Day 54: Wednesday 1st June 2022

Day 54: Wednesday 1st June 2022

Quite a busy day today, although a slow start meant that we had a bit less time than we wanted at each place. 

Our first stop was the cafe by the river for a coffee, before heading to the post office to get a few cards posted. We then walked to the Robert Burns Cottage. This was about 2 miles away, so it did take us a little while to walk there. We got there around 11.45, and got tickets to go into the cottage and museum.

The cottage was really interesting to see inside, especially seeing the kitchen and beds set up. There were some statues around the smallholdings, although it was very busy with lots of primary school children running around!  

From the cottage, there was the “Poet’s Path”, a route which connected up with the museum, the Burns monument and Brig O’ Doon. There was a lot to see in the museum, it was very interactive and interesting to learn about Burns’ life, although I’m not sure I like him very much as a person. We read a poem by Burns in the cottage grounds and again by the Bridge which was really nice to do. 

After visiting the monument and gardens, we realised that we needed to head back to Ayr, in order to get to the cafe, Vegan Earth, that we have been looking forward to visiting. They open 12-4 Wednesday to Saturday, so we were very keen to get there and not miss out! 

We were so pleased we made it! One of the best cafes ever - great food choices, and really lovely staff who cared a lot about veganism and spreading the message through food, as well as thinking of recommendations for us when visiting Glasgow. We would love to have it as a local cafe! 

Great pancakes again!

Having done quite a lot of walking again, we were tired so a quiet evening again after another wander around Ayr. We will potentially go to Glasgow again as there is lots more we missed, although we really wish we could go back to Vegan Earth as it was great!