Outdoors

Lynn Spout is a stunning waterfall on the Caaf Water near Dalry in Ayrshire.

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.

Lamlash Bay boasts great views out to the Holy Isle, and is the home to Arran Yacht Club. It also has a small beach of soft sand

Largs beach is a large shingle based beach located on the northern edge of the town of Largs.

Ettrick Bay is a stunning, wide sandy beach on Bute’s west coast.

Orchard Gardens are beautiful gardens with herbaceous borders, formal pond and formal flowerbeds, which are always full of colour

Clyde Muirshiel - literally meaning "moorhut" - is the collective name for countryside set aside for conservation and recreation on the South Clyde estuary.

Troon Beach is one of the most popular beaches on the west coast as it boasts clean sands and easy access by both train and bus.

Home to the vitrified fort of Dunagoil, the cliff and caves around Dunagoil provide a scenic background for imaginative adventurers.

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

Kildonan beach is also known as Silver Sands due to its incredible beauty and clean sands.

Barassie Beach is situated just round the bend in the coast, from Troon Beach, meaning it does not get nearly as busy as Troon beach.

Also known as The Straad, St Ninian’s Bay is another small bay on the west coast of Bute.

The sand of Irvine beach is said to be immaculate.

Whiting Bay is a stunning one mile long beach with a shallow bay.