Thursday 15th August
Short Ride
Mabie Farm Short
Map Required Landranger 84
Distance 22.7 miles
Places of Interest
Mabie Farm Park (NX950711) (special discounted rate) Featuring all the usual suspects Mabie Farm Park is suitable both in good and poor weather as there is as much to do inside as out. There are grass slides, water chutes, donkey rides and a variety of soft play and play areas scattered around the complex. Charge Adults 3.75, Children 3.25, family ticket-4 persons 13.00 (take 50 per person for the tandem club) Tearoom and picnic area. Tel (01387) 259666 www.mabiefarm.co.uk
Food and Drink
Mabie Farm tearoom
Route Description
TL Turn LeftTR Turn RightSO Straight on
XR Cross RoadsTJ T JunctionSP Sign Post
| 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Exit the campsite to TR at TJ, take the next left | No SP | NX 879775 |
| 2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | TL | No SP | NX 877771 |
| 3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | TL at TJ | No SP | NX 894762 |
| 4 | 1.3 | 2.7 | TR (acute turn back) Yes the Shawhead sign is correct! | SP Shawhead, Terregles | NX 909768 |
| 5 | 1.4 | 4.1 | SO at roundabout, cross A75T | SP Lochfoot | NX 903748 |
| 6 | 0.7 | 4.8 | TR at XR along Sustrans 7 | SP Dumfries | NX 901738 |
| 7 | 3.0 | 7.8 | TL at TJ then immediately TR | SP Dalbeattie, Dumfries | NX 945744 |
| 8 | 2.0 | 9.8 | TR at TJ, along A710 opposite Beechwood House | No SP | NX 965717 |
| 9 | 0.5 | 10.3 | TR, entrance to farm LHS | SP Mabie Farm Park | NX 959712 |
| Mabie Farm Farm park and tearoom | |||||
| 10 | 1.3 | 11.6 | Having retraced back, TL at TJ | No SP | NX 955716 |
| 11 | 1.5 | 13.1 | TR at TJ, along A711, to Cargenbridge | No SP (SP to Mabie farm the way you have come) | NX 942734 |
| 17 | 1.3 | 14.4 | TL, to roundabout on A75T | SP Stranraer | NX 953748 |
| 18 | 0.7 | 15.1 | TL immediately on joining roundabout and ride to the end of the Glen cycleway (formerly part of A75) There is nothing to indicate this is a cycleway. Trust it!! At the dead end continue for about 300 metres along pavement width path. | SP Dead end | NX 944753 |
| 19 | 2.7 | 17.8 | TR at TJ (sharp right) | No SP (other way Stranraer, Dumfries) | NX 904749 |
| 20 | 1.4 | 19.2 | TL at TJ, | SP Shawhead | NX 909768 |
| 22 | 0.4 | 19.6 | TR, pass Crochmore House RHS | SP Meikle Barncleugh, Crochmore-Mallabay | NX 904765 |
| 23 | 2.1 | 21.7 | TL at TJ and return to campsite | No SP | NX 883786 |
| 1.0 | 22.7 | FINISH | |||