Monday 23 April 2012

'The Van' and 'The Clan'

We love creating fun adventures at Big Tree Campervans, and this morning was especially exciting as Duncan Shaw & Ricky Crompton from The Clan arrived to pick up their campervan.  We've teamed up this week with The Clan - Scotland's famous cycling stunt team - after first working with them at the Outdoor Pursuits Show in Glasgow last year.  We've been hatching some fantastic plans for several months now, and it was great to see these two cycle stars finally get to pick up their Big Tree Campervan and start their adventure!  The really exciting part is that Duncan & Ricky are accompanied by Paul MacDonald who's a superb film maker, and the plan over the next week is that they're off on their adventures making a cycling/wake boarding/climbing/bungee jumping/campervan road movie in wonderful Scotland!

Duncan & Ricky's bikes are pretty impressive - an Echo trials bike and an awesome dirt jump bike, and the theme of the trip is all about having fun on their bikes, capturing loads of great stuff on film, and doing some adventurous stuff they've not done before... so we've teamed them up with some other cool adventure providers around Scotland (eg Mike Pescod's Abacus Mountaineering, and the guys at Highland Fling Bungee amongst others). 

We did a wee bit of filming when the guys got here, and now they're off on their Big Tree Campervan adventure extravaganza.  We're going to try and hook up with them later in the week to see how they're getting on, and I know we'll be in for a real treat of a movie when it's all finished in a few weeks time!


Sunday 15 April 2012

Arisaig Adventures

Every so often we have a snatched opportunity to get away in one of our own campervans... and checking our 'In-Out' schedule this weekend, we realised we could pack a van on Friday, look after some customers on Friday evening, then zoom off early on Saturday and get back for late Sunday afternoon. Van packed, family in, and it was off up the A9, across the Laggan road to Ft William, then the stunning drive down 'Harry Potter Valley' (aka Glenn Finnan) to see our pals Julie & Ian at Sunnyside Croft in Arisaig.
We often recommend Julie & Ian and their fab new site at Arisaig, and for very, very good reasons! There are lots of sites at Arisaig, but Julie & Ian took the great step last year of setting up a brand new 37-pitch site on their croft right by the gorgeous sandy beaches at the bottom of their land. They've done an amazing job, with a lovely eco-friendly shower/loo/facilities block, a great wee shop with local produce (but sensibly not trying to compete with the Spar in Arisaig village), very generous pitch sizes... I do so hate it when sites try and cram you together!. Most importantly, Julie & Ian major on friendly and genuine customer service, which is almost (almost!) as good as Big Tree Campervan's !!!. The views out to Skye, Rum and Eigg are awesome, and the beaches could be in the Seychelles.... It's still April of course, so no swimming (yet), but superb pottering around rock-pools and wading across sand bars to fun wee islands, then back to a cosy campervan (heating on full blast in the icy wind!) for a meal, then a movie on the DVD player.
So, all in all, an excellent snatched wee trip away!

Monday 9 April 2012

Awesome April - 30% off Big Tree Campervan adventures!!


April can be a fantastic time for campervan adventures in Scotland, with snow still on the high mountains, but spring-like in the glens. We’re really busy during this April, but we’ve also got the following last minute slots left:

4 berth Elevating Roof Campervan April 17th – 19th, and 23rd – 27th

2 berth Hi-Top Campervan April 13th – 16th, and 13th – 18th.

And here’s the great news.... any three days in the above dates are now only £180, that’s an Awesome April saving of 30%!
If you want to add extra days, then you can combine your Awesome April days with a longer adventure, so if you want to hire a campervan for, say six days, three will be at the normal April rate of £90/day, and three at the Awesome April rate of £60!