River Ayr Way
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:01 amStarted Early at Glenbuck loch with my friend Craig on a nice dry Saturday morning. Walked a couple of hundred yards to pose for a wee photo at the Bill Shankly memorial 
Bill Shankly Memorial
From here it was a nice gentle stroll along a former railway embankment in past Kames and the Cairn Table path on to Tibbie's Brig for a wee coffee break after about 6 miles
Tibbie's Brig
From here it was a nice easy stroll all the way down to the old Powharnal Opencast site and the crossing with the A70 onto Airds Moss
What was previously Powharnal Opencast
The next bit through Airds moss, Alders Glen and the woods into Sorn was the hardest part of the day but still pretty straightforward. Onto the Sorn Inn for a wee bite and a well deserved cider before heading off to Catrine via Daldorch
Sorn Auld Brig
Day one ended at the Ice Cream Parlour at Catrine and restarted there with an 8 .15 drop off on a wet Sunday morning. Leaving from here it was onward under the Ballochmyle Viaduct, the highest extant railway bridge viaduct in Britain at 169 feet
Ballochmyle Viaduct
Soaked to the skin by now we wandered on through the rain to Failford Gorge and a wee quick coffee stop. Made it to the Stair inn about 11.30 despite a wee diversion due to erosion along the way. Found out it opens at 12
but the landlady kindly let us in early to wait for a quick pint and a few calories
In the Stair Inn
Next was an easy way stroll in through Annbank, Think the woman in the shop thought we were daft though going in for ice lollies in the lashing rain
After Annbank was probably the roughest section of the day with the path badly eroded at parts and a coupe of wee rock slides covering parts 
The end was almost in sight with the Termination Pylons at Ayr Grid Substation coming it to view after we got through the woods between Annbank and Auchencruive
River Ayr at Oswald's Brig
The next mile of 2 was along a tarmac road down to the A77 then onto the final stage down through Craigie Park, onto the Auld Brig, through the bottom of the High St and along to the finish at the Harbour
The elusive Skyhook
Now you're talking
A wee uisge beatha
Bill Shankly Memorial
From here it was a nice gentle stroll along a former railway embankment in past Kames and the Cairn Table path on to Tibbie's Brig for a wee coffee break after about 6 miles
Tibbie's Brig
From here it was a nice easy stroll all the way down to the old Powharnal Opencast site and the crossing with the A70 onto Airds Moss
What was previously Powharnal Opencast
The next bit through Airds moss, Alders Glen and the woods into Sorn was the hardest part of the day but still pretty straightforward. Onto the Sorn Inn for a wee bite and a well deserved cider before heading off to Catrine via Daldorch
Sorn Auld Brig
Day one ended at the Ice Cream Parlour at Catrine and restarted there with an 8 .15 drop off on a wet Sunday morning. Leaving from here it was onward under the Ballochmyle Viaduct, the highest extant railway bridge viaduct in Britain at 169 feet
Ballochmyle Viaduct
Soaked to the skin by now we wandered on through the rain to Failford Gorge and a wee quick coffee stop. Made it to the Stair inn about 11.30 despite a wee diversion due to erosion along the way. Found out it opens at 12
but the landlady kindly let us in early to wait for a quick pint and a few calories In the Stair Inn
Next was an easy way stroll in through Annbank, Think the woman in the shop thought we were daft though going in for ice lollies in the lashing rain
After Annbank was probably the roughest section of the day with the path badly eroded at parts and a coupe of wee rock slides covering parts 
The end was almost in sight with the Termination Pylons at Ayr Grid Substation coming it to view after we got through the woods between Annbank and Auchencruive
River Ayr at Oswald's Brig
The next mile of 2 was along a tarmac road down to the A77 then onto the final stage down through Craigie Park, onto the Auld Brig, through the bottom of the High St and along to the finish at the Harbour
The elusive Skyhook
Now you're talking
A wee uisge beatha
