Eriba Man

  I visited Garlieston C&MC Site for 5 nights in April 2024. I really enjoy this site, it's sea side location, and the opportunities for exploring the fantastin surrounding area. For 2024, this takes my nights count living in the van to 12. The site itself is on the site of a former harbour, used for the shipping of timber from the surrounding forests. Dumfries and Galloway have massive plantations. The site is split in two, the harbourside and the walled garden. I prefer the shelter and quietness of the walled garden, and above, my van is almost bang in the centre of the picture above. The site is also located across a burn from a different, private site, Garlieston Lodge. Garlieston Village, famous for also being the place where nearby the Mulberry Harbours used during D Day were designed and tested. A really nice seafront, a good pub, and a great beach for walking the dogs. Looking across the water to the distant hills of Cumbria. Visited some nice places. This was Glasserto...

  I visited Garlieston C&MC in Dumfries and Galloway as part of a tour I was on covering the South West of Scotland. I stayed a total of 4 nights, taking my tally of nights stayed in the van to 22 for this year. I was last on this site just a few weeks ago, and I altered my route to avoid some of the extremely potholed  roads I'de been led on before. The roads through the Galloway Forest have deteriorated massively in the last couple of years, so I opted for the just slightly longer Girvan to Newton Stewart road which was a lot better, and to be honest, quite a fast road. It took me around 5 hrs, another advantage being that Girvan even though quite small, now has an Asda for stocking up. The weather was mainly dry for the 5 days, with the exception of one day where it really was torrential. I pitched in the separate walled area of the site which was quite quiet, but did fill up as the days went on. I think it was probably folk extending the May Bank Holiday. Did get some ...

  This is night No.16/2021 living in the caravan. It's our forth and final night at the Garlieston C&MC Site in Dumfries and Galloway. Woke up to a wet and drizzly morning. Still a bit of mist around, but it was the sort of drizzle that soaks you! After taking the dogs for a run around on the beach, and getting a shower and some breakfast, headed along the road to Kilsture Forest to walk the longer of the way marked trails, the Red Deer Trail.  One feature of the woods around these parts is the abundance of bluebells. Apparently, there a feature on the Atlantic facing fringes of the UK? I've only ever seen as many in Glencoe and on the Isle of Raasay. It's a great forest for walking, even in the wet. The paths are pretty good, it's big, and it's also very quiet. Certain parts of the wood were completely carpeted in Bluebells. The walk took around 90 mins, and after retuning to the van for some reading and some lunch, I read about a wood just outside Newton Stewa...