A PICTURESQUE Dalry walking route has been made more user-friendly thanks to funding from Tesco.

Dalry Community Development Hub was awarded £8,000 through the supermarket’s Bags of Help scheme and has channelled the money into revamping the Lynn Glen – a walkway which has been used by hundreds of people since it was created in the 1970s.

Members of the Lynn Glen Restoration Project team have worked to bring the path leading from Dalry up and around Lynn Glen back to life in an intensive three-year programme, which involved making the area safer by clearing debris and resurfacing.

Emma Halliday, community enabler co-ordinator at Greenspace Scotland, and Jennifer Dickson, general merchandise team manager at Tesco in Kilbirnie, joined members of the Lynn Glen Restoration Project to unveil a commemorative plaque to mark the completion of the project.

The specially-designed plaque was donated by Tesco as a permanent record of the project being chosen and backed by the local community.

Restoration team member Sheena Woodside said: “We’re very proud of what we’ve achieved on the pathway.

It’s been a great experience – made even more so by the fact that the community have helped it come to fruition through Bags of Help votes.

“We’re working to install a viewing platform and seat at the waterfall so that walkers can stop to admire this amazing viewpoint. We want to share Dalry’s hidden gem.

“People can now access this beautiful part of Ayrshire easily and we couldn’t have done this without the funding from Tesco. It’s greatly appreciated.”

Community groups and charities can apply for funding and Tesco customers and colleagues can nominate projects that they’d like to see receive some cash.

Just ask in store for more information or visit the Bags of Help website, www.tesco.com/bagsofhelp.