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Red sandstone and the North Esk.

The wild side of Angus is never far from a town. Just north of Arbroath, the sea has worked the red sandstone into caves, arches and stacks, and the cliffs carry on past Auchmithie towards Ethie. Behind Montrose, a tidal basin fills with pink-footed geese each autumn, and near Monikie red squirrels feed in the pines round an old reservoir. Inland, the North Esk comes down Glen Esk and through a wooded gorge above Edzell. Come to the basin in October, when the geese are at their peak.

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From our guide16 hours ago

Crombie Country Park.

In the farmland north of Carnoustie, a long loch lies in woods of pine, larch and beech. Crombie was dug in the 1860s as a reservoir to bring clean water to Dundee, and its woods became a country park in the 1980s. Trails wind round the shore and through the trees, with bird hides over the water and a feeding area where red squirrels come down from the pines. Woodpeckers and roe deer live in the woods too. There is a little track for young mountain bikers, and the park is free. On a still evening the loch holds the sunset.

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Newly discovered13 hours agoAngusLilybank BakehouseCafeAngusThe Wandering Bear CafeCafeAngusCopper OvenRestaurantAngusTomorrow Is Another DayCafeAngusRoo's LeapRestaurantAngusAndreou's BistroRestaurant

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Lunch10 hours agoAngusCopper Oven3.2 milesAngusGordon's Restaurant & Rooms3.2 milesAngusAndreou's Bistro3.2 miles

Lunch near Auchmithie and the Ethie Cliffs.

The three good places closest to it: Copper Oven, Gordon's Restaurant & Rooms and Andreou's Bistro.

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Somewhere to go7 hours ago

Arbroath Cliffs, Angus.

Red sandstone cliffs north of Arbroath, carved by the sea into arches, caves and stacks, with a clifftop path to Auchmithie.

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From our guide1 hour ago

Edzell Blue Door Walk.

A mile north of Edzell, by Gannochy Bridge, a small blue door is set into a long stone estate wall. It looks like the way into somebody's garden, but step through and a path leads up a wild, wooded gorge above the River North Esk. The river crashes over ledges and through deep pools far beneath, close to where the Highland Boundary Fault divides the lowlands from the hills. The most dramatic stretch is known as the Rocks of Solitude. You can start from Edzell itself and come back along the quiet Glen Esk road. Go in autumn, when the leaves are turning.

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From our guideJust now

Montrose Basin.

Behind Montrose, the River South Esk spreads into a tidal basin of about 750 hectares that fills and empties twice a day. It is a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve, and its great moment comes in autumn. Tens of thousands of pink-footed geese arrive from Iceland and Greenland, and at dawn and dusk they lift off the water in long skeins, calling as they go. Numbers usually peak in early to mid October. Waders and wildfowl feed on the mud all winter, and the visitor centre on the south shore looks straight out over the water through big windows and telescopes.

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