{"id":26649,"date":"2023-05-09T13:36:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?p=26649&preview=true&preview_id=26649"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:16:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T09:16:51","slug":"15-dumfries-and-galloway-mull-of-galloway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2023\/05\/09\/15-dumfries-and-galloway-mull-of-galloway\/","title":{"rendered":"15. Dumfries and Galloway, Mull of Galloway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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15. DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, MULL OF GALLOWAY<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Distance: 3.3 miles\/5.3km | Time: 2 hours | Grade: Easy | Total ascent: 162m
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The Mull of Galloway Lighthouse in Dumfries and Galloway is Scotland\u2019s most southerly spot <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Walked by Vivienne Crow <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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A rugged and remote finger of land reaches out into the Irish Sea at Scotland\u2019s southernmost point. Known as the Mull of Galloway, it commands a far-reaching outlook encompassing Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and England\u2019s Lake District, views that can be enjoyed on this figure of-eight walk at the peninsula\u2019s tip. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The cliffs here are home to nesting seabirds at this time of year while dolphins can be spotted offshore. End your visit with a climb to the lighthouse\u2019s lantern room (March-October) and then call in at the clifftop caf\u00e9 to refuel. <\/p>\n\n

1. START <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

The gate in front of the caf\u00e9 (directly below the car park) provides access to an undulating trail along the unfenced clifftop. Turn right and, using the fence on the right as your guide for 1.1 miles, watch for fulmars, kittiwakes, guillemots, razorbills and the occasional puffin nesting on these dramatic greywacke cliffs. Further out to the west, Northern Ireland is visible on a clear day. <\/p>\n\n

2. 1.2 MILES <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

When you find yourself looking straight ahead into the small bay at West Tarbert, go through the gate on the right and follow the fence on the left to the road.<\/span> Cross diagonally left, through the wall gap opposite. Walk with an earth bank on your right until it ends in about 65 metres. Drop steeply right to the shore at East Tarbert, follow a track to the old quay and go through the gate between the two buildings.<\/p>\n\n

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3. 1.7 MILES <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Having crossed the peninsula, open-sea vistas are swapped for views across Luce Bay and into the remote Galloway Hills. <\/p>\n\n

With good visibility, you might even spot the faint blue outline of the Lakeland fells on the eastern horizon as you follow the waymarked Mull of Galloway Trail. <\/p>\n\n

This route runs alongside the fence leading uphill from behind the semi-derelict building at the quay. <\/p>\n\n

4. 2.5 MILES<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Further progress east is halted abruptly by a wall. <\/span><\/p>\n\n

Go through the gate on the right now and follow the wall uphill to the car park. <\/p>\n\n

Before shedding your walking gear, however, proceed through the gate on the left and join the signposted \u2018circular\u2019 trail on the left. <\/p>\n\n

5. 2.7 MILES <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

For the full tip-of-thepeninsula experience, including a chance to see the churning waters of the Nine Tides tidal race, turn left along the Lagvag Point trail just beyond the RSPB cottage. <\/p>\n\n

Return to the circular trail and continue to follow it clockwise, where you soon reach the lighthouse and then return to the car park. <\/p>\n\n

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USEFUL INFO <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Starting point <\/strong>
Free car park at tip of Mull of Galloway, DG9 9HP, 22 miles south of Stranraer. No public transport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terrain <\/strong>
Mostly grassy clifftop paths, muddy in places; some fields; second loop on partially surfaced, waymarked trail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Map <\/strong>
OS Explorer 309 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eat\/drink <\/strong>
Gallie Craig Coffee House directly below car park. 01776 840 558, galliecraig.co.uk<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

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