About the Early Ooters

It all started in 2005 when 3 teachers retired from a certain secondary school in darkest Ayrshire.

Bob, Davie and Peter met up to do the Muirkirk to Sanquhar walk together. Davie's cousin Jimmy, plus Bob's pals Rex and Johnnie soon joined them and the Wednesday walk became a regular feature of retirement, maybe even the highlight of the week.

After a while the name the "Early Ooters" was coined since they all got oot of teaching early.

Davie kept a note of all the walks they did and gave them marks out of 10,  much dependent on the weather conditions, conditions underfoot, the views and the quality of the pint.

Jimmy had started to write reports about the walks and the blog was set up in 2007 to have a dynamic and easily accessible record of the walks.

Over the years as more former colleagues and friends retired the group has grown considerably and all but 3  are former teachers who enjoy the exercise but mainly the banter and the FRT (fluid replacement therapy) in the pub at the end.

The only female allowed is Holly, Davie's dog, since she doesn't mind the rude language and is pretty good at finding the path.