Stevenston

Sunday afternoon and we were looking for something to do so we decided to go out for a wee walk. Stevenston is just up the A78 from Irvine and I knew there was a circular walk in the area with six caches along its route so we headed there.

First up was R.U. Coming or Going (Stevenston) which is near the Pennyburn Roundabout. We parked in Morrisons car park and spent a while looking around its perimeter before deciding that the cache must be elsewhere. We finally discovered it hidden on a road sign. I have no idea what the "R.U." part of the cache name means but the rest now makes sense.

 Following a small path NW led us up the side of the supermarket and towards Geocaching........I luv it. This was a simple enough find however we were being watched by a McDonalds employee who was loitering out the back of the resaurant. This area is heavily used by muggles with their duggles and is littered with duggle poo so we had to watch out step in the grass. The smell however, was drowned out by the stink coming from McD's.

Further up the hill, the path ends as it reaches the remains of a road which once led east. This has now been cut in half by the A78 bypass and the Road to Castlehill cache is hidden here. This one was easy to find and had the added bonus of being in the midst of lots of bramble bushes. Yum yum!

As we moved along to the next cache we came under attack from two yappy dugs. These were both allowed to freely roam around the area without restraint and their owner was nowhere to be seen. After barking furiously at us and seeing us off one of these daft mutts decided they wanted to come with us and followed us for half a mile almost getting hit by several cars in the process. We were rooting for the cars!

 Crossing over the bypass via Hayocks Road brought us to a junction which where we would turn to walk back down towards the Pennyburn roundabout. It was near this junction that we found our next cache aptly titled Bridge over a River of Tarmac. This took a little while but we found it in the end.

Heading SE again brought us to Old Castlehill Road which took us seconds to find following the GPS coordinates. Opening the container we were thrilled to find a Help for Heroes Geocoin.

Our final cache of the day was to be Where's the fire which is located between the Pennyburn roundabout and a firestation (thus the title). This is in a very exposed spot with lots of people walking to and from the shops and a constant stream of cars. After a good hunt however we still couldn't find the cache so we cut our losses and headed to Morrisons for some lunch and a heat. Having now read some of the comments from other cachers and having had a better look at the map I think I know where the cache is located but I'll have to wait for another day.
5 out of 6.