CHURCH WALKING GROUP
On a bright, sunny autumnal day, 5 of us including Rev. Rona travelled over to Newmilns to walk the Lady Flora Walk. We parked near to the Lady Flora Institute. Lady Flora Elizabeth Rawdon-Hastings was a British aristocrat and lady-in- waiting to Queen Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent. Her death in 1839 was the subject of a court scandal that gave the Queen a negative image. (If you watched the ITV serial Victoria, you will know the full story of this!) We started our walk by passing by various old buildings which reminded us of the decline of the lace industry there. We walked along the side of the River Irvine to Galston then up by Loudon Academy. We stopped for our picnic lunch beside the old Loudon Kirk Graveyard. This graveyard served as a burial site for both Loudon’s nobility and locals. Lady Flora Hastings is interred here. It is also includes Thomas Fleming a Covenanter who was killed at the Battle of Drumlog. We followed a country road with lovely views over the countryside. We finished our walk passing by Galston cemetery where the Reverend Dr. Robert Stirling, who was the inventor of the Stirling engine is buried. It was an interesting walk starting in the small burgh of Newmilns which has suffered significantly by the decline of the lace industry passing by Galson before walking through picturesque countryside including views up to Loudon Castle.
On a bright, sunny autumnal day, 5 of us including Rev. Rona travelled over to Newmilns to walk the Lady Flora Walk. We parked near to the Lady Flora Institute. Lady Flora Elizabeth Rawdon-Hastings was a British aristocrat and lady-in- waiting to Queen Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent. Her death in 1839 was the subject of a court scandal that gave the Queen a negative image. (If you watched the ITV serial Victoria, you will know the full story of this!) We started our walk by passing by various old buildings which reminded us of the decline of the lace industry there. We walked along the side of the River Irvine to Galston then up by Loudon Academy. We stopped for our picnic lunch beside the old Loudon Kirk Graveyard. This graveyard served as a burial site for both Loudon’s nobility and locals. Lady Flora Hastings is interred here. It is also includes Thomas Fleming a Covenanter who was killed at the Battle of Drumlog. We followed a country road with lovely views over the countryside. We finished our walk passing by Galston cemetery where the Reverend Dr. Robert Stirling, who was the inventor of the Stirling engine is buried. It was an interesting walk starting in the small burgh of Newmilns which has suffered significantly by the decline of the lace industry passing by Galson before walking through picturesque countryside including views up to Loudon Castle.
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