Thursday, 15 September 2011

West Highland Way - Milngavie, near Glasgow to Fort William 95 Miles over 8 days

Karen and I took a taxi from home in Winster to Matlock train station at 10:00 to catch the 10:30 train to to Derby on the first leg of our long journey to Milngavie near Glasgow, the starting point for the West Highland Way.
We boarded the 11:44 train at Derby travelling to Edinburgh arriving at 15:10 or so. Luckily the next train was laving from a nearby platform and this was the last leg of the journey leaving at 15:41 for Milngavie, which stopped at a long list of stations before arriving at Milngavie at about 18:10.
Karen had booked all the places we would be staying at during the walk and this evening we were staying at a nearby bunkhouse. First we were able to get some cash from a convenient ATM, then we walked a short distance to find ourselves at a bungalow at 8, Cross Burn Avenue.
The bunkhouse was actually a separate building at the end of the garden which was unusual but had everything you would expect for a bunkhouse with two bunk beds, heating, electric light and access to a small kitchen and bathroom through the back door of the bungalow for which there was a key in the bunkhouse.
There were two girls already there when we arrived who were on a cycling tour.
After we had dropped our stuff off and made the beds, we walked back to the town centre to have an evening meal in the Cross Keys pub.
Karen outside the Bunkhouse in Milngavie

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