Showing posts with label Carrick Hills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carrick Hills. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Cunninghame ramblers. Mid week walk Carrick Hills circular.February 2015

Slippy climb right at the start.

An alpaca makes a change from cows.

Some of the gates were locked

Day of long shadows

May I have the next dance!!

Follow me I am your leader.

Walking up to the snow line.

Lunch at Dunure

Todays group on the summit of Brown Carrick Hill.

The deerstalker was our leader.
Another walk up the Carrick hills today with Cunninghame ramblers. 15 of us left the Greenan Castle car park to do what I call the full monty walk of 14 miles . The shore was extremely slippy with a couple of the group falling before we had even done a few hundred yards.Going over the top of the heads of Ayr the views in the early morning sunlight were truly spectacular with snow covering all the high peaks on Arran.Climbing up Brown Carrick fairly got us all going and even in the winter sun jackets were coming off as we were all feeling a little warm.Once back down on the shore lunch was taken looking out on a cold sea before the 5 mile trek back to the start involving a couple of very rocky stretches.A super day out on a glorious winters day with thanks to the deerstalker for keeping us all in order whilst leading us round this half marathon.

PS Thanks to the traffic commissioner for his contribution to the above photos.

Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Brown Carrick hill circular. September 2014

The deerstalker with her men.

Yesterday on a beautifully calm morning 4 of us left the car park at Greenan Castle to walk to Dunure and returning back over the Carrick Hills. The views were not so good as it was so calm there was no breeze to clear the mist away.Total distance of about 13 miles with a couple of new wee twists to try out different routes on a well known walk.

Sorry about the fonts on this post it is a recurring problem I am experiencing and will have to consult my  blog mentor for a solution.

Sunday, 20 October 2013

ADRC Carrick Hills circular. October 2013

Group on the summit of Brown Carrick

with me as leader.
Apologies for the lack of pictures but due to the wet conditions in the morning the camera remained in it's waterproof case . However as always we had an alternative "The Duke" had his camera and will record his snaps as usual on Utube which will be published later today or tomorrow. His record of the walk can be found in the following link.The Duke's Utube.
On a fairly wet dreich morning 15 of us from Ayr and District Ramblers met at Greenan car park for a 13 mile circular walk on coastal and moor tracks. Leaving the car park we first of all walked on the shore until we reached the Bracken Bay where we went inland onto the old disused  Dunure to Ayr light railway line. A steep descent took us back onto the shore we hit a wee problem with a stream which was in full flood due to the overnight rain,some of the group managed to cross (they must have web feet) whilst 8 of the others including me decided to seek an alternative higher route to try and avoid the water. This was duly done and we all met up again at Fisherton School where we then took the tracks up onto the summit of Brown Carrick Hill. Now the rain had stopped it made this a very pleasant climb to be rewarded with a lunch stop just short of the summit. Once suitably refreshed we passed the trig point and made our way down over several fields to the Heads of Ayr and back onto the shore at Craig Tara holiday park. Now the sun was making a welcome appearance it was a very pleasant shore walk back the start . As usual it is difficult to judge the success of your own walk but judging by the positive comments at the end it was another good day out with a friendly group of fellow ramblers.

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

ADRC. Recce for my walk on Saturday 19/10 Carrick Hills circular.

On the summit of Brown Carrick Hill.
Today Tuesday October 15th I was extremely honoured to have the company of none other than Madam Vice accompanied by the Pilot for the recce of my walk this Saturday.It is a 13 mile circular grade "B" walk starting from Greenan shore car park to Dunure and return back over Brown Carrick to Bracken Bay and the Heads of Ayr.Today we got the weather just right and if we can get something similar this weekend it promises to be a good day out when I will publish a full post of the ramble.

Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Doonfoot to Dunure. September 2013

Looking out over Ayr bay.

On the summit of Brown Carrick Hill.
Today the teacher and I walked from Doonfoot to Dunure,a walk we have done many times before but today was a wee bit different as we are experiencing a late burst of summer weather. When we were up at height the wind was blowing,the sun was shining and the views were superb ,another excellent day out.