Devil's Pulpit, Glasgow, Scotland
Devil's Pulpit at Finnich Glen is just a short drive north of Glasgow, Scotland, near Loch Lomond in the United Kingdom. A short, but deep, river (also known as a burn) gorge cuts through the Scottish landscape, creating a mystical place with gorge walls covered with verdant green moss and colorful red water. The gorge has been featured in a few TV shows and movies, yet many people don't know about the area and the awesome hiking it offers.
Queen Elizabeth Forest Park Road Trip | Daytrip in Scotland
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The Braes B&B, Thornhill, Stirling. www.thebraesbnb.co.uk
The Braes is a lovely B&B situated on a 200 acre farm with fantastic, elevated views of Ben Ledi, the Carse of Stirling and the Campsie Fells. We are conveniently located 1 mile from the conservation village of Thornhill (Callander 5 miles, Stirling 10 miles). Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are each less than 1 hour away.
The Braes B&B offers 3 well appointed bedrooms, each with its own shower room. Guests have full access to a lovely lounge and conservatory, from where breakfast is served. Fine Scottish ingredients and home made produce feature proudly on our breakfast menu.
Our location has lots to offer, whatever your interests. Relaxing and enjoying the views provides a great starting point. Thanks to carefully planted woodland and hedges, nature lovers will enjoy watching our abundant resident and migrant birds. Cyclists and walkers have plenty of local routes to choose from, anglers are just a short distance from the Lake of Menteith, while watersports enthusiasts are spoilt for choice.
WEST HIGHLAND WAY 2010 from Milngavie.
MILNGAVIE to STRATHBLANE on the WEST HIGHLAND WAY [March 2010]. First stroll of the year since I got rid of the crutches! This was the easy walk along the Way towards Dumgoyne with great views over to the snow-covered Campsies and also of distant Ben Lomond, whereafter we followed the Strathblane path for the bus back to Milngavie then train [three pounds twenty off-peak day return] back to Glasgow.
Arriving at Milngavie via the lower line from Glasgow Central the walk heads under the repainted underpass under the watchfull eye of Jimmie MacGregor (fortunately only a mural depiction!) and heads towards the West Highland Way obelisk erected on 20 Nov 1992 in Douglas Street.
Milngavie underwent dramatic upheaval due to the cotton industry and there were six small bleachfields and two printworks all in the vicinity of the Allander Burn. Older maps certainly reveal the spelling as Millguy. Glasgow tramcars headed out to Milngavie as by the 1930s Glaswegians were heading out to Mugdock and Loch Lomond. Also during the 30s, approximately where the Allander Sports Centre was built, was the test track of the Bennie Railplane described as like something from the works of Jules Verne or H.G. Wells as it was so far ahead of its time. Other countries have adopted monorail systems but Bennie died in 1957 without having found a customer.
The 95-mile WEST HIGHLAND WAY or rather the now 96-mile WHW (what a joke eh? - everyone always walks the last mile into Old Bill anyway) stretches from Milngavie to Fort William and offers various other detours for the more adventurous walkers. The only real way to end the Way is of course by following the high level trek out over the Mamores.
This short video sequence of the initial part of the Way departs Milngavie along the old stage-coach road via Craigallian and Carbeth Lochs towards the volcanic hump of Blanefield's Dumgoyne (now complete with its helicoptered-in summit stone).
The Way passes the historic Carbeth huts - where you can now look out for Spiderman! The first huts were erected in 1919 with the main development taking place in the 1930's. One development was created almost overnight at the request of the local authorities following the Clydebank Blitz in 1941. The occupiers own the huts and they rent the site from the estate. The huts, which are for weekend and holiday use only are owned mainly by people residing north of the River Clyde from Ballieston to Clydebank and tend to be owned by families for a considerable period. The tenancies of the sites are on an annual basis.
However, times change, land becomes valuable, rents get hiked up, hutters withhold rent payments, huts get burned down and a court case ensues: Ten miles north of Glasgow at Carbeth, over 100 tenants face eviction from their homes, or rather huts, they built at their own expense. For the best part of a century~ these huts, for which the tenants traditionally paid a fairly low ground rent, have formed an almost unique social experiment. Recently the owner massively hiked rents, with the suspected hidden agenda of clearing the hutters from land which was formerly valueless, but is now within striking distance of suburban Glasgow. Land here is valued at monopoly money per acre. The rises led to a bitter rent strike, and huts of leaders of the struggle were mysteriously torched to the ground.
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Anyway, the route was originally designated 'The Highland Way' but was changed by the Countryside Commission to 'THE WEST HIGHLAND WAY ' in order that it did not conflict with or prejudice further long-distance walks in the Highlands. The Secretary of State approved the route in September 1974 and the Earl of Mansefield officially opened the route on Monday 6th October 1980. The wayside markers along the trail are denoted with the Thistle motif.
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Hill Walks in Pictures...Beinn Odhar, Southern Highlands of Scotland
Pictures of the route up this easy to climb mountain, form which you get fantastic views. The return route is more difficult over steep and rough ground....but of course you can always just come down the ascent route, which you would do if you think the Crom Allt would be difficult to cross. I'm reasonably sure the labels naming the mountains in the summit view pictures are correct, but if you know different, please do tell !
Hill Walks in Pictues...West Highland Way..Part 1...Milngavie to Drymen
The West highland Way gets the Hillwalks in Pictures treatment, as we catalogue the whole 95 miles of it, from the northern Glasgow suburb of Milngavie to the highland town of Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis, the tallest peak in Britain.
This video covers the first 12 miles, an easy start with no challenging gradients, and on good paths or quiet roads.
From Milngavie's main street, a mere few hundred yards sees you away from the traffic, walking near Allander Water, already giving the walk a countryside feel. North of Milngavie the route goes through Mugdock Wood, and then to more open country, passing attractive Craigallian Loch, and then the smaller Carbeth loch.Then its on to the flat traverse of the Blane valley following the route of the former Blane Valley railway, accompanied by views of the Campsie Fells, distant Ben Lomond, and the prospect of a wee dram at the Glengoyne Distillary.There follows a section through farmland with what seems like hundreds of gates to cross! The final section uses a quiet country road, passing through the village of Gartness, and getting a little hillier, then crossing a waymarked green hill and field to emerge at the A811 roadside, a short distance from the village of Drymen.
Meikle Bin Car Park 16-06-2011.mpg
I always wanted to go up here because these hills dominated the landscape from where I was born in Glenboig. We called them the Campsies but I'm told that they may be the Kilsyth Hills. You live and learn. I finally made it up to the top aged 57 and did it again this year at 58. Highly recommended. I did it in 75 minutes from this car park.
A panorama of Glasgow below
Views of Glasgow below in the Clyde valley.
Filmed at Cathkin Braes, the highest point in the city at 200 m above sea level.
Hill Walks in Pictures. The Menteith Hills in the Trossachs
A short walk in the heather covered Menteith Hills near Aberfoyle in the Scottish Trossachs. The heather may be bonny and purple, but it's not exactly walker friendly. Still, this walk is less than an hours drive from Glasgow, so you're not too far from a hospital where you can get a new pair of knees!