefully I’ll get a idea of times etc

[@adogaday]

@@fosterfamily no worries. Hopefully have the next part out on Sunday x

[@fosterfamily]

@@adogaday oh brill, I bought it!! Been looking for something lighter than the usual Dutch oven, very excited to start using it x

[@adogaday]

I am certain you will love it. It really is beautifully designed and will last a lifetime. It arrives un-seasoned so you can learn to season it yourself and so if we ever need to re-season it if it gets scratched or just wears off it is really simple to fix. I too had been looking at cast iron Dutch ovens and skillets but the weight of the Dutch ovens put me off and the handle on a skillet getting too hot worried me so when I found this set it was like fate. The detachable handle is ingenious. I have two of the handles which is really useful when cooking in both the Dutch oven and skillet at the same time.