Thursday, 5 November 2015

Ardrossan to Irvine 4 November



Alan S, Alan W, Allan, Davie C, Gus, Johnny, Kenny R, Malcolm, Paul, Rex, Robert

It was a dreich morning as we set off from Asda’s café in Ardrossan taking our usual route towards Irvine. By the time we got to the south side of Saltcoats we could see that major repairs were being made to the sea defences and that our way ahead was blocked. No problem though, as we followed the diversion on to the main road before cutting back over to the football ground and continuing through Sandylands and over the railway footbridge to rejoin our chosen route. By this time waterproofs had been well removed as the smir had dried up.
Good progress was made to our normal coffee/lunch spot on Dubbs Road between Stevenston and Kilwinning. We didn’t delay, however, as the smir/drizzle returned just as we were settling down, so it was weatherproofs back on before following the path through the outskirts of Kilwinning and on to Irvine Moor. Approaching the old Irvine Royal building we took the right fork to the Low Green and over the footbridge to head straight for Wetherspoon’s where a relaxing and convivial hour and a half was spent enjoying FRT.
(Three and a half hours for those interested)

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