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1 WEDNESDAY 1 FRIDAY 1 MONDAY 1 WEDNESDAY 1 Spindrift @ The Lighthouse Bar 1 TUESDAY 1 Wigtown Book Festival
2 THURSDAY 2 SATURDAY 2 TUESDAY 2 THURSDAY 2 Activity Days with GAC 2 WEDNESDAY 2 Wigtown Book Festival Portpatrick Life Boat Week Pop Dance Kids 3 FRIDAY 3 Activity Days with GAC 3 WEDNESDAY 3 FRIDAY 3 THURSDAY 3 Wigtown Book Festival Pop Dance Kids Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 4 Jim Hamilton at The Lighthouse Bar Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 4 THURSDAY 4 SATURDAY 3 RSPB Beach Safari 4 Portpatrick Folk Festival 4 Wigtown Book Festival 2015 Events Planner and Local Attractions Map Portpatrick Life Boat Week 5 Activity Days with GAC 4 RSPB Beach Safari 5 FRIDAY 5 SUNDAY 5 Portpatrcik Folk Festival 5 MONDAY www.sandsofluce.com | [email protected] | 01776 830456 Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 4 Portpatrick Life Boat Week Scottish Rally Championships: 5 TUESDAY 6 Botanical Art, Logan Bot. Gardens 6 MONDAY Merrick Stages at Wigtown 6 TUESDAY 6 MONDAY 5 Portpatrick Life Boat Week 6 WEDNESDAY 7 Botanical Art, Logan Bot. Gardens 7 TUESDAY 6 Portpatrick Folk Festival 7 WEDNESDAY 7 RSPB Beach Safari 6 Wild Food Beach Forage Pop Dance Kids 7 THURSDAY 8 MONDAY 8 Pop Dance Kids Portpatrick Life Boat Week 7 MONDAY 8 THURSDAY Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar Please note our activity and events schedule is likely to change. Stay up to date with 8 WEDNESDAY 7 Portpatrick Life Boat Week 8 TUESDAY 8 FRIDAY 9 TUESDAY 9 FRIDAY last minute additions and changes at www.facebook.com/sandsofluceholidaypark 9 THURSDAY Try a Kite - Taster Sessions 9 Wild Food Beach Forage 8 Activity Days with GAC 9 WEDNESDAY 9 SATURDAY 10 WEDNESDAY 10 SATURDAY 10 FRIDAY Portpatrick Life Boat Week 10 FRIDAY Jim Hamilton @ The Lighthouse Bar 10 THURSDAY 10 SUNDAY 11 Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival 11 SUNDAY 11 SATURDAY 11 SATURDAY 9 SUNDAY 11 FRIDAY 11 MONDAY 12 Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival 12 MONDAY 12 Activity Days with GAC 12 SUNDAY 10 RSPB Beach Safari 12 SATURDAY 12 TUESDAY 13 Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival 13 TUESDAY 13 RSPB Beach Safari Wild Food Beach Forage 13 MONDAY 13 SUNDAY 13 WEDNESDAY 14 Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival 11 TUESDAY 14 WEDNESDAY 14 TUESDAY 14 TUESDAY SSACN Species Hunt - A family sea 12 Pop Dance Kids 14 MONDAY 14 THURSDAY angling competition (www.ssacn.org) 15 Pop Dance Kids 15 THURSDAY Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 15 WEDNESDAY Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 15 FRIDAY 15 MONDAY 15 TUESDAY 13 THURSDAY 16 FRIDAY 16 THURSDAY 16 Wild Food Beach Forage 16 SATURDAY 16 TUESDAY 16 WEDNESDAY 17 RSPB Beach Clean 14 Try a Kite - Taster Sessions 17 FRIDAY 17 FRIDAY Pop Dance Kids 17 SUNDAY 17 WEDNESDAY 17 THURSDAY 15 SATURDAY 18 Activity Days with GAC 18 SATURDAY 18 Sands of Luce Beer, Music and Food Festival 18 MONDAY 18 Spindrift at The Lighthouse Bar 18 FRIDAY Try a Kite - Taster Sessions 16 Activity Days with GAC 19 MONDAY 19 SUNDAY 19 SATURDAY 19 TUESDAY 19 FRIDAY Spindrift @ The Lighthouse Bar 17 RSPB Beach Safari 20 TUESDAY 20 MONDAY Wild Food Beach Forage 20 WEDNESDAY 20 RSPB Beach Clean 19 Activity Days with GAC 20 SUNDAY 21 WEDNESDAY 21 TUESDAY 18 TUESDAY 21 THURSDAY 21 SUNDAY 20 RSPB Beach Safari 21 MONDAY 19 Pop Dance Kids 22 THURSDAY 22 WEDNESDAY 22 FRIDAY 22 Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 21 TUESDAY Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 