The last leg into Whithorn
Accommodation, or lack of it, again raised its head. For the next two stages there was no available accomodation. Thus, instead I stayed in Girvan, commuting back and forth by bus. Girvan harbour Leaving Girvan On the way to Lendalfoot. Lendalfoot, and Ailsa Craig - a 99 hectare island bird sanctuary, 16 kilometres from the mainland. I really enjoyed the stage from Girvan to the village of Colmonell. There was one interesting moment when I was trying to walk through a farm yard. The only problem was that there was a mob of sheep yarded where I was meant to go. I bailed up the Royal Mail driver who assured me that I would get to the village by returning to the road and following it to the end. I kept bumping into her along the way, and in Colmonell she saw me numerous times as I wandered around, insisting that I take her phone number in case I got stuck and the bus didn't arrive. I didn't need to call on her, but people are so kind. The church in Colmonell - the village