7stanes: Dalbeattie — Attraction in Scotland

Had a great day on Dalbeattie trails. We went for a blue Moyle Hill route to start with, thinking of ourselves mostly as blue riders at Glentress (our local one) - found it far too easy and lacking features, only 35% single track - we should have figured out it was going to be the case. Recon it gets blue rating only due to steepness of ascents. Upshot was, we did red taster loop again and again after, really good fun!!! Unfortunately we didn't have the legs to try 25km red Hardrock trail this time, it will have to wait until next visit. One thing is worth a mention, I have a mild fobia of riding the boards, plenty of that at the start of blue loop, really nice and flat with gentle turns and quite considerable distance, I have managed to ride all of it and somewhat gained confidence. Really good place to come and tackle your demons if you have a similar issue ))) Even did the twisted ones at Mabie the next day! Car park £3 a day, toilets on site, bike wash. No showers. 4star due...

Good place to go to get a bit of excersise, different trails ranging from 30 mins to around 3 hours at different skill levels, the easiest track took me about an hour and a bit to complete, it is around 7.5 miles long and is mostly flat except from the last few hundred yards which is reasonably rocky so I don't think it would be suitable for smaller kids it also goes through forest areas which, considering the weather recently, give nice shade from the sun but is also...

This is a great site for a stopover (for as long as the Scotland Forestry Commission continue with it's scheme). There a number of slots for overnight stop and the site has 3 toilets with hot and cold running water with hand dryer. It also has a drinking water tap. Stopover after 6pm but before that it's £1 for 1 hour, £2 for upto 3 hours and £3 fir all day parking. Be warned, you have to take your rubbish away with you. Excellent...