Milngavie, United Kingdom

... is necessary. This stage of the WHW has a reputation for being "boring".  For all those walkers starting in Milngavie (pronounced "Mull-guy"), which is virtually everyone, it's a quiet path out of Milngavie, through woodland, and then onto views ...

Apparently my great-grandfather was born in Glasgow - but I didn't know that at the time! So I didn't bump into any relo's (I think). Just stayed with Jane and Kris and froze my arse off seeing the sights. Day tripped Edinburgh and Stirling.

day 1

... dismal down there, but wrote a couple of postcards and had a quick look for the others but guess they'd already gone. At Milngavie train station I suddenly realized that I really had no idea how to get to the B&B, so asked the ticket man for directions. ...