I had a lovely evening recently, celebrating the volunteers at Ardrossan Castle Heritage Society who supported the three years of the superbly run Ardrossan Castle Carnival, as well as the Society's Citizen Science community archaeology teams from the Garnock Connections Castle Dig projects over the last year.

It was a great opportunity to catch up with these wonderful volunteers in a social setting with wine, pizza and a good blether.

They work so hard to improve the community of Ardrossan and it is right that their work is celebrated and appreciated by all of us.