Forest bathing in South Lanarkshire

The Clyde valley between Hamilton and Lanark has some of the richest gorge woodland in Scotland. Chatelherault Country Park at Hamilton has the Cadzow oaks, gnarled trees several hundred years old, above the deep Avon gorge, with a visitor centre and its own railway station. The Falls of Clyde at New Lanark is a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve where the river drops through wooded cliffs in a series of falls, and the Clyde Valley Woodlands national nature reserve takes in Nethan Gorge, Cleghorn Glen and Mauldslie Woods, all ancient oak and ash on steep ground. Calderglen Country Park at East Kilbride follows the Rotten Calder through another wooded gorge.

Sessions run for two to three hours at walking-pace-and-slower with a handful of people, and the gorges mean the sound of water is never far off. The valleys stay sheltered in winter but paths can be steep and muddy. Each guide's profile lists dates, venues and prices.

Chatelherault is the easy start: free parking, a visitor centre and cafe, level paths along the top of the gorge and Chatelherault station on the Hamilton line. Calderglen has a visitor centre and car park on the edge of East Kilbride.