After the restful days over Christmas (so lovely to not have anything to do), I decided to take my first trip to Glasgow, to see how the rail system works and to get away from the locality for once. The train was straightforward – about half an hour from Kilwinning and a third off the…

Another chill but sunny day so I decided to try out my new Saltire bus pass and take a trip to Kilmarnock. First I popped along to the local museum, the Dick Institute, which was okay but not particularly large. Then to Kay Park to have a look at the statue of Rabbie Burns. Then…