CARRIE LYELL AND DANIELLE MUSTARDE PUT THE LESBIAN CAMPING STEREOTYPE (AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP) TO THE TEST ON A SCOTTISH ROAD TRIP

PHOTOS CARRIE LYELL AND DANIELLE MUSTARDE

Four queer women, who’ve never been on holiday together, squeezed into a campervan, in Scotland, home of rain, in autumn? An ambitious route, covering more than 400 miles in just two days? What better way to put the “lesbians love camping” stereotype – and our friendship – to the test?

THE DRIVER – DANIELLE

A native northeasterner, Scotland has always held a neighbourly place in my heart. My granddad was born in East Kilbride, just outside of Glasgow, and, for a short while, I called Edinburgh home. What made this trip doubly appealing, however, is that I stan for VW campers. In fact, before I moved to London, I had one of my own – Big Red – a very gorgeous VW T4. Now we were being offered the opportunity to take a brand new VW for a spin across Bonny Scotland.

So, my fellow crewmates and I: my girlfriend Caro (a Parisian who hadn’t yet made it to Edinburgh) and a couple of my most favourite Scots, Carrie and Sarah, prepared for what was sure to be a right canny ramble. The rest, as they say, is #DIVAtravel herstory.

THE PASSENGER – CARRIE

Despite living in Scotland for most of our lives, there are huge swathes of the country my wife, Sarah, and I have never seen. Partly because we’ve prioritised sunnier climes when we’ve had a holiday, but also because we don’t drive. Public transport only gets you so far.

THE CAMPERVAN

Our home on wheels for the weekend is a VW T6.1 Cromarty Campervan (tinyurl.com/DIVAJerba) – or Big Red II,