Alan McQ,
Allan, Davie C, Davie Mc, Gus, Ian, Jimmy, Johnny, Kenny R, Malcolm, Paul,
Peter, Rex, Robert
We welcomed
Alan McQuiston to the group today, just to show him what he has got to look
forward to. Unfortunately, he would have matters educational to attend to on a Wednesday
for the foreseeable future.
The weather
was dull and overcast but, given the rains of the last few days and weeks, we
were glad it was dry for our walk up to Galston and back. Following the Grougar
path from our meeting point at the bowling club, we followed the river up to
Milton Road where we turned and headed for Loudoun Kirk. It had been decided
that we would stick to tarmac as far as possible today so we ignored the
cross-country shortcut and stayed on the road until the Kirk, where coffee was
called for. Robert provided Christmas cake and a dram for us whilst Jimmy
supplied shortbread. Well done, and thanks, guys!No Peter, you can't leave the room! |
and now with our resident scribe |
Davie Mc left before the rest of us as he was dropping off Holly with Kay in Galston but we weren’t far behind, again staying on the road as far as the main road and the entrance to Loudoun Castle. Turning right here we headed into downtown Galston and continued up to Grant’s haggis factory before turning on to the Chris Hoy Way and heading towards Hurlford. Further down the path we teamed up with Davie who was waiting patiently? for us. We stayed on the path right into Hurlford, again ignoring our usual shortcut across open ground.
We were back
at the cars three hours after having set off and, other than some slight
moisture in the air when we left Loudoun Kirk, we had got it dry, In fact, on
the Chris Hoy Way jackets were removed, so mild it was.
FRT and
lunch was taken at Wetherspoon’s in Kilmarnock where we managed to confuse the
bar staff with our lunch order. Well done to them, however, for recognising
that we had overpaid and giving us a refund. Another very convivial time was
spent here!
Anyone for
chicken strips?
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