Culzean Castle

 

Saturday 17th May 2025

Our park up overlooking Ailsa Craig (Paddy's Rock) was ok, a bit too crowded for my liking, so probably one I won't bookmark for future use, but never the less, it served it's purpose well.

We left after breakfast and headed for Culzean Castle a few miles up the Ayr coast.

I wasn't sure whether to come but I'm so glad we did.

It has a spectacular position on a cliff overlooking the Irish Sea.

The grounds are large with lots of interesting features and the castle has a lot of history attached.

It was built for the Kennedy family as a means to impress their peers, which I'm sure it did.

It was largely designed by Robert Adams, he of the fireplace fame.

Internally the house is interesting, without being that impressive although it does seem to have at least one of Adams fireplaces in every room.

But far the most impressive views are of the castle exterior and surrounding countryside and rocky coast.

So it was an enjoyable day looking around in glorious weather.

Nessie ?

A rare sight in Scotland, dry brown grass !

An even rarer sight, sunbathers in Scotland

Our park up for tonight is a pub stop in a quaint little fishing harbour called Dunure a few miles further up the coast from Culzean.

There's a pretty harbour and the Anchorage pub sits right on the harbour front and we can overnight on the carpark at the back.

It's only small bit I squeezed in ok.

Dunure Castle and beach

Local teenagers doing what teenagers do on a hot day,
jump off the harbour wall

The Anchourage Pub

We had a good tastey meal in the restaurant washed down with a pint of Doom Bar for me a wee dram of whiskey for Sue.

Dunure Castle ruins at sunset.