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It is a beautiful little building with lovely stained glass windows, one of which commemorates Elsie MacKay, a British actress and member of the Inchcape family (Glenapp is their family seat) who died while attempting to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928. The graveyard also contains the tombstone of her father James Lyle MacKay, the 1st Earl of Inchcape (a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom that was created in 1929). Its elaborate design includes the carved figures of an eagle, owl, lion and tiger. The memorials to the 2nd Earl, Kenneth MacKay and the 3rd, Kenneth James William MacKay can also be seen in the graveyard. The beauty of the church really sets the scene for the walk ahead.

After exploring the church walk back down the path to reach the A77 and, taking care, cross the busy road to reach the start point of the Ayrshire Coastal Path. A good track leads to an old bridge over the Water of App and then descends to another bridge, the track continuing through lovely mixed woodland. It provides easy walking as you pass Craiganlea House on the left, then it bears right at a waymarked sign to climb steadily, passing beneath the slopes of Sandloch Hill.