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The Ayrshire and Arran Coastal Paths begin near the attractive Glenapp Church

The superb views continue as you walk north with Arran, Ailsa Craig and Kintyre all visible

As the stony track climbs, go through a wooden gate that takes you above the line of trees. Here the views across Loch Ryan towards Galloway are superb. Corsewall Lighthouse is visible at the northern tip of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula (the southern tip of which is the most southerly point in Scotland) as it guides the ferries travelling to and from Northern Ireland into the loch. The track then continues high onto open moorland, where it may surprise you to find such a wild landscape.

Although the path here alternates between grassy and stony the route makes for easy progress. A fence runs to the left of the path with Finnarts Hill rising beyond it, while the slopes of Sandloch Hill to the right are vibrant with a thick covering of heather during the summer months. As it continues north the track becomes less steep and passes through a wooden gate at an old sheep enclosure, before it reaches another gate.