09 - 17th May telephone only please
LAZY DUCK'S CAMPING GROUND
"ONE OF OUR TOP 50 FAVOURITE BRITISH & IRISH CAMPSITES"
The Guardian, May 2007
"The Lazy Duck's bush shower is a defiant stand against the British climate! - an outdoor solar-heated experience - but the sauna is more relaxing . . . who says camping can't be romantic?"
'The Perfect Pitch' Sunday Times May 2007
"TOP 5 - PICK OF THE PITCHES" 2007 Cool Camping Scotland
In the 1890's the ground around the Lazy Duck was used as a stopover for clansmen bringing their horses from Lochaber on the west coast through Badenoch and Strathspey to the Inverness Wool Fair on the east. The Wool Fair saw the largest annual gathering of horses for sale north of Perth.
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The MacDonalds camped with their horses tethered here amongst the old Caledonian pine trees for many years before building the original cottage and settling with their families in the early 1900s. Now there is just the one horse here, Tamara, and she is definitely not for sale! |
Campers with or without a horse are welcome once again and since the autumn of 2002 and the opening of the Speyside Way we have been having anything up to 4 one, two or three-man tents for 3 or 4 nights. Campers have the use of a flush toilet and washbasin, hot and cold water washing-up space, a hot water 'bush shower', wet weather cooking shelter, chimenea fire, and free range eggs when available. |
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Sorry, no dogs on account of resident waterfowl. Also, no disposable BBQs on account of the fragile environment, and after 3 nights we ask you to re-pitch your tent to save the grass. |
Charges are £7.00 for a tent with one person plus £3.00 for every additional person.
Just ring David or Valery on 01479 821642 to check availability.
Yours ever,
L. Duck