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My experience of Ayr

Desmond79

The Lion's Share of the money I spent was on food. Last night, I was at a restaurant, where I sampled mussels for the first time. It was an experience. Today, before getting the bus back, I had both breakfast and lunch at the Wetherspoon's in Ayr. It used to be a Free House. (Freemasonry?) I also got uncomfortable yesterday morning, at the waiting room in Belfast Harbour, by This Morning showing the - blatant - demonic activity in The Traitors. Alas, everyone else was talking; or on their phone.

Opposite the Bus Station, there was a Comic Book Accessory shop. I went there, primarily to get a bag in case I got sick on the way home, but bought a Batman Keychain. The shop was playing a Little Richard song. Good that I didn't have to make a single card payment throughout the journey.

Today's ferry was an hour late. However, the captain made up for lost time. Then, I was able to get a bus to get home before 9 pm. MY cleaner lifted me home, after my regular local cab driver was preoccupied with another run.

This morning, it was wet and windy. Jocelyn decided to cause more havoc in Scotland than Northern Ireland. The Recycling Bins, out for collection, blew onto the road. Ayr is a costal town, after all, but after that experience I'll never complain about my bins blowing down during high winds.

But one Café/Bar charged £4.15 for a San Pellegrino. Jaysus!

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  • Desmond79 said:
    Ayr is a costal town, after all, but after that experience I'll never complain about my bins blowing down during high winds.

    I'm in Ayr twice a year to seem my very elderly mum and tend to catch the deep winter at least once a year. I also grew up in a coastal town just north of Ayr so can confirm that the winters really suck on the west coast.

    The weather was a key reason for me moving down to southern England after I finished at university - being a biker I was heartily sick of being cold and wet most of the time.

    Ayr is turning into a bit if a ghost town unfortunately. Over the last few decades there have been so many shops and shopping arcades fail that there now seems to be a Marks and Spencers as the only biggish name left. There seem to be dozens of charity shops though which is great for me as I love to hunt for old books.

    The Tam O'Shanter pub is worth a visit if you go again - it dates from 1749, named after the famour character by the poet Robert Burns and does a really good range of food.

    Desmond79 said:
    But one Café/Bar charged £4.15 for a San Pellegrino. Jaysus!

    Best to a oid the chain restaurants to get better prices, but it is the regional capital with a reasonable seasonal tourist draw so they get enough people coming there and willing to spend that much.

    Every time I visit, I am reminded why I don't want to live there anymore mind you.

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  • Desmond79 said:
    Ayr is a costal town, after all, but after that experience I'll never complain about my bins blowing down during high winds.

    I'm in Ayr twice a year to seem my very elderly mum and tend to catch the deep winter at least once a year. I also grew up in a coastal town just north of Ayr so can confirm that the winters really suck on the west coast.

    The weather was a key reason for me moving down to southern England after I finished at university - being a biker I was heartily sick of being cold and wet most of the time.

    Ayr is turning into a bit if a ghost town unfortunately. Over the last few decades there have been so many shops and shopping arcades fail that there now seems to be a Marks and Spencers as the only biggish name left. There seem to be dozens of charity shops though which is great for me as I love to hunt for old books.

    The Tam O'Shanter pub is worth a visit if you go again - it dates from 1749, named after the famour character by the poet Robert Burns and does a really good range of food.

    Desmond79 said:
    But one Café/Bar charged £4.15 for a San Pellegrino. Jaysus!

    Best to a oid the chain restaurants to get better prices, but it is the regional capital with a reasonable seasonal tourist draw so they get enough people coming there and willing to spend that much.

    Every time I visit, I am reminded why I don't want to live there anymore mind you.

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