Allan, Davie C, Dougie, Hugh, Ian, Johnny, Malcolm, Rex, Robert
We assembled at the Counting House for a coffee before setting off on our canal walk. The weather was good with blue skies and not too warm, a typical autumn day. Our route was the usual one i.e. up to Speirs Wharf and then along the path beside the canal. Having passed Firhill we encountered the only obstacle of the day in that a section of the path was closed. No matter, the diversion was well signposted and all we had to do was go down on to Maryhill Road, emerging opposite the big Tesco’s, and walking up to Maryhill Burgh Halls. A path behind the Halls took us back on to the canal path until we left it at Maryhill Locks and followed the River Kelvin Way.
There were a number of possibilities open to us from here,
but the one we chose was to cross the bridge leading into the Botanic Gardens
(and the public toilets). From there we went down Great Western Road, turned
into Park Road, and found Woodlands Road which we followed to Charing Cross,
before taking to Sauchiehall Street and Hengler’s Circus (Wetherspoon’s) for
lunch.
The walk had taken just under two and a half hours, and we
had covered just over seven miles. As we sat having lunch and some beers,
although a cheeky wee merlot was the choice for Rex, there were a couple of
light rain showers, the only rain we had seen on the day. A most pleasant hour
and a half was spent and for a couple of us, no names mentioned, it turned in
to a three-pint day to accompany a satisfying, very reasonably priced lunch.
A cracking day out
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