The Ultimate Burns Corridor Tour.

[Geoff]

As many places as possible, inside the Corridor, with a Robert Burns connection PLUS other places of interest along the way.


The Ultimate Burns Corridor Tour.
Girvan, Kirkoswald, Maybole, Alloway, Ayr, Prestwick, Irvine, Kilwinning, Kilmarnock, Tarbolton, Auchincruive, Failford, Mauchline, New Cumnock, Sanquhar, Thornhill, Closeburn, Friars Carse, Ellisland and Dumfries.

Or tour can start from
THE ROBERT BURNS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PRESTWICK, BURNS CORRIDOR.

[Geoff]

Read: Rambles through the land of Burns. By Archibald R. Adamson. Published 1879 by Dunlop & Drennan in Kilmarnock.

You can still travel through Burns Corridor by train:
Gretna to Girvan via Kilmarnock with stops at: Annan, Dumfries, Sanquhar, Kirkconnel, New Cumnock, Auchinleck and Kilmarnock. The train follows the River Nith from Dumfries to New Cumnock. It goes under Rabbies Mossgiel Farm between Auchinleck and Mauchline.

Kilmarnock to Maybole stopping at: Troon, Prestwick and Ayr. You cross River Ayr at Ayr, River Doon between Ayr and Maybole.

www.scotrail.co.uk/content/see-sights-nith-valley-line.html
NOTE: Published in 2009

[Geoff]

Armstrong's 18th century map of Ayrshire: Kyle, Carrick and Cunningham: www.nls.uk/maps/joins/797.html
Interestingly, The Black Loch is one of only two lochs or lakes in the world that have outflows running in two separate directions.

The Original Corridor Tour:
burnscorridor.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=45


New Cumnock and other bits: www.nls.uk:8080/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=Maps&item=/74400205.sid&style=maps.xsl&wid=700&hei=500&browser=win_ie&plugin=false