Forest school
Glen Dye in Aberdeenshire is an ideal base for outdoorsy families, with 11 stylish, riverside cabins and cottages scattered across the 15,000-acre estate. Its Discovery and Adventure Centre, which opened in June 2024, offers courses in wilderness skills. Tuition takes place beside a roaring campfire, where kids can learn how to start their own blaze, practice carving and whittling skills and try axe-throwing.
Exploring the estate
Glen Dye’s Discovery & Adventure Trail is a new, one-mile circuit through dense pine forest that unfolds like a treasure hunt, unveiling interactive features such as a hidden tunnel, a spider web-like cargo net and a mirror maze. For a more challenging hike, there’s 1,932fthigh Clachnaben. Scaling this Tolkienesque, granite-topped peak takes around 1.5 hours, though little legs may need longer.
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