The Club Walk: Maybole to Dunure:
Distance 7.23 miles, Ascent 860ft. Descent 1120 ft
Leader Audrey Briadwood.
Club Walk Description (Part 1)
A lovely ramble in a nice part of Ayrshire with views both inland and coastal.
Starting at Maybole railway station we will walk 1.5 miles on a tarmac surface starting on pavement then onto country lane with limited traffic, but care is necessary. Then onto land rover track via a gate gaining a little height therefore giving us views of the surrounding countryside. We will continue a path through open countryside heading towards RED MOSS LOCH which is deceiving as it is an area of marsh and not a Loch as such. We avoid the area by heading alongside the marsh toward the Maybole to Dunure pathway. Even on the dry day of the recce the small sections of the pathway was wet, boggy in areas with a few stepping stones but, there is some dry easy underfoot areas too. Depending on timing and weather we shall have lunch here as gaze at the views. It is at this point to join the same route as the extended walkers
The Extended Walk: Culzean to Dunure.
Distance 9.36 miles, Ascent 1138ft.Descent 1380 ft Time 4h 20min.
Leader Steven Wallce.
Extended Walk Description Part 1
The Extended walks start at the entrance to Culzean Country Park, we begin with walking thought Mochrum Wood for approx. 2 ½ miles an area diverse with ancient woodlands, open grassy expanses and rolling farmland. On a wet day gaiters would be recommended on certain sections of this LRT / forest tracks. As we pass along the way we will see the dismantled railway used by the Maidens and Dunure light railway.
Leaving Mochrum wood we walk along a quiet farm road passing a few farms along the way, that soon meets up with the Maybole to Dunure core path.
Club Extended walk Description (Part 2)
Leaving the farm road, we enter open land which forms part of the Maybole to Dunure core path. Care may be needed on a wet day at this short section at the start of this part of the walk was found to be clay-like mud, however stepping stones have been put down to aid our path.There are some very nice views as we head up to Blacktop Hill which we thankfully bypass. We soon enter an unnamed woodland area with nice grassy wide Forest Tracks. The views again on leaving this forest track are to behold, looking down to Dunure and out to Isle of Arran. We then enter farm track / open farmland paths (with cows) as we descend down to the village of Fisherton and from there it is a short 1-mile section down to the beautifully fishing harbour of Dunure where the Taggart episode “Island” featured.