JOGLE 6 Day 7 Tue 14 May 13

Departed at 0900 hrs, arrived at 1310.  Drymen to Milngarvie 13 Miles. A really good pacey walk today and only slowed down by map checks because the sign posts from North to South are not as good as they are going the other way and some are misleading.  Most of the walking was along an old railway track – bliss! You can tell it was the last day, head down, go with no stops, very pleasant and meandering over some nice lowland scenery, although getting to the town was rather tedious as the WHW was very badly signposted. The weather was very windy with a cold North Westerly blowing. On arrival at Milngarvie (pronounced Mil guy) we took the usual celebratory photos by the usual signs on display that are located right next to the town’s main shopping area and lots of coffee shops, they're like London buses really , never one when you want one, then they all come at once!! (sweet irony there then).  The train to Glasgow Central station was waiting as we arrived at the Milngarvie Station. We ate our nicely made packed lunch on the train whilst meandering through urbanisation, at least it was warm, and dry. After settling into the Alexander Thompson Hotel we explored the City art gallery and the Rennie Mackintosh tea shop and the Rennie Mackintosh Glasgow school of Art. We ate out at an Italian restaurant (noooooo I didn’t have pizza! Well Ok I did!!)  Afterwards we went to see a film called the Reluctant Fundamentalist (quite a profound film) in the tallest cinema in the country. Guess what? On our next trip (and last) to Glasgow we are going to stay at the Rennie Mackintosh Hotel. Look, don't ask me about Rennie Mackintosh (check Wiki) I'm just the logistician!