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 and continue along the road to North Kilruskin farm. Turn to the right off the main road. As the road behind the farm buildings bends right leave it turning and climbing a little slope onto the quarry road. climb all the way up the quarry road eventually going around the east side above the quarry to a bare open area. Climb the fence by a stile and cycle around the north side of a lochan following a sheep track Thesheep track goes through the heather take the second fork through a little dip, a short climb then descend to the top, south edge of the line of trees. Go through the metal gate and follow the tree line down to Glenburn at MR125523. Cross the burn climb up to the left of the waterfall and cross to the Fairlie moor road.
Go left down the road 20m leaving it to the right just before the trees up a rough track.
Continue along this track for 1.5km beside the wall all the way toits end at a gate, through the gate , left 15m, through another gate, right along the wall 200m to another gate into the trees.
Go onto the track beyond the gate. If you keep left along the edge of the trees you can enjoy a short streach of singletrack.
In 250m admire the view of Largs over a gate but continue in the trees along some nice singletrack for another 300m where you must go over a stile (nice view a few paces left) cross a burn and go up to a gate (25m).
Cross the field diagonally down to a fence,over the fence at an improvised stile and down across the burn pushing a few metres up to the Fairlie Glen path.
Turn left down to the castle, left behind the castle down a narrow track (careful of walkers and dogs) then left at the bottom 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. |
