out and about - 2016
08 September 2016 ............ Down the coast from Ayr
I went for a trip down the coast to the south of Ayr, and my first stop was up the Brown Carrick Hills, and up a track to one of the summits, which provided some good views, but not to the south, because a neighbouring summit was masking the view to the south.
A somewhat different view of the Heads of Ayr -
Looking out to the north, over what used to be the famous Butlins holiday camp - it is now a privately owned park - and away up the coast over Ayr.
A long focus view of Holy Island standing out nicely against a rather grey Arran behind it -
Then it was further along the coast to Dunure, with its harbour -
I was quite interested in Dunure harbour, as it is the first place after Ayr that provides access to the sea, and I wondered if it would be possible to launch a sea kayak from there.
I didn`t notice it at the time, but there seems to be a ramp just beyond the harbour in this next picture, so maybe this would provide an access point.
Further along the road, and Dunure Castle sits above the cliffs -
South of Dunure the road climbs up a bit of hill, and provides a good viewpoint further down the coast towards Culzean Castle, and a wee bit of Maidens sticking out into the sea.
It looks like that you are also seeing away in the distance Bennane Head, and the hills Beneraid and Knockdaw Hill, they are all down the coast around the Lendalfoot and Ballantrae area - so not too far from Loch Ryan and Stranraer.
Further on, and Croy provides a fabulous beach -
And so on down the coast to Maidens - and lots of car parks - and like so many of the car parks up and down the Ayrshire coast, every one of them had a height barrier across the entrance, so I couldn`t get into any of them.
So this is the only picture of Maidens.
Heading back up the road now back to Ayr, and one of the high spots on the road provided a good view across to Ailsa Craig.
And not only Ailsa Craig - if you look closely at the horizon on either side of the picture, you can just see Ireland.
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