Other Activities and Breaks

Weekend Mountainbiking break - MTB2
two days of mountainbiking with 2 nights B&B accommodation arranged. Price: £85 p.p.

We can arrange mountain biking holidays in Scotland using the 7 Stanes Mountain Biking Centres in Dumfries and Galloway. Drumlanrig Castle is another excellent venue with others things to see and do as well as mountain biking. 
Depending on what standard of mountain biking you are looking for, we can arrange a break to suit your requirements. Dalbeattie Forest 7 Stanes venue is only 7 miles from our base, with Ae, Mabie and Kirrpoughtree also within half an hour.
For a weekend break, you would arrive on Friday and stay the first night in our Castle Douglas B&B. 
Our service includes providing local knowledge and advice with maps on where to go for the type of mountain biking you prefer. You would travel to the venue(s) by your own car and stay the Saturday night at the same B&B and depart after your biking on the Sunday. 
We will meet you at your B&B in Castle Douglas to go over your break information and provide information and advice on other attractions - maybe for non-bikers in your party - in the area.
Should you wish bike hire, guiding or other mountain biking services during the weekend, we can also arrange.
Contact us to obtain more information on this tour.

Midweek Mountain Biking Break - MTB5
try up to 6 mountain biking venues during your break. Price: £245 p.p.

This mountain biking break lasts for 5 days with 5 nights B&B. Although we are flexible, you would usually arrive on Sunday, visit your first venue on the Monday and depart after your biking on the Friday.
The 7 Stanes venues in our area are Ae Forest, Mabie Forest, Dalbeattie Forest, Kirroughtree and Glentrool. In addition  Drumlanrig Castle has some excellent trails. The Galloway Forest Park has numerous scenic forestry roads and the Lowther Hills has also some excellent cross country trails.
We have our own B&B in Castle Douglas with the usual biker facilities.
There is the option to have a 2 centre break with a B&B in the Castle Douglas and another further west in Newton Stewart to cater for the Kirroughtree, Glentrool and Galloway Forest Park area. As with a weekend break we would supply all the necessary information including maps and local information both for mountainbikers and any non mountain bikers in your party.
Should you wish bike hire, guiding or other mountain biking services we can also arrange.
Contact us to obtain more information on this tour.

7 day Mountain Biking Break - MTB7
a week's mountainbiking with time to explore our area. Price: £325 p.p.

You choose your arrival day for a 7 day mountain biking break. 
It is similar to the 5 day break above in that it can be a 2 centre break and even have a rest day or 2 in the middle to explore our beautiful area. 
The 7 Stanes venues are Ae Forest, Mabie Forest, Dalbeattie Forest, Kirroughtree  and Glentrool. In addition Drumlanrig Castle has excellent trails. The Galloway Forest Park has numerous scenic forestry roads and the Lowther Hills has also some excellent cross country mountain trails.
We would meet you on arrival at our B&B in Castle Douglas food town.
As with the other mountain biking breaks, we would supply all the necessary information including maps and local information both for mountainbikers and any non-mountain bikers in your party.
Should you wish bike hire, guiding or other mountain biking services we can also arrange.
Contact us to obtain more information on this tour.

Cycling and Mountain Biking In One Tour - C/MTB7
6 day / 7 night family cycling break including mountain biking at two 7 Stanes venues. Price £365 p.p.

For the best of both world's, some cycling, mountainbiking and sightseeing, we have designed an 8 day activity tour break  to see the popular parts of our region and to incorporate at least a day at the two popular mountain 7 Stanes mountain biking centres at Dalbeattie and Kirroughtree Forests. It is ideal for families with all cycling days being under 20 miles with one 25 miles - unless otherwise requested.
Mountain bike hire is available at both Dalbeattie and Kirroughtree venues with the rest of your tour suggested on a hybrid bike - or you can bring your own bike.
Accommodation is arranged at 5 different locations with luggage transfer included. 
We meet you at our B&B in Castle Douglas to go over your break information and provide information and advice on other family attractions you pass in  the area, e.g. Cream o' Galloway ice cream and adventure farm and a chocolate factory! 
Should you wish bike hire, guiding or other mountain biking services we can also arrange.
The price shown is per person for 2 adults sharing although we can price for other permutations. Others in the party will only be charged additional accommodation costs, e.g. a family room. Contact us to obtain more information on this tour.

The Galloway Discovery Car Tour
Explore the best parts of Dumfries and Galloway region by car, with cycling, walking and sight-seeing opportunities. Cost: POA.

