Distance: 10 km
Date: Friday 2nd April 2010.
Weather Conditions: Sunshine with clouds growing overcast
Temperature: 8C
Guidebook: Glasgow - 40 Town and Country Walks
Critique:
Another walk from this gem of a little book. I've been so impressed with this book from 'Pocket Mountains' that I've bought a few more that I will test out and review here.
Anyway, back to this walk......
It was relatively easy to find a car parking spot at the station, however there is also parking available at Balloch Castle Country Park. As usual, I struggle to find the very beginning of thee walk, and I suspect this was because the instructions in the book were not crystal clear (instruction to turn left when it should have said right), however, I quickly found my way back to the intended route. Balloch Castle Country is in a beautiful setting on the side of Loch Lomond and is worth a trip on it's own.
The timing of this walk is fairly important as it can be very boggy and muddy in places, as it was why I went. If you don't mind getting muddy and wet feet, then this won't be a problem for you. You could wear wellies, but this is quite a long walk, so be sure that you can wear wellies for walking in. The view from Whinney Hill is worth the walk, but this is definitely a 'Moderate' Walk in terms of strenuousness and distance.... I was very stiff the next day!
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