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1 April 2025

Barassie is a northern suburb of Troon and the main road runs alongside the easy accessible sandy beach with low grassy dunes and great views over to Arran. I had planned to explore a bit further up the coast but by now, on this warm afternoon, the beaches were getting busy and I’m really not keen on beaches with more than a handful of people on. After Barassie, I drove up to Irvine a few miles up the coast but I walked onto the beach from the busy car park and immediately turned around. It was packed, and not my thing at all.