Grantown-on-Spey Caravan Club Site

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Grantown-on-Spey Caravan Club Site

Seafield Avenue

Grantown-on-Spey

Highland

Scotland

PH26 3JQ

Tel: 01479 872474

This site is one of the CC's "Managed under Contract" sites, i.e. a privately owned site which pays the Caravan Club to be listed and gets a large number of bookings as a result. It does mean that the facilities are every bit as good as you would expect of a club site, and then some.

It's quite a large site, with pitches on terraces and fields, but nearly all pitches are level and most have hook-ups. Many are hard-standing (gravel) but you'll need the rock pegs and the 'eavy 'ammer, and quite a few have water taps at the pitch, some even having on-pitch drainage (if you've got a few metres of waste hose). There's also a fair-sized rally field with a few hook-ups, and there are twenty or so statics. Tents and non-members are welcomed. There's a shop on site with some caravan accessories but all the basics are in the town 10 minute's walk away.

The site is about half-a-mile from the town and a good variety of shops, with a fair-sized supermarket (Co-op) and a lot of smaller local shops, which should meet most needs. There are some good pubs and restaurants including one run by a person named Grant who cooks unfortunately well. Unfortunately for the conflict between waist and belt that is! Unfortunately its Chris Grant rather than Andy, but if Andy's cooking is as good as Chris's I can't wait to meet him!!

There's salmon fishing from £35 a day or £85 for 4 days on some beats, with some anglers on the site averaging 2 fish a night.

There are also several trout lakes, and plenty of golf courses ranging from 1000-yard 9-hole sprints to full size 18-hole clubs, and prices are a fraction of what you have to pay in the southeast.

The RSPB's Osprey watch at Loch Garten is 10 minutes away, and the village of Tomintoul with one of the best whisky shops in the world is about twice as far. If you happen to like the Scottish variety of falling-down-juice this area is heaven itself, with distilleries around every corner and every one welcoming you with open arms and small glasses (it's the first time Sue has done this much driving on holiday since we've known each other)

The bigger difference between this and any other CC site we've visited is the service. The vast majority of CC wardens are good, but those at Grantown just cannot do enough for you (get a gas refill and they deliver it to the van and apologise for not having hooked it up for you!) To be fair, I think it's because the Club has to limit the activities of its staff to protect the Club's liabilities, and MUC sites are individually owned, with the wardens being locally employed and in far better contact with the site owners.

I can't recommend this site too highly, I'm just sorry the journey's so long.

Nik & Sue Dennis.