Glendale, Cauldron and Diamond Hills

This linear walk is fairly strenuous on a variety of surfaces and mixed scenery: surfaced roads, moorland, (muddy) tracks and grassy hillsides. There are gates to climb.

From West Kilbride railway station, our route takes us out of the village on the Dalry road and onto the Avenue towards Crosbie Mains. We continue uphill past the reservoir and onto open moorland, joining a defined path towards Glentane Hill. We continue along this path, passing the turning to the summit, with the Cauldron Hills our initial targets. We will have our coffee stop at the first summit before progressing on to Little Cauldron. From here we head back to and over Glendale Hill, descending to the Dalry Moor Road. Heading down the road, with the views across to Arran, Bute and the Cumbraes before us, we arrive at our lunch stop by a secluded waterfall. After lunch we return to the moor road and take a right turn to join a track, possibly muddy, which we follow for roughly a mile before tackling our final summit of the day, Diamond Hill, and descending to North Southannan farm and via a lovely wooded lane into Fairlie. Taking care to cross the busy A78 we return to our cars, or to Fairlie railway station for those who joined the walk at the start in West Kilbride.