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Continue southwest along the small ridge path. The level summit section ends with a bit more Trondhjemite. Cross a fence on the way down to a col, with a gate in a wall, and go up the slight rise of Pinbain Hill. Keep ahead down the southwest spur of Pinbain Hill through a gate in a fence to a gate and kissing gate, where a gravel track contours in from the right. There is now a choice – to turn sharp right immediately, or to continue down the Ayrshire Coast Path ahead to a beach for a lunch stop before returning to this point. Turning back here saves 2km (¾hr).

Ahead are raised beaches along the shoreline to Lendalfoot, with former sea stacks projecting from the (now grassy) meadows behind the main road. The old beach, now above sea level, shows how the west of Scotland has been rising steadily since the weight of the Ice Age melted off.

To continue on the Coast Path take the grass track ahead through the gate. It bends right, down through what appears to be a quarry (actually a former sea cove with sea stacks). Cross the A77 and turn left along the pavement for 700 metres to a lay-by, above a cluster of beach rocks projecting seawards – Bonney’s Dyke.