22 TUESDAY 23 FRIDAY 23 THURSDAY 22 Pop Dance Kids 20 THURSDAY 23 SATURDAY 23 Wigtown/Bladnoch Food Festival 23 WEDNESDAY Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 24 SATURDAY 24 FRIDAY 24 Activity Days with GAC 21 Try a Kite - Taster Sessions 24 THURSDAY 24 WEDNESDAY 23 Wild Food Beach Forage Pop Dance Kids 25 The Armstrong Galloway Want to learn Want to dance 25 SATURDAY 22 Shark a’Tag. www.ssacn.org Hills Rally: Castle Douglas 25 THURSDAY 25 FRIDAY lots of fun like Taylor Swift, Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 24 Try a Kite - Taster Sessions Stranraer Park Fest 26 SUNDAY Jim Hamilton @ The Lighthouse Bar 26 MONDAY 26 Pop Dance Kids dance Olly Murs, 25 RSPB Beach Safari 26 FRIDAY 25 SATURDAY 27 MONDAY 23 Shark a’Tag. www.ssacn.org 27 TUESDAY routines to Jessie J or One 27 Activity Days with GAC 26 Wild Food Beach Forage 27 Pop Dance Kids 26 Activity Days with GAC pop music? Direction? 28 TUESDAY 24 MONDAY 28 WEDNESDAY 28 Wigtown Book Festival 27 WEDNESDAY 28 SUNDAY 27 RSPB Beach Safari 29 WEDNESDAY 25 TUESDAY 29 THURSDAY 29 Wigtown Book Festival 28 THURSDAY 29 MONDAY 28 TUESDAY April 7th | May 3rd 24th | June 27th | July 8th 15th 22nd 29th 30 THURSDAY 26 WEDNESDAY 30 FRIDAY August 2nd 12th 19th | September 26th | October 17th 29 FRIDAY 30 TUESDAY 29 The Stranraer Show 30 WEDNESDAY 17:00-18:00 in The Lighthouse Bar Pop Dance Kids 27 THURSDAY 31 SATURDAY For Sands of Luce Holidy Park visitors only. Boys and girls aged 5+ 30 Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar Try a Kite - Taster Sessions Call 01776 830456 or Email [email protected] Kids Disco @ The Lighthouse Bar 28 FRIDAY 31 SUNDAY P O P D A N C E 30 Wild Food Beach Forage 29 Stranraer Lowland Gathering Spindrift @ The Lighthouse Bar 31 FRIDAY More information available at www.popdance.co.uk 30 SUNDAY
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GALLOWAY WILD FOODS Try a Kite Taster Sessions BEACH FORAGE Our Wild Food Beach Forage Walks are short and family friendly. There is such a diversity of habitats, from watercress- Power kiting is a highly rewarding sport where the kite flyer attempts to harness the power filled ditches, to flower and fruit-rich hedgerows and, of course, miles of pristine coast with a remarkable array of of the wind in a highly exciting adrenaline pulsing activity. Expect to be pulled down the RSPB Beach Safari succulent maritime plants, seaweeds and shellfish.Walks start at 1pm from the park reception and finish with a Along with Galloway Activity Centre (www.lochken.co.uk), beach with a massive grin on your face and sand between your teeth. All done under the and Beach Cleans gastronomic celebration of our discoveries, dictated by the season and what we have found: from cocktails made with Sands of Luce Holiday Park will be offering EXCITING expert supervision of your qualified instructor Iain. Places are limited, be prepared to get botanical gin, fireweed and sharp sea buckthorn berries to autumn mushroom risottos and wild beach sushi made ACTIVITY DAYS including: sandy. We hope the sun is shining so bring some sunscreen, a pair of sunglasses and with crisp coastal greens like sea beet, orache and wild kale - we live like kings of the wild! RSPB BEACH SAFARI The beach and dunes surrounding the something to drink. Kids under sixteen will need a responsible adult with them. park are a treasure trove for a variety of beautiful and exciting natural Paddleboarding | Blokarting | Windsurfing species. It acts as home, breeding ground and hunting ground for an Laser Tag | Kayaking | Archery