Scotland Calling – Milngavie to Stepps

Hello my darlings!! I’m walking again. In recent years I’ve walked from John O’Groats in the northwest to Cape Wrath in the northeast of Scotland. From Cape Wrath down to Milngavie, and now I’m walking from Milngavie (near Glasgow) to Kelso in the southeast of Scotland. Below is an approximate route but it’s actually longer than this. Just to give you some orientation.

It will take me a week, and I’m mostly camping. It’s 110 miles this week, making it 550 miles continuous through Scotland. And I get to enjoy the country. Yesss!!! Get in you beauty! 
Cop this Sassenachs.

No, I meant this ….. beautiful lowland Scotland today.

Darling Maggie gave me a lift at 6.40 this morning to Leeds station and I ended up in Glasgow. Supposed to be Milngavie but there were problems on the tracks so I got a bus from Glasgow. Ended up where I ended up two years ago.

It was a 12 mile walk this afternoon, in a warm sun, down to east Glasgow round the country belt just outside the suburbs. Road walking with no pavement on a fair bit of the route. Bit of a bugger because the traffic was busy. 

I love walking with a rucksack on my back. Love it. This is actually the stump of a tree at the entrance to a posh Scottish house. How brilliant.

Tonight I’m at the Red Deer holiday park in my tent. I’m so happy to be in Scotland again. This is a view back north to Milngavie, hidden in a valley.

With the mountains on the southern edge of Loch Lomond visible thirty miles away on the left horizon. 

I’m B&B tomorrow night with wifi so I’ll blog then. Photos from today to finish.

Night night.