Ardrossan

[@jimmyalexander8260]

Hello from Auckland NZ. My wee old home town one mile away Saltcoats, much more to see abd do, however i really enjoyed your wee trip to Cannon Hill which is where the castle sits on. Used to climb to the top and look over to Saltcoats as a wee boy. Thanxx again taking me down memory lane x

[@AScottishOdyssey]

I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. I'm happy to be of service.

[@staceymurray9644]

lovely video you showed beautiful places and interesting watching all the castle

[@AScottishOdyssey]

I’m glad that you enjoyed it

[@livvymunro1929]

I spent many a happy hour scrabbling over the castle ruins with my pals back in the 50s. We believed the old tale that there was a secret tunnel connecting the castle to Kilwinning Abbey and put in a lot of effort trying to locate it. Ludicrous when you think of the distance involved, but we were young and naive then! I also remember rolling Easter eggs down Cannon Hill on Easter Monday.

[@AScottishOdyssey]

I’m glad that you have so many happy memories of the castle. I’m sure that it must have been such a stunning place to explore as a child

[@frannyoki]

There is so much more to the town it’s people and it’s history. Hopefully the fence won’t be there on your next visit but a nice wee video. thanks for coming

[@AScottishOdyssey]

I totally agree with you. There are so many wee places in Scotland that have so much to offer, and I think that Ardrossan is one of them. I do need to do a return visit. I’m glad that you enjoyed the video.

[@davestewart2215]

Spent many a day up the hill slidin doon on a milanda breed board, looks very different fro oor day wae fences, we had free range tae climb.I also remember gone doon the dungeon a few times.

[@AScottishOdyssey]

It would be lovely to see more made of the castle.

[@bluebirdflyinglow]

I stayed on the Isle of Arran for twelve days, two years ago. I documented landscapes while there. Beautiful area! I am a landscape painter.

[@AScottishOdyssey]

I've been to Arran a couple of times. I was hoping to get over this year, but obviously, that didn't happen. I do want to get back to Arran at some point and shoot some videos. It is a beautiful and amazing place.

[@bamibal001]

Thanks for that. I hope they stabilize what's left of that castle before it crumbles.

[@AScottishOdyssey]

So do I. To lose the castle would be heartbreaking

[@acrylik]

That was it stablised

[@AScottishOdyssey]

micheal mcarthur hopefully the stabilisation does it’s job.

[@acrylik]

@@AScottishOdyssey lol

[@nifflofair6685]

I used to holiday in a flat in Hill Street as a kid!

[@AScottishOdyssey]

That's near the castle, isn't it?

[@grahammcqueen2108]

Yes right at the foot of castle hill I grew up there.

[@billyboy9675]

I would have liked to have seen glasgow street back in the 60s and 70s it was the retail part of ardrossan, but nice video!

[@AScottishOdyssey]

Is that the bit that I walked through, to get to the Castle?

[@billyboy9675]

A Scottish Odyssey it would have been down the hill on the other side. Still a nice video!

[@AScottishOdyssey]

Billy Boy thank you

[@zaccypong]

A guid wee video aboot Ardrussan.

[@AScottishOdyssey]

Thank you. I'm so gad that you enjoyed it.

[@seaghanobuadhaigh8240]

Behind the bars and heading underground, there is a mineral well.

[@AScottishOdyssey]

I didn't know that. I'm guessing that would have been the main water source for the castle. That would have been helpful, with the castle being up n the hill.

[@seaghanobuadhaigh8240]

@@AScottishOdyssey I'd say you're right. Old people, long since dead, told me that before the bars went up local folk regarded that well as having health-giving properties. Behind South Beach train station on the Saltcoats side of the burn, there used to be a sort of health spa. Maybe the spring sources are similar or linked.

[@AScottishOdyssey]

That could be something for me to look for, the next time that I'm in Ardrossan.

[@robertgarroway8278]

A mineral well when did you last step foot in Ardrossan did you see the cows shite 2'n a half mile up the hill. Tell a lie I dropped plenty last time I dunked in 🤣

[@staceymurray9644]

@@seaghanobuadhaigh8240 i just watched a video today that everyone went to saltcoats to a mineral bath area not sure where it was but was closed down early 1080s theres a video on you tube