Kinlochbervie

[Ian@1904]

It is a long way to drive from Bedfordshire to Glasgow. Then it is a long drive to Ullapool. Ullapool to Kinlochbervie takes a while too. I have never seen so many campervans in one area.
KLB is a small place and it is fairly remote.
The KLB dive accommodation serves ten, and for 2024 will host eight divers. There are two bathrooms. So the accommodation is basic. There is no wi-fi or mobile signal in the accommodation. So contact is made by walking up the hill or down in the harbour area.
The boat is OK but lacks shelter from the inevitable rain. So heavy duty rain and wind protection is a must. Hosts Chris and Cathy are good.
The diving is good for visibility, but a bit lacking in sea life. We were diving in mid September. Lots of dead or dying jelly fish to be found. No wrecks to be found other than those on board the dive boat.
I will post dive videos in due course

The road from KLB to Thurso is mostly single track road. so allow over three hours for the 93 mile journey. There are even more campervans on the NC500 road.

Currently in Thurso. We will catch the ferry to Orkney tomorrow for five days of wreck diving.....

[notdeadyet]

I used the boat when they were based in Ullapool, I agree there's not much shelter from the weather.

Roads are just as bad in winter. I went kayaking round the Summer Isles towards the end of last year and the roads and laybys were still rammed with campervans. I can see why the locals hate them and the NC500 so much. Still, it's not as bad other places like the summer shanty towns on the beaches round Arisaig or down Glen Etive. A lot of people need to have a read of the Land Reform Act and the outdoor access code and what "wild camping" actually means. Especially the polis as they seem to be just as clueless.

[Divemouse]

but a bit lacking in sea life.

Interesting. I've never been, but the people trying to get me to go insist that it has more life per square metre than anywhere else in Scotland. I can see the stuff around the town is very sheltered, did you get out to the nearby exposed stuff?

[Ian@1904]

Interesting. I've never been, but the people trying to get me to go insist that it has more life per square metre than anywhere else in Scotland. I can see the stuff around the town is very sheltered, did you get out to the nearby exposed stuff?

We did not travel very far. I will upload videos when I get chance.

[Ian@1904]

https://youtu.be/I1AqambAPp4

https://youtu.be/iAjUkvmmjHs

https://youtu.be/vZsP1RbqBuo

https://youtu.be/RHm2UWmL018

https://youtu.be/bOnvuxouGSk

https://youtu.be/Wi7fHOUgImA

https://youtu.be/BHql_SVCNgE

There are more dive videos, but they are fairly similar.

[MarkP]

Is my ageing vision playing up or did you just ignore what looks like a lovely nudi at 1:10 in the first video??

[Ian@1904]

Is my ageing vision playing up or did you just ignore what looks like a lovely nudi at 1:10 in the first video??

Poor eyesight on my part. Plus the GoPro is not too good at really small critters. Do you mean the large smail?

[MarkP]

Poor eyesight on my part. Plus the GoPro is not too good at really small critters. Do you mean the large smail?

I probably do - it's the white-ish thing towards the bottom of frame, from about 1:06 to 1:10. It's probably just a snail's mantle but it looked sluggish to me at first glance!

[Edward3c]

https://youtu.be/I1AqambAPp4

https://youtu.be/iAjUkvmmjHs

https://youtu.be/vZsP1RbqBuo

https://youtu.be/RHm2UWmL018

https://youtu.be/bOnvuxouGSk

https://youtu.be/Wi7fHOUgImA

https://youtu.be/BHql_SVCNgE

There are more dive videos, but they are fairly similar.

Have you recorded the jellyfish sighting here.

[Divemouse]

Is my ageing vision playing up or did you just ignore what looks like a lovely nudi at 1:10 in the first video??

That's a face-on view of a common whelk