See and do

Portencross Castle two miles from West Kilbride. http://www.portencrosscastle.org.uk Open 11- 4 weekends, bank & school hols, Easter to end Sept. Free entry.

The formidable-looking Maybole Castle is a four-storey garret tower in the Ayrshire town of Maybole.

The word Dailly derives from the gaelic words for meadow and field which is fitting as Dailly is surrounded by rich farm land and woods.

The ruins of majestic 16th-century Greenan Castle guard the cliffs of south-west Ayr, overlooking the Firth of Clyde

Dunure is a picturesque seaside village, around 5 miles from Ayr on the coast of the forth of Clyde.

Barr is a small village in the South West of Ayrshire, around 8 miles from the town of Girvan.

Seamill is a village on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde.

Torrylin Cairn was a place of ritual and burial over 1000 years ago

Stewarton is a small town in East Ayrshire, around 6 mile away from Kilmarnock and a population of approximately 6500.

Inchmarnock lies to the west of the Isle of Bute at the northern end of the Sound of Bute.

The tale of Fern Andy and his cave is well known amongst locals on Cumbrae.

The small town of Saltcoats lies in North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland

The village of Dalrymple lies in the Doon Valley, on the north bank of the River Doon in East Ayrshire.

Bute has its fair share of mysterious stones and one of the easiest examples to find on the island is at the Blackpark Plantation.

The Abbey was founded sometime between 1162 and 1188 with monks coming from Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its ruins sit in the centre of the town.