Tunes in the Tunnel Event
The Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra played a range of traditional Scottish music in the Alloway Railway Tunnel to raise funds for their forthcoming Iberia tour this July and to support the tunnel mural project. On Sunday 18 May, walkers and cyclists stopped to listen and enjoyed some lovely background music as they viewed the latest editions to our mural. It was a beautiful sunny day, and this superb musical performance really added to the enjoyment of a day out to Alloway. Huge thanks to everyone involved from the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra. We hope to organise more ‘Tunes in the Tunnel’ events in the future.
About the Alloway Railway Tunnel Mural
Alloway is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Ayrshire. It’s the birthplace of Robert Burns, and the village itself is set among picture postcard historic buildings, parks and is close to the stunning Ayrshire coastline. However, it did have one big, ugly, scary, unloved area…the old railway tunnel!
We have transformed this dilapidated tunnel with a beautiful mural, which we hope will be the biggest in Scotland. It’s not just a tunnel; now it’s an exciting space with colour, drama, personality and soul. It’s loved by the community who helped to transform it. We’ve given it a new lease of life and more than restoring the past we have given it a future.
Our artist Chris Rutterford is the passion behind the painting. He has executed the mural beautifully. The mural has been a real labour of love. When you visit the mural, you will be captured by the joy and the energy of the place, it really is magical and uplifting.
Where is Alloway Railway Tunnel?
We are opposite The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Murdoch’s Lone, Alloway, Ayr. KA7 4NH. Cross the road from the museum, turn left and walk along the pavement until you come to a path going down a ramp to the cycle path. Turn left and the tunnel is 100m ahead of you. There is parking nearby and a fantastic coffee shop/restaurant in the museum. Toilets are available. There is also a superb playpark at the museum.
