[Closed] Holiday Location! Whats Southerness like?

Nice golf course if that's your bag!

There is a huge caravan park;
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews171095.html
Loads more cottages around the area

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Trekster.

We'll be up your way at the end of April.
Any chance you could show us round some of your local trails again please? [/Thred Hijack]

We had one nights camping on the caravan park in Southerness.
I'm in no rush to ever stay there again. Ned city.

Why would you ever choose to go to Southerness? Just search out one of Treksters b&b threads in his history and save the man cutting and pasting the same information again!

If you are looking for luxury cottage, there's a place called kinnelhook in the dumfries area, I don't know how much it is but Steve is a good guy (and mtber) if you can understand his yorkshire accent!

Advice would be stay away from southerness, you could head out to the galloway hills for nicer scenery and less cheap blackpool feel

http://eat-sleep-ride.com/search/node/cottages
If you are wanting to stay in that area google for; Carsethorn, New Abbey, Rockcliffe, Colvend and Sandyhills.
[url= http://www.thecyclepeople.com/holidaycottagesforrent/scotland/dumfries-and-galloway/dumfries-&-galloway/dalbeattie/bracken-holiday-cottages ]eg this looks good(too good)[/url]
[url= http://www.welcomecottages.com/sites/welcomecottages/pages/SearchResult_C_NoMap.aspx?QS=D4AEEAA9-A084-45F2-8BD2-90AFF1394134~C~216~GBP~A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~54.8837256~~-3.7378424~~55~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1~~~H~&gclid= ]more choice[/url]

I'm in no rush to ever stay there again. Ned city

[b]SSS[/b] .. would love to. Got some dates?

I will be spending some time down at Sandyhills in a caravan with family during Easter holidays.
Wife was actually talking about me starting up a guiding business given the number of requests I get 💡

Cheers Trekster we'll be up 27th to 30th April and stopping in Kippford.

Just been looking at some picture from last time you showed us round and found this. 🙂
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stu-b/4020633778/

Original secrets across from the pipeline entrance is it John

Southerness - Glasgow Neds Holiday Park!!

it's at the bottom of the firebreak if you don't turn off for the afternoon trail, think the exit is further round than pipeline. slippier than it looks in the wet. 😀

Yeah that's the original. Also called the kids trail. Running well the now. Slippy on exit though

the original secrets was past the afternoon trail circa 2003 with ladders and a rotating teeter totter!!

Southerness - Dont Do It.

I heard your not feeling well will. You be back out this week

burnsybhoy - Member
Southerness - Glasgow Neds Holiday Park!!

brantrichards (29 months ago | reply)
Lower your saddle. And maybe drop those bars.
Oh, and can we come up and have a ride?

pottsathome - Member
Original secrets across from the pipeline entrance is it John

willv - Member
the original secrets was past the afternoon trail circa 2003 with ladders and a rotating teeter totter!!

pottsathome - Member
I heard your not feeling well will. You be back out this week

I must ride my bike this week sometime but when......???
Tomorrow I am helping teach people how to teach people(Bikeability)how to ride bikes and in the evening I will be talking even more about kids riding bikes at club meeting after having been to hospital............a few beers will be consumed tho 😆

Am going out with Jemma on Wednesday weather permitting for a run if you fancy it

Just mailed you Trekster.

Wednesday is good pottsa. Weather or not I am riding, the heid needs a clear oot.

singlespeedstu - Member
Just mailed you Trekster.

anything localish

Ok Southerness is out, not into the grockle/ned scene, want a nice coastal villages small town a bit North or South of Glasgow. On initial search Oban cottages were very expensive, so looking elsewhere. ???

Did you checkout anything on the links I posted? No shortage of cottages or places like this;
http://www.dalswintonestate.co.uk/holiday_accommodation_mews_flat.htm
http://portpatrickholidaycottage.co.uk/

Thanks Trekster, will check your links out, Mrs FH may have a dicky fit if I plan to go mtbing though 🙁 she may allow me one day.

Trekster.

I think that top pictures on the same loop as this isn't it?

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Any Dalbeattie/Mabie off-piste/coastal riding would be good though.

Certainly is 😆
Trail has had a bit of an upgrade with a lot of the gorse having been removed, the path widened and gates in the dykes where you had to climb over them. Quite fancy doing it the other way for a change, towards Sandyhills 💡 Drop out of D`beattie at Barnbarroch into Kipford and follow Jubilee path to Rockcliffe. Then along the shore and up to the trigg point etc.
If you have the map or use an online one it is possible to cycle over to Mabie via a forest road called Bilsons Link. This starts at Southwick East Lodge just along the road a bit from Sandyhills towards Southerness. Planning to find a way to get over to New Abbey via the monument but it is a bogfest I reckon 🙄
Good couple of hrs off-piste to be had in Dalbeattie 😉
We have lost a fair bit to harvesting in Mabie but a few more have been created, some are a bit "challenging" 😉

Good couple of hrs off-piste to be had in Dalbeattie
We have lost a fair bit to harvesting in Mabie but a few more have been created, some are a bit "challenging"

Sounds fantastic. 😀

Mrs FH has found a cottage in New Galloway it look nice, handy being in a town with pubs, and I even have a pass to go mtbing one morning, thoughts please on the area.

You are just along the road from Kirroughtree on the 712. You can park at the bottom of Heartbreak Hill, ride down to the visitor centre and finish off on McMoab. Nice wee place New Galloway.

Cheers Trekster, reckon if I get up very early I can fit a few early morning rides, is there much family orientated things to do around the area, my family don't do bikes 🙁

Not sure, bit away from Dumfries but if you use good auld google for D&G you will find something. All depends on their interests and how much driving you want to do. Pretty remote in NG!
Castle Douglas is your nearest "big" town with 2/3 supermarkets inc Tesco. Good local butcher and bakers shops in CD.
Bike shops are CD cycles and Nextlevel
Water sports at Galloway Sailing centre/Lock Ken.
Horse riding ; http://www.barstobrick.co.uk/
Waterwheel at Mill on the Fleet, Gatehouse
Forest drive through Clatteringshaws, places to stop and do some pool dipping/picnic type stuff. My kids loved that.

http://www.scottishpower.com/GallowayHydrosVisitorCentre.asp
http://www.sulwathbrewers.co.uk/

http://www.lagganoutdoor.co.uk/
A few suggestions I can think of .