Curveball. Wigtown – of the book festival fame.
Loads of deserted country back roads to play on including some lovely coastal and inland stuff just over the bay around Borgue. Galloway Forest Park a shuffle up by Newton Stewart for as much gravel type riding as you can hope to find.
Town itself isn’t *that* special, but this place opened up recently and is *amazing* for food.
https://www.ploughinnwigtown.co.uk/
Gatehouse and Kirkcudbright are both nice and make for easy places to start/end/pass through when scratching out a route.
Road cycling’s not really my thing (I do quite enjoy it but never read for the road bike) but round here is pretty damn excellent for it.