Annbank to Ayr 15 June

Allan, Davie Mc, Jimmy, Paul, Peter, and a bit of Gus

Five of us met up at Annbank on an overcast but warm morning for the weel-kent walk to Ayr. Peter, fearing the worst, donned his waterproofs and kept them on all day!

We took the ‘easy’ route i.e. down past the bowling club and followed the path to the river and on to Auchincruive. By this time we were down to shirt sleeves and were soon at the memorial for coffee. As we reminisced, Davie disclosed that both he and Jimmy had been church choir boys in their youth. At this point, believe it or not, Jimmy went in to his piece box and produced a Kit-Kat!! You couldn’t write the script!
Moving on, we took a small diversion, in that, as we left the road from Oswald’s Bridge and turned left following the sign for the path to Ayr, we took a path up through the trees, noting, as we did, BMX jumps, before rejoining the usual track further down. We decided to cross the river at the stepping stones but, having surveyed the situation, Paul decided that he would go back up to the road for his crossing.

Carefully does it!

Lunch was enjoyed here before continuing on the River Ayr Walk down into the town. As we approached UWS we could see a vision approach us from the opposite direction. Was it a bird? Was it a plane? No, it was Superman. Well, I exaggerate, it was Gus, who was continuing his recuperation by stretching his legs today. He said that an hour would do him and by the time he met up with us he had already walked for twenty-seven minutes, so, once we had caught up with his news, the six of us walked into Ayr, where four got the one-fifteen bus back to Annbank. Allan, having left his bus pass in his car, gratefully accepted a lift back in Gus’s car.
A decent walk in good walking conditions followed by FRT in the sit-ootery at the Tap o’ the Brae!