Kelvin walkway - lovely afternoon out

[davidfm]

Hello and welcome to my very first walk report!

Sunday started as a beautiful day. I had been out on Saturday on another route in Ayr, so I didn't really want to go very far this time.

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I took the subway to Partick and started the walk from the station, rather than starting from the Riverside museum. Soon, I arrived at the Kelvingrove Museum.

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Kelvingrove Museum

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River Kelvin

And continued towards the Botanic Gardens...

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Nice wee cascade

I was surprised to see there wasn't many people once I passed the Botanic Gardens.

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Here I got a bit confused and instead of following the path I ended up in the middle of a field in the West of Scotland Science Park.

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Found my way and continued walking towards the river. I have to say, I really loved some parts of this route, and hated many others. I don't think the paths are very well maintained, and there was rubbish as well.

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Someone decided this must be a good place to throw their motorcycle away

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That's more like it!

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The day was beautiful, I guess that fisherman was enjoying it too

Crossing the bridge next to the A879. This when I started to really enjoy this walk.

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And it's time to say goodbye to River Kelvin and say hi to Allander Water...

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...and some of the local "wildlife"

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Selfie time

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Prestcott Bridge

And I was finally in Milngavie
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I just needed to take the train to head back to Glasgow.

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I hope you've enjoyed my first report. I certainly quite enjoyed the walk.

[snodland]

jolly nice. i often used to walk this from my flat after work. The bit near Boclair is a favourite for some wildlife watchers. have seen hen harriers flying over about 7 or 8 years ago