“We had a lovely week at The Quare Place, starting with a very friendly welcome from the owner.”
The house is very spacious, well kitted out, clean and quiet - and with there only being four of us, we thoroughly enjoyed having a bedroom and bathroom each. It takes about 2-3 minutes to walk to the lighthouse at the beach and from there you can walk several miles in either direction along the beach, which varies from rocky to sandy to slightly muddy (further out). Within a couple of minutes walk there is a small shop and a few places where you can eat or get a takeaway. There were a lot of things to do within easy driving distance including Sandyhills Bay (good for sandcastles, digging big holes etc even in rain and hail), Rockcliffe (nice walk up to a viewing point), Mabie Forest (very pretty mixed forest wood with good walks, the trees also protect you from rain...) and Caerlaverock Castle (triangular castle). We had very mixed weather but when it was sunny, the view across the Solway Firth to the Lake District was lovely. Even when it was chucking it down and somewhat windy, it was still good because you got the whole of a huge, huge beach to yourself (very handy having full waterproofs and wellies). There was also a small swimming pool in the caravan park which we were allowed to use at this time of year - and because it wasn't busy, we had it all to ourselves. Finally, the owner is great: she has gone well out of her way to help me when I accidentally left stuff behind.