Milngavie Reservoirs

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Mugdock Road, Milngavie G62 8LD, Scotland

Milngavie is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is on the Allander Water, at the northwestern edge of Greater Glasgow, and about 6 miles from Glasgow city centre. It neighbours Bearsden. Milngavie is a commuter town, with much of its working population travelling to Glasgow to work or study. The town is served by Milngavie railway station on the North Clyde Line of the SPT rail network, which links it to Central Glasgow. The town was formerly served by routes 13 and 14 of the once extensive Glasgow tramway system. Tramway services in Milngavie were withdrawn in 1956; the entire system was dismantled by September 1962. The town is a very popular retirement location, with an unusually high proportion of elderly. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 12,795 in 5,256 households. The Milngavie and Bearsden Herald, owned by Johnston Press, is a weekly newspaper that covers local events from the schools, town halls, community and government in the area. The paper was established in 1901 and is printed every Wednesday, to be sold on Thursdays. Currently the town is perhaps best known as the start of the West Highland Way long distance footpath which runs northwards for 95 miles to the town of Fort William. A granite obelisk in the town centre marks the official starting point of the footpath.
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Reservoir Retreat. Milngavie, Scotland. DJi Mavic Pro

Exploring Mugdock reservoir with the DJi Mavic Pro. Location just outside of Glasgow near Milngavie, Scotland.
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The West Highland Way - Day 1 of 6 - Milngavie to Balmaha, Amazing first days hiking. Simply Superb.

The West Highland Way is Scotland's premier long distance footpath. The hike is 96 miles (154 km) long and runs from Milngavie north of Glasgow to Fort William in the Scottish Highlands. It is estimated 36,000 walk the entire route annually and is considered by ourselves to be one of the best long distance trails in the world

Monday 13th May Milngavie to Balmaha, Day 1

We had travelled up to Milngavie, Glasgow the night before by train from Manchester (where we live). We checked into the Premier Lodge (there are 2 very close to each other), where our luggage would be collected from and carried for us to our next destination. It was a beautiful sunny day, with a good weather forecast for the week.

We left the hotel at 7.30am and went to the nearby Tesco to purchase sandwiches, fruit etc for lunch. The walk begins from an obelisk in the centre of town, which the locals are more than happy to give you directions to. We called in Greggs Bakery nearby, and sat on a bench by the start of the walk, eating our breakfast whilst watching many excited walkers arrive. After taking the customary photos we set off on the clearly marked path, and soon left the town through miles of beautiful bluebell woods.

Greggs Bakery, Monday to Saturday 6.30am- 5.30pm. Sunday 9am-4pm 6 Douglas Street, Milngavie, G62 6PB

We continued, passing a picturesque lake on the right an hour later, arriving at
Beech Tree Restaurant and Cafe Bar at 10.40am. This looked lovely, with breakfast served from 10.30am-12, and an extensive food menu. There is an attractive picnic area, if you are eating your own food. The cafe is set in the old station, the line was shut in 1951. We continued as we had eaten earlier.

We passed Turnip the Beet Cafe at 11am, they had a lunch time deal on and drinks and cake. Again we passed by. Many walkers spend day one walking from Milngavie to Drymen a distance of 12 miles, we had decided this would be too short a day so continued. We ate our lunch at 12.30pm, with the first fantastic views of Loch Lomond. Loch Lomond is the largest lake in Great Britain and provides Central Scotland with its drinking water. The walk continues through fields and forests, until at 2.15pm we reached a split in the path. The road to the left can be taken to Balmaha, which is a great alternative if you are tired or the weather is poor. The main West Highland Way path goes to the back of Conic Hill. We took this following gravel and earth paths, with sustained steep sections, some steps and a stile and finally attained the top of the path at 3.30pm. We thought this was well worth the effort with tremendous views over Loch Lomond. From here there is a path to the left which goes to the top of the Hill (361m), we opted not to do this, and sat looking at the views instead.

The path is not easy going down, being steep and stony. We reached the car park in Balmaha at 4.15pm. Conic Hill is a popular walk from Balmaha, and we passed many people walking up.

In Balmaha there is a village shop which is open every day from 7.30-10pm, useful but quite expensive. We bought bread, salmon, and tomatoes for tea. There is a coffee and ice cream shop next door to the village shop that shuts at 6pm, also The Oak Tree pub, which has accommodation and a lovely if slightly expensive menu.

We stayed at the Balmaha Inn booking in advance on Bookings.com, expensive at £99.00 for a very small modern room, but with fantastic views over the lake. When we checked in we found that the breakfast is not served till 8am, and having another long days walk would have preferred breakfast earlier.

However, day one had gone better than we thought, it was a beautiful day, with fantastic views, great weather and new friends to meet.

Distance Miles 20.41

Duration of Walk Hours 9.11

Average Pace Min/Mile 27

Steps 56260

Elevation gained in feet 1844

5 Loch Road Milngavie

5 Loch Road Milngavie in association with Penworth Properties Kilsyth

Hillfoot Railway Station, Milngavie Branch, Scotland

Hillfoot Station was opened in 1900 by the North British Railway - the line had been opened in 1863 by the Glasgow & Milngavie Junction Railway.

Is this drunk driving road rage? You decide. Milngavie, Glasgow, UK.

Moron was well behind me, as I signalled and moved out, he accelerated hard to catch up, tailgated then swerved into oncoming traffic to overtake and nearly side swipes me in the process. Then swerved across lanes at the roundabout, nearly hitting a queued car and jumps on the brakes going round the roundabout so I draw level.
Bizarre and slightly disturbing.
You have to wonder if that kind of irrational and potentially violent behaviour exists in the family home if this is how he conducts himself in public. I'd much prefer ned families kept it indoors!
Maybe they were on their way to an AL-Anon group session to address those issues though. God bless the neds!
SF63JFE Milngavie, Glasgow 11-Jun-2016.

