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Thursday 23rd June 2022 This entry is going to be quite long because we knew it might be difficult and so we took a lot of photos mainly for our benefit and possibly for other coast walkers who may find it useful if they wish to follow this way. Just skim over the bits thatContinue reading “Day 211 – Toward Castle to Auchenbreck 16 miles”

Thursday 22nd June 2022 Today I had planned a short day’s walk because we were starting off with getting across the Firth of Clyde to Dunoon. We left the hotel at Largs and only took 20 minutes to get to McInroy’s Point. A ferry was in and loading and so we pretty much drove straightContinue reading “Day 210 – Hunter’s Quay (Dunoon) to Toward Castle 10.9 miles”

Tuesday 21st June 2022 Out hotel scores a Brownie point for serving breakfast from 7.00. There is a modern obsession for waiters to ask if each course of food alright and so we were amused when the waitress asked if our cornflakes and bran flakes were okay. We had a walk of just under aContinue reading “Day 209 – Fairlie to McInroy’s Point (Gourock) 16.95 miles”

Monday 20th June 2022 We left the car at Kilwinning Station (free parking) and walked back past Kilwinning Sports Club to pick up the coast path once more. The first four miles were along a tarmac cycle path and so were nothing special. It brought us back to the sea at Stevenston. The sun wasContinue reading “Day 208 – Kilwinning to Fairlie 18.2 miles 481′ ascent”

Sunday 19th June 2022 This morning we awoke to cloudy skies and a strong wind. The forecast suggests no rain is likely and the sun may appear from behind the clouds at any time today. We parked at Newton-on-Ayr station and walked the few hundred yards back to the shore and walked along the prom.Continue reading “Day 207 Newton-on-Ayr to Kilwinning 19.6 miles 681′ ascent”

Saturday 18th June 2022 Today was a complete contrast from yesterday. The weather was dry but still windy and our route was full of interest. Jill, who proof reads my blog, now sometimes scrutinises the route I have suggested by cross-checking it with blogs written by previous coastal walkers. Some of the blogs are byContinue reading “Day 206 – Maidens to Newton on Ayr 16.6 miles 1034′ ascent”

Friday 17th June 2022 Today’s blog will not take very long; I may even need to pad it out a bit. The forecast is for heavy  rain all morning and temperatures 12-15°C. By contrast London is expecting 32°C today. We had the “do it yourself breakfast” at the B&B, all the food was ASDA’s finestContinue reading “Day 205 – Lendalfoot to Maidens 18 miles 697′ ascent”

Thursday 16th June 2022 We stayed at the Craignelder Hotel last night. It is a nice family-run hotel and very different from the North West Castle Hotel where we were staying last time we were in Stranraer. We drove to Glen App Church and left the car in the little car park on the otherContinue reading “Day 204 – Glen App to Lendalfoot 15.8 miles 1612′ ascent”

Wednesday 15th June 2022 We finished our last walk a fortnight ago today and so we have had a bare 13 days between walks. 13 days to catch up on home, admin, garden, family, gear-sorting, blog-writing, recovery and planning the next leg – no wonder it didn’t feel very long. We left Cumbria at 07.30Continue reading “Day 203 – Stranraer to Glen App 11.5 miles 1177′ ascent”

Wednesday 1st June 2022 Today was a short walk because we were travelling back home at the end of the walk. We had a taxi organised to take us back to Corsewall Lighthouse. I had spoken to the proprietor at the lighthouse who had confirmed that the “coast path” is not walkable for at leastContinue reading “Day 202 – Corsewall Lighthouse to Stranraer 12 miles”