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Jocks Hoose occupies a great location right on the salt marsh next to the River Nith, Glencaple. With fantastic views, spectacular bird and wildlife on the doorstep and lots to do in the local area the cottage is the perfect base for a family holiday!

Glencaple is ideally placed for enjoying the fabulous local countryside, with many riverside nature walks straight from the doorstep. Nearby Caerlaverock is home to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust bird sanctuary and, if birds are your thing, slightly further down the coast is Mersehead RSPB reserve, which boasts a number of wildlife hides, the occasional otter, beautiful beach walks and a visitors centre. Both reserves are well worth a visit, as well as the sandy beaches of Portling, Sandyhills, Southerness and Powillimount, especially if you have a dog in tow. Other activities in the area include mountain biking at Dalbeattie (as well as Forest of Ae and Kirroughtree if you wish to explore slightly further afield,) and walking, with the newly laid path up Criffel (the highest hill in the area) proving very popular. If you prefer a slightly slower pace, a short walk will bring you to Glencaple Pier, where you can sit peacefully and watch the boats coming and going, possible fuelled by Afternoon Tea from The Boathouse, Quayside. Dumfries, with its Museum, has the world's oldest working Camera Obscura, and Moat Brae, inspiration behind the children's classic Peter Pan by J M Barrie. Recently renovated and opened to the public the house is a museum and national centre for children's literature, with an educational discovery garden featuring a tea room and art installations. For a taste of history, venture towards Caerlaverock Castle, a moated triangular castle, which was first built in the 13th century and is classed as one of Scotland's great medieval castles, with an impressive twin-towered gatehouse and moat. There is also the impressive Sweetheart Abbey just across the estuary at New Abbey. Alternatively, why not take a trip up the Nith Valley to discover Ellisland Farm, which was worked by Scotland's Baird, Rabbie Burns, or explore local contemporary art culture with a trip to the Crawick Multiverse, recently created by landscape architect and theorist...