Day 2 – Castle Kennedy to New Luce (9.1 miles)

As today was just a short amble Adele & I decided to have a bit of a ‘Monday morning lie in’ having ordered breakfast for 9am.
We were on the trail by 10am. First up was a gentle climb out of the valley and onto a deforested plantation/moorland section across ‘Glenwhan Moor’, this bit felt quite remote as we encountered only 1 fellow walker on the path, going the other way. This section is also quite exposed to the elements so we were thankful the high winds of yesterday afternoon had dropped to a stiff breeze, and the forecast rain had not yet made an appearance.
As we approached the railway line towards the end of the moorland section our quest for today’s hidden treasure ended when we found ‘Kist’ No.2… however, we were disappointed to find the coins inside were very badly rusted 🙁
We then dropped out of the forest and crossed the main railway line, the ‘Water of Luce’ river and the road to New Luce. Rather than take the direct route to New Luce from here, we kept to the SUW path and ventured over Kilhern Moss moor towards the ‘ruins of Kilhern’ (definitely worth the visit). We stopped for a while to eat our packed lunches, somehow the lady at the B&B had mistaken my request for Ham & Cheese sandwiches, with 1 Ham sandwich with a bit of lettuce & 1 Cheese sandwich, nevermind 😕
All that was left was a short jaunt northwest to the road, (we’ll retrace our steps back to here tomorrow morning) and a mile back to the sleepy/comatosed village of New Luce and the Kenmuir Arms pub.