JOGLE 6.5 Day 2 Tue 3 Sep 13

Depart Glasgow Central Station at 08.58 for Milngavie. Arrived Kilsyth at 1530. Distance 16 Miles.

Revile at 6.45 and breakfast at 07.30. We went shopping at Greggs and Pret A Manger for lunch. We found the underground platforms for our train at Central Station and arrived Milngavie for 9.30 and set of via back roads to pick up the Strathkelvin Railway Walk and eventually the Forth and Clyde Canal to Auchinstarry via Kirkintilloch and Campsie. The views from the hillsides overlooking Glasgow were very nice and showed what a sprawling City Glasgow is. We had to use our cow negotiation skills on route as they were blocking a path that we were on, I supposed they could have been thinking the same thing about us really. It had rained during the night otherwise the weather was really nice with sunny spells and became very warm in the afternoon. The Boathouse Inn on the outskirts of Kilsyth is very nice and the surrounding marina full of canal boats that makes for a lovely back drop.  The room was very comfortable and the view over the Marina was nice. The food was very nice as was the service and beer. There is also a garden of senses that is very nice along with some really good wood carvings out of tree trunks and also decoratively carved wooden seats.