South Ayrshire contingent.
We started our walk from Fisherton in a rare west coast haar.
Alan led the walk which first of all took in the site of the ROC bunker and then the remains of Kirkbride Church, abandoned in the 17th century, but with some later gravestones. We had to proceed cautiously in order to avoid alarming a lamb which had become separated from its mother. After some pitiful bleating they were re-united.
The mist was now burning off as we headed up a farm track to take in a view of Blacktop Loch and then through partially felled forestry to an absolute jewel of a loch - unnamed on maps - where we chose to have an early lunch in glorious sunshine.
There was no hurry to depart, but eventually we continued along a path which could clearly be pretty boggy in wet weather, but not today. Soon we were out on the open moorland with the masts on Brown Carrick in the distance. We were approaching the trig point from the opposite direction from normal. As we closed in on the top the view was stupendous with the haar still lying over the water and Arran and Ailsa Craig rising above it. Most of us made use of the photo opportunity.
After gazing in awe at the view we retraced our footsteps (mostly) descending down the farm track to the cars.
It was a short walk - just over 5 miles - but was packed with interest. Many thanks to Alan for a new walk.
Some photos from Alan and Dougie.
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