{"id":118,"date":"2025-10-18T15:53:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T14:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2026-04-26T14:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:47:16","slug":"things-to-do","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/index.php\/things-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beaches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are lucky to have a number of beautiful beaches and lochs within 20 minutes&#8217; drive, offering something for everyone, whether you want to swim, walk, paddleboard or just take in the stunning scenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sauna-at-the-sea.jpg\" alt=\"Sauna at the sea\" class=\"wp-image-158\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sauna At The Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cycling-to-the-beach.jpg\" alt=\"Cycling to the Solway coast beach\" class=\"wp-image-124\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cycling to the beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Loch-Whinyeon.jpg\" alt=\"Paddleboarding on Loch Whinyeon\" class=\"wp-image-127\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paddleboarding on the Loch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Water Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Galloway Canyoning &#8211; canyoning, tubing and gorge scrambling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galloway Activity Centre &#8211; sailing, stand up paddle-boarding (SUP), windsurfing, kayaking, combat laser tag games, archery and climbing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wild Swimming &#8211; Swim the Lochs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sauna by the Sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wild Dook Sauna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mountain Biking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>7 Stanes: Dalbeattie, Mabie Forest, Glentrool and Kirroughtree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Close to National Route 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solway Coast 200 &#8211; a linear route from the Mull of Galloway to Gretna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gralloch Gravel Riding Race takes place in the Galloway National Park (with a section of the route &#8211; up Fuffock Hill &#8211; 5 minutes away)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For kids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cocoabean chocolate experience &#8211; workshops, caf\u00e9 and play area (indoor and outdoor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ernespie Farm &#8211; petting zoo, caf\u00e9 and play area (indoor and outdoor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dalscone outdoor farm park with softplay and cafe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mabie Farm Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wildlife<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kitchen Coos and Ewes &#8211; highland cow experience <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Red Kite trail and feeding station<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wild Goat Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1851\" height=\"1186\" data-id=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/coo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Highland coo\" class=\"wp-image-179\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coos and Ewes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1273\" data-id=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/red-kite.jpg\" alt=\"Red kite\" class=\"wp-image-154\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Red Kites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1492\" height=\"2097\" data-id=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/goat.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Goat park\" class=\"wp-image-157\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wild goats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Golf &#8211; Newton Stewart, Gatehouse, Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ice Hockey, Curling and Ice skating &#8211; Dumfries Ice Bowl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dark Skies Planetarium, Kirkcudbright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Horse Riding at Barstobrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" data-id=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Lodge-at-night.jpg\" alt=\"Dark Skies over the Galloway hills\" class=\"wp-image-149\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beaches We are lucky to have a number of beautiful beaches and lochs within 20 minutes&#8217; drive, offering something for everyone, whether you want to swim, walk, paddleboard or just take in the stunning scenery. Water Activities Galloway Canyoning &#8211; canyoning, tubing and gorge scrambling Galloway Activity Centre &#8211; sailing, stand up paddle-boarding (SUP), windsurfing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-118","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"http:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.glengapgetaways.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}