As part of my girlfriends birthday she wants to go camping (as well as me taking her to Rome 😕 ). Can anyone suggest a place to camp within an hour or so drive from Dundee? I would like it to be preferably next to a Bothy, with river / stream nearby and a forest in close proximity….. Maybe near braemar or in the Trossachs??? open to ideas, please help…. 😀

Driving / walking / cycling? Wild camp?

Sorry, driving there and wild camping. There is a small group going (around 8 at most) so i would like a bothy to spend the evening in, but we will be camping in tents / under the stars weather permitting…. All will be done responsibly, i have to practice what i preach 🙂

I'm not aware of any bothies where you can park a car nearby.

Oh no, i understand that. Dont mind the walk in to the bothy/ campsite. If fact it would be welcome. Not too far mind 😀 ……..

Any bothy that is a short walk from a road will be ned heaven.

I was thinkin somewhere near Derry lodge. Perhaps out towards Corrour bothy. Only its a little sparce tree wise near that bothy…. I forsee a day skiving in front of maps when i return to work 😀

I agree with Druidh.

There is a shelter only about 2 miles from the road head near Carn Liath. Not really a bothy and not the most fantastic of sites. Not much water around either.

I know of a forestry site in the woods the Harry Lawrie Bothy near aberfoyle that we used to use but I havent been there for years. It has a hut on site and you used to be able to get cars up to the site by devious driving along foresty roads. Really meant for boy scouts – you used to be able to book it but that has been stopped

Can't think of much else. Try asking the forestry commission in th trossachs????

bothy/hut at Glenfezie short walk off A939

seeing as how the mountain bothy association has such an (un)lovely time with people who, rather than using the bothy as a shelter, fancy it for a bit of a party, i'll direct you to the following
http://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/bothy-code.asp

i could but i wont for the same reasons above.

Go camp up the sidlaws next to the stalkers shelter – trees near by and there will likely be a stream down the bottom …..

failing that camp on the approach to the cairnwell from braemar next to the river on the L/H side – plenty options for forest out of braemar

If you promise not to get to pissed up and annoy the locals then look at tarfside – be warned though if you are loud the locals will move you on – do not abuse this site as if it gets closed there will be alot of annoyed people !

There is a small group going (around 8 at most)

Not a small group as far as the MBA / bothy etiquette is concerned.