Forest bathing in Moray

Moray's coast is backed by some of the biggest pine forests in Scotland. Culbin Forest, west of Findhorn, was planted on shifting sand dunes a century ago and is now a Forestry and Land Scotland forest of Scots and Corsican pine with a viewing tower at Hill 99. Roseisle Forest near Burghead is more pine behind a long beach, and Lossie Forest runs east from Lossiemouth. Inland the Findhorn cuts a gorge through old oak and beech at Randolph's Leap near Logie, and the Darnaway estate's oakwoods are among the oldest in the north. Millbuies Country Park, south of Elgin, has conifers around a pair of lochs.

In these pine forests a session is a slow two or three hours with a few others, often on soft needle-covered ground that invites sitting. Culbin's flat tracks suit anyone unsteady on hills. Each guide's profile shows venues, dates and prices.

Culbin's Wellhill car park near Kintessack is the easy start, with level forest tracks and toilets, and Roseisle has a car park, toilets and a short walk through the pines to the beach.