Thorntonhall Circular

A lovely wee route starting from the idyllic Thorntonhall Station. Just follow the quiet signposted roads to Eaglesham and the green route on the map below.... In spite of the motorway and the new construction of a housing scheme behind Eaglesham, this is a mightily quiet and pastoral route...

No words required.... just a few pictures...

 Just starting out.... what a beautifully quiet road this is, taking us all the way up to Eaglesham.

The old Swan public bar in Polnoon Avenue...

A chance encounter with Lawrie and his dad at the top of Polnoon Avenue... I'm the one without the helmet! 

 Sugarloaf Mountain aka. Ballageich Hill in the background....

They smell ma pieces...Help ma Boab! 

 The light up here is spectacular... the air too...

Looking over to Eastwood Golf Course from East Moorhouse Farm, the little shed on the right being where we are headed for a sit down and some hot lava java...

The table-topped Ballageich Hill...

The 15th Green at Eastwood Golf Course. Just walk through the course and over the fence at the end onto the road beside Hazeldean Hill, or if you prefer you can take the road that runs alongside the course down to Newton Mearns...