Barley-Mow
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If you're looking for somewhere for a quiet break, consider the Isle of Whithorn. It's a tiny fishing village on the shore, looking across to Ireland (on a clear day), and about a half hour ride on remote country roads south of the A75 at Newton Stewart via Wigtown (fuel), the former county town of Wigtownshire, now a book town after the model of Hay on Wye.
A great place to unwind, or you can head north and explore the Galloway forest park, including some forest roads. You can get accommodation and meals for modest cost at the Steam Packet Inn (if it was any closer to the shore it would be in the water), which has the singular advantage that in its back yard it houses the 5 Kingdoms craft brewery, which of course is on tap in the bar, and very good it is too (as far as I can remember). When I queried the 5 kingdoms they told me that from a nearby headland you could see Scotland, Ireland, England, the Isle of Man, and the top of Snowdon. Though perhaps only after you've had a few glasses.
There's also history in the form of St. Ninian's Chapel, as well as the sad memorials to the Solway Harvester, which formerly berthed at nearby Kirkcudbright and you may recall went down in the Irish Sea in mysterious circumstances, with loss of all hands.
Try it, you might like it.
A great place to unwind, or you can head north and explore the Galloway forest park, including some forest roads. You can get accommodation and meals for modest cost at the Steam Packet Inn (if it was any closer to the shore it would be in the water), which has the singular advantage that in its back yard it houses the 5 Kingdoms craft brewery, which of course is on tap in the bar, and very good it is too (as far as I can remember). When I queried the 5 kingdoms they told me that from a nearby headland you could see Scotland, Ireland, England, the Isle of Man, and the top of Snowdon. Though perhaps only after you've had a few glasses.
There's also history in the form of St. Ninian's Chapel, as well as the sad memorials to the Solway Harvester, which formerly berthed at nearby Kirkcudbright and you may recall went down in the Irish Sea in mysterious circumstances, with loss of all hands.
Try it, you might like it.