If the weather is the harbinger of what is to come it is looking pretty good so far. Today dawned bright and warm. The two grinning loons took the train from Worcester to Birmingham and on to Glasgow Central. I was going to drive and leave the car for two weeks in a Glasgow city car park. It would have cost me around £90 to do so. There would always be that niggling doubt whether I would return in two weeks time to find it in the same state I left it. So we will risk the fact that trains in the UK are prone to strikes at the moment and take the iron horse. When the trains are running there is no better mode of transport in my humble opinion. The weather was fabulous from South to North, the scenery of rural England through the Borders and into Scotland is simply stunning and we arrived in Glasgow moderately relaxed.

We chose to stay in the Premier Inn in the city centre. From here it is a 20 minute walk to Kelvingrove Park where we can pick up the Kelvin Walkway that runs north for the 10 miles, 16 kms to Milngavie. The park is a classic example of a Victorian city centre park designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and comes complete with a museum and old fashioned bandstand. Now Milngavie is technically where the West Highland Way begins. But the walk from Glasgow will be a good leg stretch on what is forecast to be a beautiful day.

Chief tea maker in full swing.

The hotel is OK I suppose as city centre hotels go. It was a 15 minute walk from Central station and I reckon the Premier Inn group of hotels is always reasonable for what you pay.

I am responsible for the accommodation choice along the Way and if ever you come this way yourself I hope to give you some idea of quality. We carried a tent and all the stuff that goes with camping the first couple of times that we attempted this. I am a lot older and a heck of a lot wiser. Can’t be faffing around with all that now so accommodation complete with hot showers, comfy beds and a kettle for tea it shall be.