We were up at a reasonable hour, packed – only just about fitting everything into the small cases – and off to Glasgow Central station by 9am. At the station we grabbed a quick coffee before boarding the train to Milngavie.

At Milngavie station we met a guy from the Travelite company who took our cases from us so we were just left with our day bags.

My friend Laura, who lives in Milngavie met us at the station and we headed to Gavies for a delicious breakfast. After getting fuelled up we walked to the start of the West Highland Way and set off on our 96 mile journey

We passed through some beautiful trails and came across several Scholars Rocks.

Scholars rocks are located across rural sites and these hand built ceramic rocks make connections back to East Dunbartonshire geology and industries that previously utilised resources provided by the landscape.

IThe scenery was beautiful and there were some interesting houses along the way.

We passed through Mugdock Wood and Mugdock Country Park after taking a wrong turn, but being directed back onto the right path by a friendly local! There were some beautiful cottages on the way.

We could see Dumgoyne, the hill in the photo below.

We continued walking past Craigallian Loch.

The walk continued on past Dumroyach and Dumgoyne, passing through lots of fields and lovely scenery.

The walk is alongside an old railway line to Gartness. The Blane Valley Railway was opened to passengers in 1867 but it was never very popular and passenger services were withdrawn in 1951 and the line closed completely in 1959.

We passed over Blane Water and continued towards Drymen through semi-urban surroundings.

After around 4 and a half hours we reached Drymen and went to our accommodation for the night – Braeside B&B.

They were really welcoming and showed us to our room as soon as we got there. After settling we headed out for dinner and decided to go the Clachan Inn. This the oldest licensed pub in Scotland and was licensed in 1734.

We made a new friend, Bailey the St Bernard who was 2 years old and weighed 66kg!

Once we got a table we had a delicious dinner of haggis balls and fish and chips with some cider!

And then we headed back to the bnb for an early night. In total we walked 23.45km. We were lucky with the weather too – just a couple of showers, and no midges as it was quite windy!