The River Ayr Way Marker
Ayr Harbour

By the harbour at the side of the River Ayr as it meets the sea.

This black box represents the coal that was mined at the other end of the River Ayr Way up at Glenbuck in the far east of Ayrshire.

As you can see it's in poor condition. It's basically a wooden frame with plywood panels and is not really suited to a seafront exposure.

The corresponding marker at Glenbuck (pictured below) is the same thing but it was coated in sand to represent this end of the long distance walk.

This one in particular has been vandalised and spray painted so often that the original surface has been obliterated by overpainting, as you can see in these photos.

The markers are seemingly lined up with each other edge-on to signify their connection forty-four miles apart (?).

The walk opened in 2006 and follows the course of the River Ayr.

The marker at the Glenbuck end (it's about ten feet high and fifteen feet long) from ground level. The wooden panels are warping and the filler between them is falling out.