Explore The Three Towns

Back in the day, a huge number of Sea Cadet units were created with the specific intention of training young men to go to war. Today, the organisation is very different.

When Billy Main and his wife took their two boys on holiday to Center Parcs, little did they know the positive impact it would have on their future lives, not to mention the lives of countless other young boys and girls in North Ayrshire.

I didn’t imagine I’d see a seal wearing a football shirt in Ardrossan. Neither did I expect to become intrigued by twenty granite balls, nor be reminded about that Nippy Sweetie, the redoubtable Miss Toner. Visiting this Ayrshire seaside town to explore its heritage trail became all of this, and more.