Red Point dog-friendly beach, Scotland
Large sandy beaches with lots of space for dogs to have a really good time. Bumpy single-track lane to get there, but then that's part of the fun!
Large sandy beaches with lots of space for dogs to have a really good time. Bumpy single-track lane to get there, but then that's part of the fun!
A really good place for a dog walk, with a ruined castle full of history to enjoy too. Listen out for the plangent tones of a ghostly piper somewhere in the depths of the foundations.
Home to the MacLean clan, and a very imposing stronghold it still is. These days the gift shop is a popular visitor choice but centuries ago this must have been a scary sort of place.
An easy route around a reservoir is always a relaxing option if you've been stuck in the car for ages.
A National Trust hall and extensive grounds.
A very quiet village with a Roman church - and baskets of fruit and veg at people's garden gates with honesty boxes.
This is a large park, practically an arboretum, and fairly close to the centre of the town.
Balaruc-le-vieux is a sleepy village next door to the much more touristic thermal spa town of Balaruc-les-Bains.
By this stage of the A7 you will already have driven through the vineyards of the champagne production region, and their discreetly affluent villages.
The renaissance town of Pézenas is an absolute gem, and a wander through the narrow streets here is a definite driver reviver.
Near perfect combo of fun for dogs and people at this medieval castle and the enormous hunting forest that surrounds it.
Enormous lake, with loads of parking and a sailing centre nearby.