The wonderful Dumbreck station complete with trees and flocks of long-tailed tits...! 13 minutes on the train will take you to Paisley Canal. From there, it's a five minute free-wheel down to Paisley Gilmour Street Station and the train to Drumfrochar which takes 21 minutes.
If you sit on the right side of the train you will have a magnificent view of the estuary as it opens out after Bishopton. It's one of Glasgow's great train station interstices, like between Patterton and Neislton or Lenzie and Croy, offering vast vistas over estuaries, hill and mountain ranges, and valleys.
Exiting Drumfrochar Station is a special experience with views across the estuary and the highlands. We're going uphill here onto the Old Largs Road and into the hinterland.
Luxury grazing...
Looking back over the bucolic shire of Inverclyde towards Corlic Hill, Caircurran Hill and Dunrod Hill in centre distance.
Corlic Hill as viewed from Bridge of Weir.
I left Dumbreck on the 11:47, getting the onward 12:10 from Paisley Gilmour Street, arriving at Drumfrochar at 12:30. I returned here after a leisurely cycle at 14.45, a mere three hours after I left. When you consider some of the territory crossed, it seems remarkable that three hours is enough, but it is... and it's all the more amazing for it.
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