Outdoors

Below the Loch Doon dam, the River Doon has carved a route through a beautiful wooded gorge.

Ballantrae beach is a nature reserve that offers nesting grounds for a wide variety of birds in the nearby cliffs

Dunure Beach is mostly shingle and popular for walking and boat trips. Dunure Harbour offers a great place to stop and enjoy quality dining by the sea.

Loch Doon is a freshwater loch in Carrick, Scotland, overlooked by the Glessel Hill and the Corserine Range

Explore the island beyond the shore

The stunning Eas Mor Waterfall can be reached by a tough but worthwhile forest walk

Award-winning beach located on the western coastline of Ayrshire

Urie Loch is a stunning loch near Lamlash on Arran.

Ballochmartin Bay is wide sweeping bay of sand, cobbles and stones

Drumadoon point is a where the headland comes to a point, from the Doon Cliff.

The West Island Way is a long distance walking path route on the Island of Bute.

Brodick Beach sits below Goatfell which together with Brodick Castle, makes one of the most iconic viewes on the island of Arran

Merkland Wood is perfect for a short walk with great opportunities to spot wildlife.

Stinchar Falls lie on the River Stinchar, which flows all the way from the Galloway Forest Park to the Firth of the Clyde at Ballantrae.

Girvan has, for centuries, been a thriving fishing port, and this modern harbour represents much of that original charm