incredible variety of creatures. Join RSPB rangers and discover who FREE FOR ALL GUESTS we share this beautiful stretch of coast with and what role we play in it. The events are EXCLUSIVE TO PARK CUSTOMERS and are th highly subsidised by the park. For just £10 per person you can July 18 (Saturday) 11:00-13:00 April 7th | May 4th 25th | July 13th 20th 27th | August 3rd 10th 17th enjoy a selection of fantastic activities! Sessions are limited to July 24th (Friday) 13:00-15:00 th 15mins each, participants are guaranteed 3 sessions through July 29 (Wednesday) 14:00-16:00 RSPB BEACH CLEANS Join RSPB rangers and discover who we th the day. All activites are weather dependant. August 7 (Friday) 11:00-13:00 share this beautiful stretch of coast with and what role we play in it. th People get particularly excited by the wild sushi we roll. Its such a perfect way to eat the vibrant succulent coastal plants August 14 (Friday) 14:00-16:00 around Luce Bay - and all washed down with a glass of elderflower champagne of course!Guests of Sands of Luce st th th 11:00 - 16:00 (SUNDAYS) August 21 (Friday) 12:00-14:00 June 20 | October 17 Holiday Park can join Mark for FREE for an afternoon's foraging on regular walks through Spring, Summer and early Autumn. Walks meet at the park reception at 1pm and last for 2 hrs followed by a break and cooking demonstration. April 5th | May 3rd 24th | July 12th 19th 26th For both walks they start from the park reception at 11:00 and last nd th th th th This activity is highly weather dependent. Please check with the office for last minute schedule changes. August 2 8 16 | September 27 | October 18 2-2.5 hours. Children need to be accompanied by adults. April 9th | May 26th | July 16th 23rd 30th | August 6th 10th 17th A713 A702
Merrick (843m) Ballantrae Places of Interest Barnhill Galloway A747 26 A712 25 Forest Park 1. Sands of Luce Holiday Park 24. House O’Hill Pub and Restaurant Glen Trool A77 2. The Tigh Na Mara 25. Glentrool Visitors Centre 24 39 3. StrEatery 82 26. Loch Trool and Merrick 4. Kirkmadrine Stones 27. Marrbury Smokehouse 38 A712 5. Ardwell Bay 28. Monreith Animal World A713 A75 6. Logan Botanic Gardens 29. Laggan Activity Centre 7. Ardwell Gardens 30. Cream o’ Galloway Visitors Centre 8. Logan House Gardens 31. Cardoness Castle A762 A77 9. New England Bay 32. Galloway Lodge Restaurant Newton Cairsmore of Fleet Stewart 10. Logan Fish Pond 33. The Coco Bean Chocolate Factory 20 (711m) Gateway to the Galloway Hills 23 Castle 11. Port Logan Bay 34. Kirkcudbright- Artists Town Douglas Loch Food Town 37 12. RSPB Mull of Galloway Reserve 35. Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park New Luce Ryan 36 Dalbeattie 13. Torrs Warren Forest & Sand Dunes 36. Theave Castle A75 A75 14. The Wigtownshire County Golf Club 37. Castle Douglas - Food Town Kirkcowan 19 18 17 15. Glenluce Abbey 38. Galloway Activity Centre Creetown Stranraer Castle Kennedy A747 16. Glenwhan Gardens 39. Clatteringshaws Visitors Centre 15 A75 16 32 A75 44 Glenluce 17. Castle Kennedy Gardens 40. Portpatrick 31 Gatehouse 43 13 14 33 18. The Bay House Restaurant 41. Portpatrick Golf Club Wigtown 22 of Fleet Book Town 27 A75 19. Agnew Park 42. Laggan More Golf Club 41 21 Bladnoch 29 A77 40 30 35 20. Ferry Ports to Ireland 43. Dunskey Gardens and Maze 42 Stoneykirk 34 Portpatrick 3 21. Bladnoch Distillery 44. Killantringan Bay & Lighthouse Kirkcudbright Artist Town A711 22. Wigtown Scotlands Book Town Sandhead 1 Borgue 23. Kirroughtree Visitors Centre & 2 River The Break Pad 4 A747 Dee
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