Munros and Other Walks

Greenhall Park Walking With Kids Continuing the theme of going on shorter walks as we head towards winter, I thought an exploration of Greenhall park was in order. The park itself is located just outside Blantyre, close to Cambuslang and East Kilbride. There is a very small car park, if you can call it that, just inside the entrance. We opted to park outside the park, just at the gates to the park.  Map Location The Route The Route Route Elevation From the car park we took the track to the left that winds down towards the river. We could have continued straight ahead and taken another track further on,  that also heads off to the left, on the other side of the river. We opted for the former as I was interested in the strange stone pillars that showed up on Google maps, when you look at the satellite image of the park.  Woodland Walk Across The River - Part 1 On The Right Track The path from the car park curves down...

Hiking With Kids Sign at Start With the summer holidays are in full swing, we had decided to spend a few nights away in a wooden lodge. This was located on the shore of Loch Awe, which is near Lochgilphead, less than an hour from Oban. There is plenty to do in this area of Scotland and I'll go through some of these in a later post. What did take our fancy was a 3 mile hike in the woods called the Tall Trees Trail. The distance of this trail is well suited to smaller legs. There are blue marker posts to allow you to navigate the walk, although it is pretty obvious as the walk is just one big long loop. The track starts from the car park and heads down towards the loch shore. The track at this point is soft underfoot and the descent is gentle.  Waymarker Soft Start There is access to the loch itself and this gives views over what is left of a Crannog. This is an ancient iron age dwelling that was built on the loch. They were wooden structures that were ...