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Milngavie tunnel busking

Busking up milngavie trying some tunes

West Highland Way - Scotland April 2017 from Fort William to Milngavie

West Highland Way - Scotland April 2017 - walking it in reverse over 7 days from Fort William to Milngavie raising money for British Lung Foundation, and YES we found it harder this direction.

Bearsden Railway Station, Milngavie Branch, Scotland

Bearsden Station stands on the Milngavie branch and was opened in 1863 by the Glasgow & Milngavie Junction Railway, later the North British Railway. Unusually the station gave its name to the town that was once called New Kilpatrick.

West Highland Way: Milngavie to Balmaha day 1

As an outdoor-fan the West Highland Way in Scotland was on my wish-list for a long time. From 13 -19 October the four of us walked this magnificent trail from starting point Milngavie to Fort William. This first part describes day one of our six day journey. Read the complete story at my website.

Day 1: Milngavie - Drymen - Balmaha (30.8 km)

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West Highland Way: Milngavie to Drymen slightly confused

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West highland way, April 2012

Here is our trip walking the 96 miles of the West Highland Way starting april 7th 2012.
Chris,Alan and Glen.
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The Great Glen Way

A very wet 5 day walk across Scotland on the the Great Glen Way from Fort William to Inverness.

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36 Braehead Avenue, Milngavie, Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, G62 6DN

above the West Highland Way: West Highland 'Marilyns', the ascent of Beinn Uamha near Inversnaid.

West Highland Way ' Marilyns' - well one of them anyway! This is the ascent of Beinn Uamha, one of the relative hills (referred to as 'Marilyns) of Great Britain. Above the West Highland Way along from Cruachan Hill (not mountain) that sits more directly above Inversnaid, and 10-miles or less as the crow flies from Aberfoyle on the Rob Roy Way, this walk commences in the vicinity of Loch Arklet that drains westwards towards the more famous Loch Lomond before emerging as the Snaid Burn at the Falls of 'Inversnaid' (Arklet).

What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, -
O let them be left, wildness and wet; -
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.

- by Gerard Manley Hopkins. -

Here, William Wordsworth found the inspiration to write - 'To a Highland Girl':
Nor am I loath, though pleased at Heart,
Sweet Highland girl! from thee to part;
For I, methinks, till I grow old,
As fair before me shall behold.
As I do now, the cabin small.
The lake, the bay, the waterfall;
And thee, the spirit of them all!

A 'Marilyn' is a hill of any height with a drop of 150 metres or more on all sides making it therefore a relatively high hill compared to the surrounding area, rather than compared to sea level, and are located nationwide throughout Scotland, England and Wales of which there are currently 1555 summits identified in Great Britain and surrounding islands with a further 455 such summits found in Ireland.

We found a route description for Beinn Uamha in an old '100 walks' book that gave the starting point at a cattle grid (that was actually surfaced over a number of years ago) along the B829 Aberfoyle to Inversnaid road. However, you can easily identify where the road has been filled in and there is also now a Queen Elizabeth Forest Park signpost denoting this limited car-parking area.

Across the road a style that wouldn't take the weight of an infant leads immediately into marshy ground before heading uphill alongside a fence. An alternative start (that we used as our return route) would be to walk beneath the power lines located a few minutes further along the road.

The initial part of this walk leads to a view of Lochan Mhaim nan Carn before taking a right and heading uphill but not following the uphill fence line too closely as it eventually drops directly into a gully.

However the initial view looking back is above Loch Katrine:

Loch Katrine's keen and searching air.
- An instant in this porch she stayed,
- And gayly to the stranger said:
- 'On heaven and on thy lady call,
- And enter the enchanted hall!

We distantly watched what looked like 'The Lady of the Lake' heading along the Loch.

Her kindness and her worth to spy,
- You need but gaze on Ellen's eye;
- Not Katrine in her mirror blue
- Gives back the shaggy banks more true

This is an undulating rough walk through the heather to the small cairn that denotes this 528m 'Marilyn' summit Beinn Uamha meaning 'Cave' or 'Hollow'. From the summit the north face of the popular Munro Ben Lomond is the main view but the Arrochar Alps, Ben Lui and the Crianlarich Munros and much more can all be identified.

Right up Ben Lomond could he press,
- And not a sob his toil confess.
- His form accorded with a mind
- Lively and ardent, frank and kind;

Lochs Chon, Arklet and Katrine also provide good views throughout the day. Loch Chon is a freshwater loch that is fished for perch, pike and brown trout, and is situated upstream from Loch Ard, located west of the village of Aberfoyle, a destination on the Rob Roy Way. Loch Arklet featured as a background in several scenes of Geordie.

This walk can be continued to take in the other nearby 'Marilyn' 511m summit of Beinn Dubh - but we left that for another day.

On the West Highland Way between Balmaha and Inversnaid there are five Marilyn summits above the route. Most West Highland Way walkers make the traverse of the 358m 'Marilyn' Conic Hill but not so many leave the path and make the short detour to the summit. Above the Rowardennan Forest and on a long potential route to Ben Lomond, lie the''Marilyn' summits of Binnein nan Gobhar (586m) and Beinn Uird (596m). Once beyond the 974m Munro Ben Lomond and the 633m Graham Cruinn 'Bheinn the Way reaches the stretch from Cailness to Inversnaid above which lies the subject of this video Beinn Uamha farther along from which lies the said Beinn Dubh.

The Graham peak Cruinn a'Bheinn lies between Ben Lomond and the Loch Arklet Reservoir, rising to a height of 633m (2076 feet).

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