Forest bathing in Angus

Angus runs from the Firth of Tay up into the Cairngorms, and its woods follow that climb. In the lowlands they are small estate and council woods: Crombie Country Park near Monikie has mixed woodland around a Victorian reservoir, and Backmuir Wood at Muirhead, just outside Dundee, is a Woodland Trust wood of beech, pine and larch. Montreathmont Forest between Brechin and Forfar is a large Forestry and Land Scotland pine wood on flat ground. Up the glens the trees thin to birch, and Glen Doll at the head of Glen Clova has spruce and larch forest beneath the corries.

Forest bathing in Angus is as likely to happen beside a reservoir as up a glen. A session is two to three hours, moves at a crawl and spends most of the time still, often ending with tea from a flask. See each guide's profile for where they work and what they charge.

Crombie is the gentlest start: a car park, toilets, a level path round the water and a ranger service on site. Glen Doll suits a longer day, with a car park at the road end about an hour's drive north of Dundee.