Social Programme - Wednesday 27th June

This journey takes you through the golfing town of Troon, where you will see the Championship links course. At the small village of Alloway you will visit Robert Burns cottage, where the famous poet was born in 1759. There is also the opportunity to visit the Land O'Burns Centre which explains the life and times of Burns before returning to Glasgow.

You will travel to Edinburgh past historic Linlithgow, where you can see over to Linlithgow Palace, the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. On the outskirts of Edinburgh you will enjoy morning coffee & shortbread in the shadow of the magnificent Forth Bridges before a panoramic look at the sweeping Georgian terraces and crescents of the New Town, followed by an interior visit to Edinburgh Castle. After lunch the remainder of the afternoon is free for shopping and/or sightseeing.