2024 Archive

A Saturday afternoon in December meant town was very busy when we arrived at Central Station. Everyone else was here for shopping though and our River Clyde walk was quieter than we expected for any weekend. We stopped past the Clyde Tidal Weir fo

Rudy has been to Ardrossan Beach a few times now and we know it's a great beach for dogs to run around. Wanting to stretch his legs a bit we chose to visit the beach again on a chilly but dry December afternoon. We chose the walk while it was dry b

The Luggie Water runs about 11 miles through North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire until it meets the River Kelvin at Kirkintilloch. We walked a short section of the river near Greenfaulds in Cumbernauld. We were pleasantly surprised to find

Gartcosh Nature Reserve is just over ten minutes walk from Gartcosh. It was established in 2007 to protect the largest Scottish colony of great crested newts from nearby development. This was the site of Gartcosh Steel Works (founded in 1865 as Wo

Stane Gardens in Shotts is a fairly new community green space less than ten minutes walk from Shotts. Historically the site was home to the Shotts Iron Works—an iron and brass foundry dating from 1801. It has since undergone extensive clean-up

An afternoon walk between Drumfrochar and Branchton stations.

An afternoon walk at Caldercruix train station.