An amateur film made by John Dickinson of a caravanning holiday taken with his wife and friends Ted and Evelyn Watson around Scotland. The film follows their adventures of as they travel along some precarious roads while pulling a caravan. On their travels they do visit some remote and beautiful locations such as Shieldaig and Diabaig as well as the beaches at Stoer. Title: Wandering in the Highlands The film begins on a map of Scotland cutting to two caravans attached to a Land Rover and...

An amateur film made by John Dickinson of a caravanning holiday taken with his wife and friends Ted and Evelyn Watson around Scotland. The film follows their adventures of as they travel along some precarious roads while pulling a caravan. On their travels they do visit some remote and beautiful locations such as Shieldaig and Diabaig as well as the beaches at Stoer. Title: Wandering in the Highlands The film begins on a map of Scotland cutting to two caravans attached to a Land Rover and Morris Oxford parked in an empty field at Melrose, vehicles loaded with fairground rides are parked nearby. The film returns to a map and a pointer showing the direction of travel of the caravans heading north into Scotland. A large road sign reads ‘Loch Laggan Inn’ is followed by the two caravans parked beside a road. A dog on a lead cuts to show a view of a sandy beach at Loch Laggan and a woman inside one of the caravans having a meal at a table. A view of the two caravans parked along a road beside a loch cuts to a woman walking uphill along a track. General views of the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge is followed by a phantom car ride along a road in part following the other caravan in front. They arrive at the campsite at Inverness and park beside a sign that reads ‘Book In Here’. General views of them both parked at a camp site. The film cuts back to the map and the pointer travelling along the West Coast of Scotland. Returning to the film a woman walking along a path and across a metal footbridge followed by views of the Rogie Falls. With the two caravans parked along a narrow country road general view of their occupants walking nearby and taking photographs of the surrounding countryside and outer islands of the Hebrides. The vehicles head off again and the film cuts to a RAC sign for Applecross. General views from the summit of the peninsula in Western Ross across at the Cuillin on the isle of Skye. A couple walking across the landscape. A road sign reads ‘No Petrol Facilities on this Road’ cuts to man carrying a jerry can beside the Land Rover. A view of deer in the distance changes to a phantom car ride along a narrow country road with a number of hairpin bends. A woman sits on a hill overlooking a small village of Shieldaig where a three masted sailing ship is anchored in the bay. The film cuts to show three rowing boats moving towards a quayside. General views of a couple with their dog walking along a rocky shoreline. A road sign reads Diabaig cuts to the Land Rover driving past towards the village and harbour below. General views of a number of small houses built along the shoreline and small boats anchored just off shore in the bay. A car drives along a road around a hill cuts to show the sun setting over the harbour at Diabaig. The pointer on the map continues to follow the route north cutting to views of two couples walking through the flowering Inverewe Gardens. The film cuts to the caravan parked along a road and general views of the Gruinard Bay and onto the beaches at Stoer. The film cuts to a number of trawlers moored together along a quayside at Lochinver and wooden crate of fish being unloaded. General views of the car without caravan parked along a road and views of the surrounding countryside and lochs. In the distance a vehicle drives along a narrow winding road. A couple walk past cutting to a broken road sign laying on the ground that reads ‘Unsuitable for trailers. Gradients 1 in 5’. A vintage camper van parked beside the road changes to a two vehicle ferryboat crossing the water at Kylesku. As it moves away, the carriage on which the vehicles are park turns 180 degrees; the name of the ferry is written underneath ‘The Maid of Kylesku’. A nearby road sign reads ‘Kylesku Ferry. Sutherland County Council. Free Passage’. The Land Rover drives along a track cuts to show a sheep and then flowering Fox Gloves. The film cuts to a camp site and a man washing the Land Rover. On a beach at Stoer a woman plays with her dog followed by a general view of the sandy bay and camp site. Waves splash over rocks and the sandy beach where two boys play in the sand. Returning to the map the point heads north to Durness Point. Two women come out of a shop at Lairg and seagulls fly overhead. The film cuts to show the caravans parked near the edge of a cliff and more gulls fly nearby. Now parked in the car park of the Durness Hotel, one of the women stands next an open caravan door while the other makes her way to the hotel to purchase supplies. The pointer on the map moves east along the Scottish north coast followed by a brief view of a road beside Loch Eriball. The film cuts to the map again as the pointer head south cutting to the caravans parked along a road beside Loch Hope where one of the vehicles has broken down and the two woman walk along the track away from the vehicles. A road sign reads ‘Hope 21m’ cuts to the Land Rover driving along a track followed by shepherds herding a flock of sheep. The pointer on the map continues to move south cutting to the caravans parked in a field beside another loch. One of the women stands on the deck of a ship as a small fishing boat travelling towards then. The film cuts to general views of Eilean Donan Castle with Loch Duich in the background. A woman and child walking along a farm track cuts to a crofter shearing a sheep. General views of a number of waterfalls and the caravans parked along a road near Otterburn. A man and a dog stand beside some trees, and the film ends with one of the caravans driving off into the distance. Title: The end