Forest bathing at Ardentinny

Ardentinny sits on the shore of Loch Long in Argyll Forest Park, and three waymarked trails start from the Forestry and Land Scotland car park just north of the village. They take in two quite different kinds of woodland: the planted exotics of the old Glenfinart estate, with monkey puzzles, cypresses and firs shading the burn, and native birch and oak on the crags above. Between them you get water, old trees and long views across the loch.

The Riverside Trail is the easy option, a gentle, fairly level path of tarmac and gravel along the Glenfinart Burn to the Arched Bridge, and it suits wheelchairs and buggies. The Laird's Trail circles Finart Bay and climbs to the Laird's Grave for views over Loch Long. The Birchwood Trail is steeper and rougher, climbing above the crags of Lover's Leap and returning beside the Grotto Burn; it can be muddy. There are toilets at the picnic site, open all year.