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purplecat ([personal profile] purplecat) wrote2024-08-10 05:51 pm

Milngavie to Drymen (12 miles)

A good walking day. Mostly clear, but cool with only a few spots of rain. We walked the 12 miles from Milngavie (pronounced Mull-guy) to Drymen (pronounced Drimmen) in a little over 5 hours, which necessitated then spending an hour and a half in a pub waiting for the B&B to open. The walking was pretty gentle, on good paths, though the final section was along a road which was quite dull.


B. Standing next to the obelisk marking the start of the West Highland Way.

Wooden posts of different heights each, topped with a coloured ceramic rock.
We started with a woodland walk through a country park on the outskirts of Glasgow. These "Scholars Rocks" were by a local artist and appeared at several points and were inspired by the geology and industries of East Dumbartonshire.

Wooden chalet with red decorative features.  A man's head and arm emerges out of stump in the garden.  Gargoyle like garden gnomes.
This house is, apparently, The Shire. I was dubious about this.

A large green caterpillar

View of hills under a blue sky
We skirted the Campsie Fells.

Two mini Shetland ponies in a wooden shelter.
In the middle of a stretch on an abandoned railway we came upon an old station, converted into a pub-come-petting zoo.

A yarn-bombed postbox with crocheted fish.
This is near our B&B.



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