Scotland, Stranraer: Day 2 Visiting Port Patrick

Tuesday 2nd November 2021

I can only describe my night's sleep as PERFECT. It may be partly because we were so tired from the long drive the night before but the beds are also outstandingly amazing and absolutely perfect for my back. 

The upstairs king-size bedroom with en-suite

One of the en-suite shower rooms

The twin room

Some extra seats on the landing

An extra seating area on the landing for bedtime stories

The living room area with a viewing window to watch the cows

The open plan kitchen area

The downstairs bedroom

I've lost count of the number of times that we've ended up cutting a holiday short because my back pain became unbearable due to the beds not being suitable so once I find somewhere with good beds, it stays on my radar and this place is definitely going to be staying on our radar for our next trip to Scotland as we definitely want to visit again. 

Stunning patterns in the rocks

Amazing landscapes! 

We packed up a picnic lunch and headed Port Patrick. It's a picturesque little harbour town close to where we are staying. As it is mid-week, term-time and out of season, it is really very quiet here. And it's a rainy day too. But it is still incredibly beautiful with it's rocky landscape.  

I have a thing about lichen! 

It was about a 25 min drive from Dunragit which is where we are staying. There was an old castle ruins which we took a closer look at. Note to self: I must look up history of Dunskey castle. You can get up to it but not inside it. There didn't look like there was much inside it anyhow. Perhaps it's a little like Sham castle in Bath where it was a built to look like a castle as a facade? But then again, Dunskey castle did have a small interior so I'm curious to know it's purpose. 

We looked around Port Patrick too and there weren't many places open mid-week off-season but it is still a lovely place to visit to see the stunning coastal scenery. 

 We headed back to our accommodation in the afternoon for hot chocolate and some of the delicious treats in our treat tray we received waiting for us on arrival. 

 We thought it was also time to check out the amazing hot tub. This property benefits from the covered hot tub so even when it was raining we were able to enjoy it. There are beautiful fairy lights around and we noticed that as it grew dark, the courtyard outside the property was also strung with fairy lights too giving the place a magical touch in the evenings. 

We've been watching Heroes recently so we watched a couple of episodes of that before another brilliant night's sleep. 

Miss T's school had asked if she could do some mini vlogs about her trip so she did a tour of our accommodation here: