Bradshaw and Fairlie 22km and 400m climb hard going best dry or frozen This route needs skill and confidence on narrow off camber tracks and hill navigation.

Leave the station car park turning right along Cubrieshaw St, with the garage on your left.
Go right at Gateside St out of the town going straight on (left) at the island.
150m past the island turn right up toward Crosbie Main farm.
In 1km fork left up past the farm and in a further 300m pass the red brick water treatment building, through a gate and along the now rough track, passing a reservior as you cycle to the edge of the moor. Through the gate go left keeping near the wall ignoring the obvious quad track as it stats to clmb. In 200m fork gradually away from the wall climbing a little, go through a dip, follow a narrow muddy track which starts to climb steeply with a rut on the right. The faint narrow track turns left and eases a little but is tricky and narrow. It disappears but continue on the same line to a flatter area by a boulder. Contour left along the narrow tricky track along the side of Glentane hill, over an awkward ramp then a tricky loose descent to Glenburn at the east end of the reservior. Cross the burn push up the bank to a boulder on the right. Cycle out along the quad track to the road.

Turn right up the road 2.5km to the track left into Knockendon reservior, cross the dam and the outflow bridge admiring the view down the burn toward Caff reservior.
Beyond the outflow bridge turn left up a quad track and then follow it as it contours along the hillside to Bradshaw ruin and a view of Arran.
A little way beyond Bradshaw after crossing a burn the quad track is difficult to see but should be followed uphill for a short distance onto a pleasant grassy ridge and a spectacular little gorge with waterfalls.
Continue north west between Lairdside and Green hill, contouring beyond Lairdside to avoid the tussocks lower down the slope.
Drop down to the sheilling beside the bend in the burn, from here follow the right bank ot the burn on an improving track down Fairlie Glen, admiring fabulous views over the islands to Arran, and enjoying a great downhill run going behind the castle on a small track and left across the footbridge to the railway station.

Leave the car park then first left second right cross the main road onto the Sustrans route going left, south along beside the main road. The Sustrans track goes through Hunterston estate passing the old Castle on route. 300m past the castle go right, at the next track crossing go straight ahead, climb bending left, ignore the rough track forking left and at the top of the next rise with a line of trees on the left go through a gate off the road onto a grassy track. Climb this obvious steep track to the top of the hill and admire the fabulous view at the trig point. Go through the gate and descend by the rough track from the mast down to Ardneil. Go straight over the road to the beach to return along the beach track or by the B7048.

At the end of the beach track climb away from the beach passing the golf course turn right at the main road and next left. Go to the top of this road to its end go left 20m along a footpath then right over a rough area leading to the Glen path turn left through the Glen back to the start.