The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
Holidaymakers arrive in droves as parks reopen
● Caravan and camping sites ‘chock-a-block’
Caravan parks across the north and north-east are fast filling with visitors as they finally start their annual holidays.
Phones have been ringing off the hook as campsites and parks fill to capacity.
Culloden Moor Caravan Club Site at Newlands, near Inverness, has welcomed around 80 members since reopening all facilities on Monday, with bookings full from now until August. The Caravan and Motorhome
Club, owners of the Culloden park, also saw an influx of members at their sister site in Aberdeenshire as Stonehaven’s Queen Elizabeth Park Club Site was packed with holidaymakers.
Husband and wife Keith and Lisa Jeffs, site managers at Culloden Moor, said people “are just glad to be back out again”.
They added: “For the club that we work for it’s been challenging times for all of us and it’s just good people are coming out.
“We could tell from our bookings it was going to be healthy, numbers wise, but I think people are just glad to be back out.”
Dozens of campers filled Findhorn Bay Holiday Park in Moray on Monday as the site reopened for business.
Officials said phones had been ringing non-stop for 48 hours as all the park’s camping sites, static caravans, chalets and eco camping pods filled up.
A manager at the park said: “We had a convoy of campervans and caravans streaming on to the park yesterday and we are absolutely chock-a-block.
“It was quite spectacular, the way they all landed at the one time.
“I’m so glad we are up and running again. The last four months has been tough as we would have been open and full at Easter so we really lost a lot of business but to see people come in is wonderful.”
“It was quite spectacular, the way they all landed”