I thought I would start off my series of posts about life here with a little overview of the site, and tell you a bit more about my routine this year.

‘Welcome to Glencoe’, is what we always say to people as they pull up to the entrance to our campsite. 

If you have been following this blog for a while you’ll know that last year I worked at the Speyside campsite, so I had to concentrate really hard to get my greeting right for the first week or so!

Usually people are very excited when they get here, as the drive in either direction is through some of the most stunning scenery in the UK.

I will show you more of that in future posts but you might either come past the gorgeous Loch Leven, or past Buachallie Etive Mór, a very distinctive mountain on the A82.

The site is next to the National Trust Visitor Centre, a busy hub for the area, with lots of great information about the history and the geology here. They have a fascinating exhibition on the history of mountain rescue, and a recreation of a 17th century turf house, with amazing views.

This is also the start of the newly opened Glencoe Greenway, a 13km bike and walking trail that goes around the two valleys here.

If you are lucky you’ll get to see the Visitor Centre Highland cows, or coos, as they are called here in Scotland. 

As I have mentioned before the site itself is very different to Speyside, being a much more natural environment.  We do have lots of lovely planters at the entrance, and have all spent time making our staff pitches look pretty, but the rest of the site is very much a natural environment. 

In the middle of the site is, ‘The Mound’, which has amazing views, we have a couple of picnic benches up there and keep the paths mowed, but everything else natural. 

Our camping fields are the same, large stretches of grass, with amazing views while you are mowing!

The site is one big loop around this Mound, with a couple of small dead ends into the road nearest the facilities block, and one into an area with a great view of one of my favourite hills. When it rains this one has some great waterfalls running down it.

It is also the view from my caravan door! I love sitting in my new awning on a sunny evening watching the clouds.

I have been busy getting things to make my little caravan feel like home, particularly for the outdoor space.

My pitch at Speyside was a lot more of a natural environment, so I didn’t need as much, but here I have now got an awning,  a storage unit donated by my manager’s wife, and lots of lovely pots and planters, as well as many solar lights! The tins are my ones from Katy.

We have had a great start to the season, the weather has generally been good, with a very hot week where I got to wear my lovely uniform sunhat!

It has been so busy, we have been fully booked for weeks, with an average of 35 arrivals a day, so most of the afternoons are spent here, greeting campers.

Mornings vary, I have two early starts, on duty from 8am, doing site checks and office admin, checking arrivals and manning Reception. 

My two later starts I go straight to cleaning duties, this year that is very different as well as I clean as part of the team. Everything is in the one facilities block, at the end of the site.

This means I only clean the toilets once a week,  the other three days I am on showers and basins, or what we call, ‘outers’, which is dishwashing, laundry and the chemical toilet disposal.

I am enjoying the fact that the toilet block is newer and has smooth shower walls, rather than all that grouting I cleaned last year!

We have also had a couple of social events since we started, including two bbqs! They are such lovely people to live and work with, and I am really enjoying the experience. 

I get two days off a week, so have been doing some exploring. There is such to see and do here, both near and further afield, I am really excited to spend the summer here, still can’t believe that this is my life.

Hope you are having a great time whatever you are doing. Have fun and thanks for visiting.