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Photographs of the West Highland Way

from the road bridge beneath the Khyber Pass

at Mugdock Country Park

past Craigallian  and Carbeth Lochs

towards Dumgoyne Distillery

beneath the Campsie Fells 

with distant views of Ben Lomond.



Exit at Khyber Pass from Mugdock Country Park

Exit at Khyber Pass

 from Mugdock Country Park





Bridge across Allander River

Craigallian Bridge across Allander River

 below Khyber Pass






Craigallian Bridge across Allander River at Khyber Pass

Craigallian Bridge

across Allander River

at the Khyber Pass






Craigallian House across Craigallian Loch from the West Highland Way

Craigallian House

across Craigallian Loch


 from
the West Highland Way 





Craigallian House

Craigallian House

built for A. G. (Allan Graham) Barns-Graham

 and was completed in the autumn of 1885






West Highland Way - Dumgoyne from Craigallien Loch





The Fire Memorial at Craigallien Loch

" The Fire " Memorial

at Craigallian Loch
The Fire at Craigallian Loch was a beacon of hope to many poor,
out-of-work, young people in the Great Depression of the 1930s.

 Many of those who sat around its flames were an inspiration
to a later generation of walkers and climbers
.
  By its flickering light were born famous mountaineering clubs
 such as the Creagh Dhu, Lomond and Ptarmigan clubs
.

The memorial on the site of the fire
 has been erected to commemorate this legacy.






Huts of Carbeth Community at Carbeth Loch

Huts of Carbeth Community

on the route of West Highland Way

from 
Milngavie





Carbeth Loch





West Highland Way - Dumgoyne from Carbeth Loch

Dumgoyne

from Carbeth Loch






West Highland Way - Carbeth Loch

Carbeth Loch






West Highland Way - Carbeth Loch

Carbeth Loch






West Highland Way - The Carbeth Inn

The Carbeth Inn

This old Stirlingshire inn dates back to 1816

and
is near to the route

 of the West Highland Way 






West Highland Way - Ben Lomond from Carbeth

Ben Lomond from beyond Carbeth

Beyond Carbeth the route meets the B821
 then turns left for 300 metres
to reach a signposted gate on the right.

 On the other side of the gate is the " Tinkers Loan "
 - named from a former encampment.



West Highland Way - Path from Carbeth to Dumgoyne

Path from Carbeth

 towards Dumgoyne






Dumgoyne

Volcanic plug of Dumgoyne

at the end of the Campsie Fells






Route Map of West Highland Way from Milngavie to Carbeth

Route Map of West Highland Way

from 
Milngavie to Carbeth 




Route Map of West Highland Way from Milngavie to Dumgoyne

Route Map of West Highland Way

from 
Milngavie to Dumgoyne 





WHW - MUGDOCK TO DUMGOYNE - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:


Location: Stirlingshire
Map: OS Landranger 64 [GR 547 780]
Distance: 10 miles [1 6km]
Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
Terrain: tracks and paths  

This walk utilises the West Highland Way ( WHW ) and offers views north to the Campsies and Loch Lomond on the outward leg and south over Strathblane on the return. There are several possible starting points, but Mugdock Country Park is as good as any.
From the visitor centre follow the right-hand path round the west side of Gallowhill. Descending towards the ruin of Craigend Castle, turn right on a path over a footbridge and exit through a gap in the wall to the road.
Follow the road left past a track heading into forest on the right, to a lower route signed Public Footpath to the B821 and Cuilt Brae. This leads round through the forest and on to a point where it divides, the public footpath continuing ahead.
Turn left and drop to the huts at Carbeth and Carbeth Loch to join the WHW. Follow the path ahead to the road, then left for a short distance to where the route heads right across country. Go left at the Y-junction and continue with views past the wooded knoll of Dumgoyach to Dumgoyne and the Campsies. Ben Lomond looms as you approach Dumgoyach Farm, from where a track leads to a bridge over the Blane Water.
After the bridge follow the WHW left on the old railway line through fields to a stile on the right near Glengoyne Distillery. Cross the field, walk through the distillery to the road and follow it left for a short distance then right on to an access road leading past houses into woodland.
Where the track swings up left to the last house, go through a gate into meadow and ascend to a track below Dumgoyne. Follow it down to Strathblane, keeping left at the only junction and passing the bungalow of the Haggles. The track becomes Campsie Dene Road and leads to the main road through Strathblane. Cross over, turn right then left into Wood Place and follow a tarmac walkway on the left round to a three-way junction with a wide trackway, the continuation of the old railway line. Go straight ahead to a gate and metal stile and ascend the field to
skirt the reservoir. At the top turn right on to a track and follow it past the aerial, where a path goes left. This leads to a gate from where you head up and right [ marshy in places ] to gain the crest of a small escarpment on the edge of the moor. Turn right and follow the edge of the escarpment until the path veers left across the moor past Dumbrock Loch and below pylon wires to a stile on the road opposite the entrance to the country park.


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