Rachel

Ian is one of the kindest and coolest humans we've had the pleasure of meeting/renting from over the years! He was extremely responsive and answered our (millions, ha!) of questions before the trip + provided some awesome food and hiking/adventuring reccos - we absolutely loved Culture Cafe in Inverness! Handoff was easy, and Ian was timely/responsive. We had such a lovely experience overall in the van. The kitchen was perfect and had everything we needed for our 10 day roadtrip (we cooked from scratch almost every meal), plus the bed and other amenities in the van were so comfy. We took the van about 750+ miles and everything was very smooth plus Ian was avail at all times if we had questions pop up during the trip. We did the entire NC500 with some added coastline and a visit to the Isle of Skye. More info below! Some campsites we enjoyed: - Wick River (easily walk to Wick) - Shieldaig (family owned, nice location) - Port o Bhaig - Portree Campsite was easy for Isle of Skye (could walk into town from the camp) An absolutely stunning hike with views: - Stac Pollaidh - The Quiraing (the weather didn't permit this hike but it was unreal to see even from the start of it) - The Old man of Storr (go early before others) A must try food spot: - Shorehouse Restaurant in Tarbet/Lairg - on a really windy/small road that takes you to the end of a port/bay that feels like you are in a movie! Some stops we loved in good weather: - Castle Sinclair (walk far to the right over the hill away from the castle, found some great sea stacks with epic views, no one around or any other tourists in sight!) - Duncansby Stacks - Strathy Beach (jumped in the water in August!) Achmelvich Bay would have been good too but we didn't get lucky with the weather that day - Whaligoe Steps - Latheronwheel Harbour and bridge - Thurso (wish we could have walked around more here) Augustus 2024

Reactie van Ian I'm embarrassed I haven't replied until now. I have only just seen now that I overlooked this. It was an absolute pleasure having you guys visit and take Art out in the good loop ;) It was so nice chatting with you guys too - I wasn't in such a good way with my injury at the time but your kindness and positive energy gave me a real lift. Awesome you really used the van to it's full, staying off grid, cooking loads and adventuring from there. Great recommendations above and thank you for the photo you took of me too. It's actually the image that flashes to me when I think of the experience renting the camper that summer, helping to pay the bills whilst I couldn't work. Hope you guys are doing really well. All the best, Ian