Ayr; Monday, 06 May, 2013

Having checked out and left my luggage I walked the couple of yards from the hotel to the bus stop and caught the bus out to the small harbour town of Dunure, a few miles south of Ayr.

Dunure is home to an impressive set of castle ruins (a former home of the same Kennedy family as Culzean) and I had a good look around them and a wander around town, before heading back to the bus stop and catching the bus part way back into Ayr to the town of Alloway.

Alloway is to Scotland what Stratford-upon-Avon is to England. Birthplace of Scotland’s most celebrated son Robert Burns, the town has embraced Burns in much the same way that Stratford has Shakespeare.

The whole town is Burns focused, from the Birthplace cottage, through the impressive museum to the Poets Walk, the Auld Kirk, Burns Monument and even the Brig O’ Doon.

I spent several hours in the town taking in all the Burns sights, before heading back into Ayr for a final wander around the town and brief spot of exercise taking the Lang Scots Mile walk along the seafront.

Then it was time to head back to the hotel, pick up my bags and head for the Airport and my flight home.