VASA Special Recognition Award 2023

Ayrshire Coastal Path creator and Trail Manager Dr Jimmy Begg, has scooped a Special Recognition Award at this year’s South Ayrshire Volunteer Awards recognising his exceptional volunteering over an extended period of time. Jimmy was nominated on account of his exceptional endeavour and commitment in creating and ... More

Donation to Ayrshire Coastal Path

Ayr Rotary have just donated £250 to help with Path development, specifically to buy two metal gates for a recent project at Drumshang. Along with two donations from local rambler groups, this extra money has allowed The Ayrshire Coastal Path to complete the important job of bridge replacement. The ... More

2022 Rotary & Ayrshire Coastal Path Beach Clean

    The annual Big Beach Clean is now a joint venture between Rotary and Ayrshire Coastal Path. The Rotary clubs of Ayr, Prestwick and Alloway, together with the help of South and North Ayrshire Councils and numerous community groups, hope to be able to cover more than a dozen beaches in this year's 14th ... More

2022 Rotary & Ayrshire Coastal Path Beach Clean

    The annual Big Beach Clean is now a joint venture between Rotary and Ayrshire Coastal Path. The Rotary clubs of Ayr, Troon, Prestwick and Alloway, together with the help of South and North Ayrshire Councils and numerous community groups, hope to be able to cover more than a dozen beaches in this year's ... More

Gillian Craig, Gillian’s Walks 2021

At Ayr Rotary's evening, the guest speaker was Gillian Craig who talked about the ‘Extension of her Walks’, the sequel to her original presentation to the Club 4 years ago in September 2017. Gillian is passionate about the great Scottish outdoors, and thrives on finding new places to explore and inspire others to do ... More

New Paltz Rotary Club, USA

One of Ayr Rotary's new members who has just returned to Ayr after a number of years in USA, helped organise this exciting Zoom meeting on Tuesday evening when we linked up with New Paltz Rotary Club, in the US town of New Paltz, which is about 80 miles north of NYC. In excess of 40 members from both clubs engaged in an ... More

2021 Rotary Beach Clean Cancellation

Regrettably, it has been necessary, once again, to cancel the annual Rotary Beach Clean. However, there is a willingness among all five South Ayrshire Rotary Clubs (led by Ayr) to endeavour to hold, or participate in, individual, local clean-ups later in the year as and when Covid restrictions allow. This will be the work ... More

Ayrshire Coastal Path at ECO Festival

The morning storm was still trying to blow down the marquee as the various goups arrived to set out their stalls at the ECO Ayrshire 2019 Festival in Troon. Good planning had positioned the ACP alongside SAPI (South Ayrshire Paths Initiative) so this was an advantage to both given the symbiotic relationship between the ... More

Ayrshire Coastal Path – 10th Anniversary Celebration

On Saturday 23 June, almost fifty pathminders, stakeholders, and special guests gathered at the Bracken Bar, Heads of Ayr, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Ayrshire Coastal Path and what a wonderfully convivial evening we all enjoyed thanks to the efforts of Alistair Tyre and his small team of ... More

Beach Clean Success

What a magnificent turnout and performance at the Big Rotary Beach Clean! This was the biggest one ever and included for the first time the beaches at Dowhill and Turnberry in addition to those at Newton, Doonfoot, Seafield, Bracken Bay, Dunure, Croy and Dipple. Congatulations to all who helped make this such a success. ... More