R.A.W - Glenbuck Loch Traditional Cache
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This is one of a series of caches that has been placed along the River Ayr Walk (R.A.W)
The caches have all been sited at significant points with the intention of introducing the cacher to the rich history, the wildlife and the natural beauty of this area.
The River Ayr Way is Scotland’s first source to sea path network which begins at Glenbuck and follows the river for 66kms (44miles) to the sea at Ayr passing through some of Ayrshire’s most stunning and varied scenery from open remote moorland to shaded river gorges.
The River Ayr Way has inspired Robert Burns and helped William Wallace hide from English troops. It has created a village and powered an industrial revolution.
This area of beautiful Ayrshire is rich in history. Find out more about some of Ayrshire’s most famous worthies on this walk – William Wallace, Robert Burns, John Loudoun Macadam and Tibbie Pagan are just a few. Discover more of the rich industrial past of the area and the bloody Covenanting times.
The River Ayr Way is also home to a huge variety of wildlife on this walk including kingfishers, otters, heron, hen harrier, merlin, badgers, roe deer and black grouse.
Glenbuck was a small remote mining village in East Ayrshire close to the South Lanarkshire border.
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The village was ‘fitba’ daft and the local team ‘The Glenbuck Cherrypickers’ won many trophies. The team colours were white with large black dots and that probably gave rise to its obscure name. Despite the meagre population of the village (less than twelve hundred), the team produced a steady stream of players into the professional ranks before folding in 1931 when the mines closed. The most famous son of the village was the legendary Liverpool F.C. manager Bill Shankly. He never played for the local team as it had already been disbanded when he was still too young but he did go on to play professional for Preston North End and Scotland.
The village was entirely dependent on the local coal and iron mining and when the mines closed it rapidly became a ghost town. Sadly, the village was flattened to make way for open cast mining and there is now little proof left that it ever existed.
Close by is Glenbuck Loch that is the source for the River Ayr and the start/finish of the well used pathway that follows the forty four miles of the river from here to the sea. The loch is well stocked with several varieties of trout and can be fished from the banks or from boats. At the loch side there is a pathway that extends all the way round the loch and along this path overlooking the loch is a well built hide for watching the local wildlife.
If arriving by car, take the turn off signposted Glenbuck and then take right at the fork (Shankly Memorial plaque) and cross over the small bridge, through the white gates at the cottage and on up the hill to the parking area at the information board. You will need your own pen or pencil.
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