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Barnweill Landranger map70 distance 37km

My wife and I did this lovely cycle on a bright warm August day much of it is on ridges giving beautiful views over central Ayrshire north to Ben Lomond, south to the Merrick west to Arran and east to Cairn Table. We started from Mossblown  car park at MR407243 going south on the B742 over the river Ayr and left at the crossroads 2 km from the start, turning left to Stair Inn.

From Stair we went right to Mauchline, the mid section of this road has pleasant views south toward Ochiltree. At the north end of Mauchline we visited the café just out of town in the garden centre (MR493283) after which we took the minor road behind burns monument toward Tarbolton, joining the B744 but turning off right just before Barmoorhill farm, over the hill and down past Knowehead to the A719, left then right to the B730.

From here we went south a little way and turned right up to Barnweill (Wallace) monument, the monument cannot be entered but the views from its base, and the memorial itself, make it worth a visit. From the monument we kept left, anticlockwise round the hill to Pisgah with good views west, then downhill and left to the B739 going east toward Tarbolton again, turning south after Neilshill farm back to Mossblown.