Culzean.

Here are the photos from the middle section of our sunny day trip. Culzean Castle and Country Park is run by the National Trust for Scotland which we finally realised we're still members of - we thought we'd joined for only a year but they were still taking a subscription via direct debit, we decided we may as well make use of it (we probably wouldn't have visited otherwise as it is a tad expensive if you're not a member)...

The swan pond cormorant drying his wings. We drove down to the swan pond area first as this is where the amazing new adventure play park is, the kids loved it, I didn't bother photographing it, sorry!.

 Roses.

Fish in the swan pond.

We then headed to the walled garden. I loved this bit, the kids were less keen. We zoomed through, I still managed to get quite a few flower shots...

 I include this view again as it's a favourite.

Then we proceeded to wander round other sections of the garden, climbing the cannons and admiring the views...

 This is taken from the ladies toilet cubicle in the courtyard tearoom!

Now down to one of the beaches, past the gasworks...

Then we retrace our steps to the car (which I'd moved earlier to the walled garden car park as it's a bit of a trek back to the swan pond).

Lovely views to Arran from this part of the coast.

Next up: Dunure. See you then...