A Troon author will soon launch her new book detailing the "hilarious and heart-warming" interactions she had as a B&B owner.

After Margaret Martin's children grew up and flew the nest, she wondered what to do with her life.

Margaret soon found herself too old to be instantly employable, so instead took on a different route - opening her own B&B.

And her new book "There's Nowt So Strange As Folk" will details all her exciting interactions with visitors, from a famous artist to big hairy bikers.

A spokeperson for Margaret said: "She has always enjoyed meeting new people and interacting with them, and so she thought a B&B life might be a good venture in the meantime.

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"When the ‘Empty Nest’ arrived, she decided to use the now spare bedrooms for Bed and Breakfast. This is the reason for many B&B startups.

"It was an experiment at first as she thought she would try it for six weeks to see what it was like to have strangers staying in her home.

"At the end of that time, she came to realise that she really enjoyed hearing about the lives of so many different people and who would ever have anticipated such entertainment? Hard work it may be but the rewards were many and such enjoyment was really so unexpected."

For more information on the new book, which will be published on June 29 by Olympia Publishers, visit olympiapublishers.com.