Ardrossan or Saltcoats?

Whilst at the playpark on the beach front in Ardrossan, I just "happened" to notice that there were a few caches nearby and one just along at the car park. I had to have a look! The Stanley Burn cache is located at the point where the burn of that name emerges out into the Firth of Clyde. This is on the boundary between Ardrossan and Saltcoats at the aptly named Burn Road.

It was getting dark when we were there but we managed to have a good look around both at the road side and in a small grassy area to the North of the road. The burn goes through a small tunnel (see photo) to emerge onto the beach, and after looking at the messages left by previous cachers I think the cache is in this tunnel somewhere.

Unfortunately we didn't have appropriate footwear today and the burn was in full flow so not really an option. I had a look down the tunnel for signs of anything obvious but didn't spot anything. We didn't venture down onto the beach as I doubt any cache placed there would survive long or would quickly be buried under sand.

We did bizarrely find a small fish (dead) which isn't odd in itself but it had got trapped in a small hole between rocks at the side of the burn. This was a good 3ft above the level of the burn. I suspect this area must have been heavily flooded during the recent hurricane (Bawbag?!) which hit our coast.



Didn't find this one today, but we'll be back in the better weather with wellies!!