TWO forestry car parks in Galloway are to stay open over the winter for visitors to park up overnight.
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) are trialling an extension of its popular ‘Stay the Night’ scheme.
And instead of closing at the end of October, the Black Loch and Kirroughtree sites are among those which will remain open for visitors in self-contained campervans and motorhomes looking for an overnight stopping place.
Other participating car parks in Dumfries and Galloway are Naze at Ae and 7stanes at Dalbeattie.
Stuart Chalmers, from FLS, said: “The feedback we have received from motorhome and campervan users for Stay the Night has been overwhelmingly positive.
“Being able to overnight in some of our car parks lets people enjoy a more leisurely pace on their travels.
“Some of our visitors have asked us to keep running Stay the Night car parks through winter, so this year we’re going to trial this at some of them and see how much demand there is for it.”
The winter stop overs will be available on a first-come-first-served basis and are for one night only between the hours of 6 pm and 10 am, with no return visit for 48 hrs.
FLS staff will check participating car parks to ensure that the rules are observed and, if necessary, remind people that tents beside cars, pop-up, pup or toilet tents – or any motorhome or campervan without its own toilet facility – are not permitted. Neither are generators permitted.
