This path is meditative.... it has a quality to it that I imagine most people have recognised when they come up here, and which is key to the ecstatic act of 'spacing out': no distractions!
In spite of there being some fascinating stops along the way, the ten miles or so to Croy along the Forth & Clyde canal towpath from Gilsochill is remarkably quiet and hypnotic. The initial glimpses of the Campsie bank on the horizon is enough to drawn any live creature towards it. There is a magnetism here that I have only felt in a few other spots in the strath.
Just past Lambhill, the Western Necropolis is a quiet space with some fine stones and statues.
The attractive tomb of De Cecco (the pasta magnate?) in the Italian quandrant...
Just across the Balmore Road from the cemetery and accessible from the canal towpath just past Milton is the Scottish Wildlife Reserve of Possil Marsh where, amongst other things, you will find the Possil Meteorite (pictured). I believe the real thing was lifted from its original site (above) and placed in the Hunterian Museum (if memory serves me).
Approaching Twechar, the vast landscape of the Kelvin Valley opens up.
Auchinstarry Basin
5 minutes up the road and you're at the train station of Croy which will whisk you back to Glasgow in a mere 12 minutes...
Perfect!
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