A Scotland Quickie - Journey break suggestion.

[Turtle Shed]

Hello all. Heading up from Manchester to north of Glasgow tomorrow and would like to go for a nice walk at some point along the way.

Can anyone suggest a pleasant one or two hour walk not too far from the motorway please (no more than five or six miles)? Ideally not far after Gretna so it splits the journey in two.

Any kind of walk is fine, up a hill, along a river, village trail, foresty thing...

Cheers :-)

[loskie]

https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/grey-mares-tai...

this one is perfect for you
as could this one be

https://www.drumlanrigcastle.co.uk/


maybe less so
https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/burn...

[driver67]

Great suggestions so far.

Your plan is also ideal for a visit to one of the many visitor centres and walks along Hadrians Wall.

Cheers,
Dougie.

[Turtle Shed]

Thanks both, very happy with those ideas.

[Turtle Shed]

Went to the waterfall. A nice trek indeed.

[loskie]

you're welcome. Hope you had a wander and ice cream in Moffat too. In amongst the blue rinse brigade.

Oh and there's an ancient almost unique fish up there too! No chips though.

[Turtle Shed]

Moffatt struck me as the land of the living dead, with a ridiculous traffic system.

Afternoon tea in Brodies was OK though, and the car wash at the top of the town was excellent value. The bird crap from the overnight at The Wheatsheaf in Sandbach had to be seen to be believed.

But yes, decent walk, cheers. Friend's wedding tomorrow and then we shall try Goatfell again...

[driver67]

Turtle Shed said:

Moffatt struck me as the land of the living dead, with a ridiculous traffic system.

Afternoon tea in Brodies was OK though, and the car wash at the top of the town was excellent value. The bird crap from the overnight at The Wheatsheaf in Sandbach had to be seen to be believed.

But yes, decent walk, cheers. Friend's wedding tomorrow and then we shall try Goatfell again...

Drone pic of mine of Brodick Castle with Goatfell in the background.

Have fun !,

Cheers,
Dougie.

DJI_0014 by Dougie Lindsay, on Flickr

[Turtle Shed]

Well then we stopped in Balfron to go to a wedding, and right here in the town is Doyles coffee shop.

Yep, on successive days we've been to Brodies and Doyles. Priceless.