Category: Ayrshire

Down the Coast

I’ve been wandering round the Ayrshite coast recently. Does help that I go on a weekly walk with a friend and we relocated the walk (previously it was the local park) to the beach at Troon. Which is somewhat the inspiration for this. We’ve ventured to other parts of this coast line before like Culzean Castle. Hard to believe that was 2 years ago when my camera body was still new and I was yeat to darken the doors of the college to study for my Higher or HNC.

There’s some beautiful sunsets there in Troon. Slightly further north there’s the tiny hamlet of Portencross. I heard about this place through the Sunday Shoot Group (it’s what I call them, there isn’t an official name). They went to Portencross long before I joined and it stuck in my head as an idea. So I set off before my walk on Sunday to get a few shots in.

I was slightly broken after all the walking. Turns out my new camera bag is great but does weigh in at about 17lbs (and that’s with my iPad not the full MacBook). It’s a bit of a stretch for me at the moment, going to have to work on my fitness levels for carrying it any length of time.

Culzean Castle

So back in that summer we had (that lasted all of 3 days) I took a jaunt down to Culzean Castle. I’ve been there a few times as there’s a cracking Scout run campsite where I’ve taken Guides.

It has fake ruins on the way to the house which I think are brilliant. Not super modern (Victorian even) but built at the same time as the main castle. Somehow I’ve ended up as a National Trust of Scotland member. Not complaining as they hold several places I want to visit.

Modern for the time, the house had is own coal gas plant supplying the house. The farm buildings nearby are the gift shop and main cafe. I’ll admit I didn’t walk far in the heat. There’s extensive grounds and swan pond as well as walled garden and cliff walk. This was just a short loop round the bridge, castle and back to the cafe to cool off.

Brig O’Doon

So I went to the Wex Glasgow open day yesterday and came home with a lonely, ignored, locked in a dark cupboard camera….. Yes, ok…. I bought a Canon EOS 77D. I feel slightly better about flat lining my credit card for it if I believe I rescued it. Although the 1300D is still a great camera, I wanted something faster and better in low light and it’s time for a new challenge. So today I took it out for a spin at Robert Burn’s birthplace.