Wonderful site
This is a lovely site with large, well-spaced out pitches separated by gorse and other bushes, offering a measure of seclusion. Beautiful views of the bay. Delighted to find there were so many birds singing in the bushes - we had a resident yellowhammer who sang his heart out every morning for us as well as linnets. Beautiful walks along the coast either on the shore or through fabulous gorse- enclosed coastal path. Lots of birds to be seen on the shore and in the bushes - we only stayed two nights but saw turnstones, ringed plovers and lots of whitethroat. Great place for birders. The couple managing the site were lovely and really helpful, the site itself immaculately clean. Comfortably large shower cubicles.
Nowhere walkable to buy a paper or provisions so recommend you come stocked up for the length of your stay as the shops in the nearby villages are small.
A trip to the Mull of Galloway is the highlight of a stay here. The last part of the road to the Mull is single track and very narrow - and long - and may be difficult for very large vans. Well worth a visit to it, though we were disappointed by the lack of birds on the Mull itself - it is on an accessible RSPB site. Do take the circular coast path north from the car park by the lighthouse, starting from the tea rooms and through the gate which has a warning that the coast may be dangerous. There is plenty of distance away from the edge and the obvious, easy path follows a wire fence. You will be rewarded with stunning steep cliffs with nesting guillemots, razorbills and cormorants (we went in May). The path turns right through a field with cattle and crosses the road you drove up to the car park. We crossed over to the path back on the other side of the Mull but it was a much harder walk on narrow stony paths and we didn't see much of the coast - which was nowhere near as interesting as the first half of the walk - as we had to keep a close look at where we were putting our feet. Also very boggy in places. An easier option - and one we should have preferred ourselves had we known - is to walk back along the access road to the lighthouse when you reach it.
There is an easy two mile walk from the site along a quiet small road (we were passed by one car in total there and back) bordered by lovely countryside, crossing the peninsular to Port Logan, a pretty little village with a nice bay, very quiet and unspoilt. We saw gannets diving and ate the best ice-cream I have ever eaten from the van by the shore. Other than that, take a drive to charming Port Patrick up the coast (we stopped off there on our way down to the site) - it really is lovely and we had the added bonus of seeing black guillemots in the harbour. They sell good Scots pies (mutton/haggis/steak - all delicious) in the local bakery there.
Not a great deal of variety to do at this site if you want to see as much as possible, but more than enough for our two night stay and we had a lovely stay. I can highly recommend it.
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