Blow away cobwebs
ABIGAIL DALY
GUIDED WALKS ON THE ISLE OF BUTE, meet at Bute Museum, 1pm, Saturday, 20 September Bute is wee, but contains extremely rich heritage. The Discover Bute landscape partnership scheme has put on three guided
walks as part of a project to share Bute's natural and archaeological heritage. Choose from hard, medium or easy, taking in Rothesay Town, Kelspokes, South Bute, Scalpsie and St Ninians. For more information contact Bridget Paterson on 07917 558 901.
AYR UNITED FC, Somerset Park, Ayr, 10am-4pm, Sunday, 7 September Somerset Park opened in 1888, but will be closing in 2009. The club is relocating, so this is your chance to see behind the scenes. Ayr United community and football academy coaches will lead coaching for youngsters throughout the day. Guided tours start at noon and are then every half-hour.
WILSONTOWN IRONWORKS WANDER, near Forth, South Lanarkshire, 2pm, Saturday, 20 September The Forestry Commission is offering a guided tour around the works, one of its most exciting sites. A forest ranger will take you around the site and explain how this noisy and thriving industrial landscape, which once housed 2,000 people, became buried under the heathland forest; and show how the Forestry Commission set about rediscovering the lost township. Visitors should meet at the Glen car park, Wilsontown. For more information contact Emma Stewart, 01698 222205.
MUGDOCK CASTLE, MILNGAVIE, 2-5pm, Saturday, 13 and Sunday, 14 September A lovely walk through Mugdock County Park will take you to the half-ruined remains of the castle. Dating from the 14th century, the most intact part is the south-west tower, which is four storeys high with a single room on each floor and a parapet walk on the top.
MULL OF GALLOWAY EXPERIENCE, Stranraer, 10am-5pm, Saturday, 27 September Visit the Mull of Galloway Experience and the lighthouse, with its 26-metre tower; the RSPB reserve, a site of special scientific interest; the visitor centre, containing information about the area and its wildlife and the Gallie Craig Coffee House.
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