The Whithorn Way - Part 4 - Irvine to Ayr

Scotland Outdoors

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Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Whithorn Way follows an ancient pilgrim route from Glasgow to Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway. In this episode, we begin on the waterfront at Irvine looking at the unique remains of an automatic tide signalling apparatus - we learn more about it at the Scottish Maritime Museum. This is followed by a walk along Irvine beach which can only be described as 'hoaching'. As they wander along the beach to Troon, Mark and Rachel contemplate the appeal of modern day pilgrimage. We also hear some reading recommendations from Christina Riley of the Nature Library. Then it's off to Prestwick to visit Bruce's Well and the site of the leper colony there. We end at St John's Tower in Ayr, a building that has seen many a significant event within its walls.

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0:44.2	Hello. from BBC Radio Scotland Hello and welcome to episode four of our Whitthorn Way Adventure.
0:45.0	I'm Mark Stephen.
0:46.1	And I'm Rachel Stewart.
0:49.5	In this series we're following the route of the ancient pilgrimage from Glasgow Cathedral to Whitthorn in Dumfries and Galloway.
0:53.3	And in episode three, we reached Irvin
0:55.5	on the Ayrshire coast. Now I am easy pleased. I was experiencing what can only be described as
1:00.5	low-level ecstasy over a lovely ice cream on a very hot day. We rejoined the route in Irvin now,
1:06.8	where Helen and I were sitting on the water's edge, looking down towards the harbour,
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