Smugglers Trail Preview

Fiona escaping the elements

We are taking the Cubs out on the Smugglers Trail next Tuesday evening so we decided to have a shot tonight to see what condition the route was in.
This trail leads from Troon beach up through Loans, and over the hill into Dundonald. Its the route the smugglers used when their ships full of duty free tea, brandy, wine , rum and tobacco were quietly unloaded in Troon. Its amazing the things we preserve.
Anyway the walk itself is a fairly easy 4km and the path is in good condition. I don't think any of our current batch of Cubs will have any problems.
Of course, despite it being dry and bright all day it did start raining as we headed out but that's life. Since we plan on making the Cubs walk in the rain we felt duty bound to continue.
Apart from some cows and nearly getting 'tagged' by a buzzard we encountered no one else.
Once we got to Dundonald castle we simply turned around and headed back. Its funny, its almost always faster going home than going out.