St Germains Loch
A walk at Bearsden train station.
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A visit to Glasgow's "secret loch".
St Germains Loch in Bearsden is a curiosity. There's very minimal public access to the loch with it being surrounded by residential properties stretching right down to the water's edge. This "private loch" in a very affluent area of Glasgow doesn't sit well with Scotland's open access ideals so it deserves a visit for no other reason than that.
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The surrounding property includes some very posh houses with estate agents encouraging this idea of exclusivity to push prices up for their own benefit - the loch is often dragged into that "exclusive" marketing which is a shame.
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Our chosen route to the lochside was the path from the back of some flats, it's not advertised but it's there for use so we used it.
Rudy's conclusion: it's a very boring bit of water, should have gone to the park instead!
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Another curiosity about Rudy's visit to Bearsden was that every single train from his home station was cancelled on a day he had bigger adventures planned! Forced to start by bus but pleased that it was a fancy new electric double decker bus though :)
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![At Bearsden.](https://spoiltcat.com/photos/rra_20220403123916S-walk-.jpg)
![A small black terrier dog on a walk at Bearsden.](https://spoiltcat.com/photos/rra_20220403124406S-walk--rudy.jpg)
![At Bearsden.](https://spoiltcat.com/photos/rra_20220403125229S-walk-.jpg)
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![A small black terrier dog on a walk at Bearsden.](https://spoiltcat.com/photos/rra_20220403125335S-walk--rudy.jpg)
![At Bearsden.](https://spoiltcat.com/photos/rra_20220403125423S-walk-.jpg)
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