From Glenluce (13), head along the A75 towards Stranraer for about a
mile and take the B7084 signposted Portpatrick and Drummore.
Continue
on the B7084 for Sandhead where it becomes the A716 and Drummore. This road provides some excellent views across Luce Bay
and, at Ardwell (14), there is
a garden open to the public and, a little further on, the Logan
Royal Botanic Gardens.
Open from March
to September, Ardwell Gardens, which surround an 18th-century Estate House, consist of formal and woodland gardens, providing
the visitor with a pleasant walk through varied landscape.
The nearby Royal Logan Botanic Garden is unrivaled as the UK's most exotic garden, with a remarkable collection of plants from the Southern Hemisphere which flourish here because
of the mild Gulf Stream climate. Logan has many features such as the colourful walled garden with its tree ferns, palms and
borders contrasting with a woodland garden. There is also a visitor centre.
From Logan Botanic Garden, continue along the A716. There are a number of sandy coves along this coast ideal for stopping off to enjoy a picnic, the first at New England Bay, the second at Kilstay Bay and the third at Drummore
Bay. There are also standing stones near New England and Kilstay
Bays.
The road takes visitors into the most southerly village in Scotland, Drummore. Continue through Drummore, joining the
B7041 towards the Mull of Galloway (15). The road becomes unclassified at East Muntloch.
The Mull of Galloway features an RSPB visitor
centre, a cafe, built in 2004 which is incorporated into the landscape with a turf roof and with views across to Ireland
and the Isle of Man and a lighthouse, built by Robert Stevenson.
This is the most southerly point in Scotland on the same latitude as Sunderland in the north-east of England.
Return back on the unclassified road joining the B7041 which turns
into the B7065 at Damnaglaur heading for Port
Logan (14).
Port
Logan is an attractive village in a sandy bay and the film location
for the BBC TV Series 2000 Acres of Sky. There is a bell
tower at the end of the causeway designed by Thomas Telford. Neaby is the Logan Fish Pond and Marine Life Centre centered on a unique tidal pool created in a natural geological feature.
From Port Logan, continue along the B7065 until it rejoins the
A716 back to Sandhead. At Sandhead, take the B7042 to Portpatrick
(16), a charming harbour village which is popular with visitors and which features some
excellent restaurants, gift and craft shops.
Portpatrick,
named after the Irish Patron Saint who is reputed to have sailed from here, the village has an 18-hole putting green, an adventure
playground for children and a castle ruin.
It is also the start of the 212 mile-long coast-to-coast Southern Upland Way. Wigtownshire boasts some
fine golf courses including Portpatrick Dunskey.
From
Portpatrick, take the A77 to Stranraer
(17), Scotland's busiest ferry port with regular sailings to Belfast.
Situated at the foot of the impressive Loch Ryan Basin, Stranraer
has a museum charting the history of Wigtownshire and Agnew Park which has a boating lake, miniature railway and a children's adventure playground. Stranraer is rail-linked to Ayr and Glasgow and the
line is one of the most scenic in Britain, crossing extensive and remote moorland north of Dunragit. The railway is the last
in Britain to still use block token working and Stranraer Harbour Station is the oldest of its type in use in the UK.
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