Dumfries and Galloway is becoming popular as a relatively unspoilt part of Scotland for car tours with the area around Wigtown, Scotland's book town recently voted as one of the top 50 'authentic place to live' in the world.
This tour uses our experience of the region, from Gretna Green and the Samye Ling Budhist monastery in the east to picturesque Portpatrick and the Mull of Galloway in the west. We can even arrange a day trip to Belfast by the Stranraer ferry.
We will design some specific Discovery Tours to explore Gallloway in this part of our website, but in the meantime we just offer to design a tailor made tour of the region to suit the number of days you have available. We have an extensive knowledge of interesting walks, cycling and sight seeing locations in the region which can be combined with a drive to a different place each day.
As for accommodation, we can arrange from good quality B&B's to the best hotels in spectacular coastal locations.
We can even arrange the hire of a classic car for your tour.
Contact us to obtain more information on this tour.

Beginners Mountain Biking Break – 2 Days MTB2R
£150 p.p including 2 nights at a local hotel. Extras bike and helmet hire £15, contact us for transport details.

Want to try mountain biking for the first time?  Then this is the perfect 2 day break for you.  By the end of the weekend you will be able to call yourself a mountain biker.  We'll start off at Glentrool, also known as Scotland in miniature, it's one of the 7Stanes centres.  We'll look at your bike setup and move on to cover all the fundamentals of mountain biking which are: body position, braking safely and effectively, gear selection, steering and cornering, body movement, choosing a safe and effective line, climbing and descending.  At all times you will be learning in a safe environment, with one of our (SMBLA) leaders who will also be a BASP qualified  first aider.  There is also plenty of time to ask questions, for example how does this mountain bike differ from my commuter bike?  Or what should I look for when buying a mountain bike? 
 

For those who have mountain biked before - 2 Days.
£150 p.p including accomodation in a local town with good food and beer! Extras £15 bike and helmet hire, contact us for transport details.

Two days is a great amount of time to sample some of Scotland’s best mountain biking, and we'll get you to the best spots with one of our local mountain bike coaches.  On day one we will ride at the 7Stanes Kirroughtree - famed for its flowing singletrack.   We will spend time working on mountain biking skills and confidence. The skills include track stand, ratcheting, manuals, wheelies, drop offs, rear wheel lift, bunny hop, pumping and cornering.   If you don’t fancy doing one or some of these skills then don’t be put off, it is your holiday!  We can tailor the session as well if there is a skill in particular you want to learn.   If you want, we can also look at trail side mechanics; sometimes an area people dread but this session will make fixing bikes easy, when you have the knowhow.  The next day we will head off to ride a local natural trail, which means there are no way markers.  Local trails in the area are very varied from big views, fast single track to technical descents.  So we will have a chat on day one about what sort of thing you want to ride tomorrow.  If natural riding isn’t your thing or you want to do another trail centre then we can do that as well. 
 

7stanes Road trip! 4 Days MTB4r
£165p.p Including great accomodation. Extras bike and helmet hire £15, contact us for transport details.

This is your chance to take to the road and ride the 7stanes with a local trail builder who has worked on various 7stanes sites, who is also a fully qualified SMBLA leader and BASP first aider.  Ever wondered how the trails are built or why they happened?  This is your chance to get to know the trails with the perfect companion.  It is also a chance to learn how to ride them, faster, smoother, with more confidence and style.  You will not only be riding with the best you will be learning how to get your bike to flow with the trails.  Day 1 Glentrool and Kirroughtree, Day 2 – Dalbeattie and Mabie, Day 3 – Ae and Newcastleton, Day 4 – Glentress.  If you don’t feel up to riding 2 trails a day then we are more than happy to find other activities for you for example chilling at a café or visiting a castle, or local towns e.g. Castle Douglas the food town, Wigtown the book town or Kircudbright the artists town.
 

Mix and Match Break mtbmmr
The price will be worked out depending on what activities you want to do.

This is our chance to tailor make the perfect mountain biking holiday for you.  The idea is that we provide a list of choices and then you pick the ones you want.  If you have special requests that you don’t see in the list, then get in touch and let us know, for example, information on what we can provide for children.  We try our best to fulfill any request.  Choose how many days you want your holiday to be from  2 days to 200 days!  Then choose the skills you want to have at the end of your holiday.  The skills on offer are in the 3 holidays above or phone or email for more information.  There are a number of trail centres  we use and these are  Glentrool, Kirroughtree, Dalbeattie, Mabie, Ae, Newcastleton, Innerleithen, Glentress, Drumlanrig, Carron Valley, Fort William and Laggan Wolftrax.  On top of that we have natural riding.  There are a wide range of natural trails in Scotland just waiting for you to ride them!  Areas to ride include Galloway, Lowther Hills, Dumfrieshire, and the Tweed Valley.  In addition to this we can recommend and provide transport to loads of other sites and activities happening in the area.  Get in touch for more details about what these tailor made holidays can offer you.