Garlieston

Our second stop is the Dumfries and Galloway forest via Newtown Stewart and Gatehouse of Fleet. It was an unexpected paved paved site just 30yds from the sea wall in the seaside village or Garlieston.  We arrived in a thunderstorm and are here for two nights. We saw a huge flock of goldfinches feeding on the giant thistle heads, quite a surprise as we walked to the sea shore.  Motivated us to do a bird walk, at Kirroughtree Forest, 4 miles steep hills we were knackered.