Forty nine pensioners and guests met on a very misty morning to set out on our first outing of the year.
The weather didn't brighten until just before we reached our coffee stop at MacKinnon Mills, Coatbridge. As well as our break, there was an opportunity for some retail therapy.
We then headed to Ayrshire and the weather stayed warm and sunny for us.
We were able to visit the castle and its grounds. As this was your chairman's fourteenth visit, it must have something going for it!
Our high teas was at the Fenwick Hotel. The food was plentiful and very tasty. (The wine was reasonably priced too.)
The driver brought us back to Edinburgh using some of the less travelled routes to help avoid some large lorries which might well have slowed us down.
Not a bad start to our outings.
