Ayr; Friday, 03 May, 2013

Refreshed and with a large breakfast in me I walked the couple of yards from the hotel to the bus stop and caught the bus into Paisley, which the proceeded to wander around the back streets for so long that it would probably have been quicker just to have walked.

I had a cup of coffee in Paisley before heading up to the station and catching the train south to Ayr. At Ayr I walked through town in a mild drizzle to the hotel and checked in.

Having checked in I decided, having checked timetables and directions to head out to Dundonald castle near Troon.

The first part of the journey to Troon was OK, but in increasingly bad weather I wandered down to the bus stop to wait for the bus to Dundonald, only to find, when it appeared slightly further down the road, that despite the bus stop having the timetable up, the bus didn’t actually stop there, but round the corner and far enough down the road that there was no way I was going to make it, and with only one bus an hour, and the next one not getting me to the castle until after last entrance for the day, I decided to abandon all attempts and trudged back to the station, soaked and not particularly happy.

Back in Ayr I had a bit of a wander around the town, but the weather was slowly getting even worse, so around 4:30 I decided to give up, wandered back to the hotel and had a very long hot bath to warm up.

As dinner time approached the rain changed from torrential to cataclysmic so I decided not to bother going out and instead had dinner in the hotel. However, shortly after finishing dinner I looked out of the window and noticed that it had finally stopped raining and the sun was starting to break through the clouds, just in time to produce a stunning sunset.

I grabbed my jacket and camera and headed out to take some photos and have a much drier wander around town.

After a good hours wander I came back to the hotel, had a quick drink in the bar and then turned in for the night.