What an absolute joy these backroads are around Torrance, Blairskaith, Baldernock etc. I fell upon them almost by accident, cutting off from the canal towpath and heading through Torrance. It is a remarkably lightly populated area, with more space per capita it would appear than any other area in the greater Glasgow valley. No wonder then that the Mastermind himself, Magnus Magnusson, chose to live here (at Blairskaith House pictured below). Incidentally, he is buried in the small new cemetery at Baldernock which we pass on our way to Dougalston and the train back from Milngavie.
