Travel Blogs from Ayr, United Kingdom
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The End?
Wow, back in the UK, weird! Fantastic to see family and friends again and share our stories and catch up on the gossip. Starts to feel a bit like we've never been away which is a bit scary. The last 16 months have been absolutely amazing and we ...
All set for the off!
So the big day has finally arrived! Thomas and I are about to head off on our big adventure travelling around New Zealand and Australia. Who knows what it will bring but whether good or bad it will be an experience! So on that note it's time to go ...
Brig a Doon Scotland
Overnight at a beef farmer's property proved to be a lucky strike for us as he (MJ) sent us on our way with a half a dozen free range eggs in the morning. We'd had a great evening's discussion about beef farming, governmental regulations, bovine diseases ...
Home at last!
well, as you can probably guess from the title, i have indeed left south america, and returned to scotland, where, on my first day back, after last weeks record breaking temperatures...it rained. welcome home!! anyway, most of last week was spent ...
Show ponies, sheep with firm buttocks and a bog
What a great weekend! Saturday we went to the 'Ayr Country Show' – a great big agriculture show on the West coast of Scotland. On arrival, as we were getting out of the car a lady came up to us and offered us one of her free passes she wasn’t ...
Ayr
... the rain. Had dinner at Cicero's - had a large pizza and some chocolate desert. Lucky we do not have lunch on our travels. Ayr is a bit of an in-between town. Historical buildings not as good as others but not modern either. Looks like it needs to ...
Glasgow in the Springtime...Bring some ass!
... who knew the Banfield family. Well thats all, but I will leave you with a funny thing I saw at a fair. Rachel and I went down to Ayr(Robbie Burns Country) and on one of the cars on one of the kiddy rides it said, "BRING SOME ASS!" Classic and oh so ...
Living the high life:)
off to singapore!! for those who know me, youll know how much i dislike flying, but in fact i really enjoyed the flight from hong kong to singapore, mainly as there was a huge thunder and lightning storm not far out of singapore - ive never seen anything ...
Och Aye Laddie
... Mum's friends are an absolute riot and many a laugh was had. After rather cool camping trip got back to Ayr literally threw clothes into washing machine as Dad pulled up outside in the car where we were about to commence ...
My 21st Birthday!!!
... Molly also made me Cadbury brownies which we had begun on the busride over, and then broke out again as we walked back towards Ayr to find William Burns grave. First we found the real church and wandered aimlessly trying to find his grave to no luck, ...
Ayr aye!!
... drives of the trip....driving past Ben Nevis and through the heart of a series of impressive mountain ranges!! We carried on to Ayr after a pie stop (Venison) in Fort William. We arrived in Ayr decided to hit the beach for dinner and sunset. ...
Wee trip to Ayr with my dad!
... or something, so the place was heaving, and there were massive queues to get the ferry, so we just went further down the coast instead. Ayr is a lovely little town. We used to come here 'when I was wee' (or wee'er, depending on how you look at ...
The lowlands of Scotland
... was born and couple of hundred years later. I consider the latter to be the most important!!! We stayed overnight at Ayr, a seaside town. I remember visiting this area as a child, also along the coast to Troon. Spent quite a ...
Back in Scotland again
... down. We are looking forward to the next couple of weeks. 15/08 Today started out nice and sunny. We decided to walk into Ayr again and have a good look around. Ayr is very well known for it is the birthplace of the famous bard Robert Burns. He was ...
A Curious Cow
I've gotten a bit behind on my postings, so let me just say that I saw no turkeys or camels today, but many ...
A Town of Honest Men and Bonnie Lassies
Here in Ayr we were given shelter by a sweet woman, Liz, in her guest house, including amazing breakfast each morning. We spent our time relaxing together as a family, with much of our entertainment from our 16-month-old nephew, Brendyn. With a visit to ...
to Ayr
... a while. Very impressive, though no animal could compare to Flip, of course. Then a stop in Dunoon for dinner. We took a ferry out of Dunoon and drove south, picking up rain just out of Ayr. Found our B&B/farm stay, read, had tea, bathed, then went to ...
Castles and ruins
The Costal Route West is abound of castles and ruins of ancient castles or cathedral. It's very spectacular! There are many fields with many sheeps, cows, ...
Giant's Causeway and Ferries
Today's theme was weird rock formations. After a hearty breakfast we packed up, got in the car and headed towards the Giant’s Causeway before coming back to Larne to catch the ferry to Scotland. The drive to the Causeway took about 2.5 hours as ...
The last of Scotland, and a flying naked lady
... ! After a quick trip to 'the doghouse' to meet some locals, it was time to stock up on food ready for hole up day in Ayr. Happy to say that navigation is really not our strong point. It took us many many hours to get to Ayr, we then checked in and ...
Departure
Today we left school at 12 noon. 35 students clambered onto a coach and took their seats for the next 36 hours. So far we are 7 hours in, we have watched 3 rubbish films and time is passing ...
Rives, Smythe and Smythe to be
... a really comfortable bed and another opportunity to watch the Olympics. Today we've enjoyed a leisurely drive along the coast to Ayr, stopping at a supermarket and having a car boot picnic in a stunning vantage point, looking out at the firth of Clyde ...
Great IPA week
Spent two full weeks in Scotland, one entire week in Ayr where the IPA put on a fabulous tour. We went to St. Andrews and walked on a fairway of their world renowned golf course. Thats all folks, because I don't golf. Visited a very good ...
go back from glasgow
in the morning we started from glasgow to ayr. in ayr it is a sunny day,so we went to the seaside in th evening we made a fish dinner very ...
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