McLennan Arch & 18 Unique Sites in Glasgow Green Park

McLennan Arch in Glasgow Green Park

Glasgow Green Park or as us locals call it – Glasgow Green – is a beautiful 136 acre park in the East End of Glasgow. It’s the oldest park in the city and hugs the north bank of the River Clyde with wide-open concrete paths lined with flourishing green trees. You could easily lose an afternoon meandering through the park.  But when you’ve hit up every nook and cranny of the Green, you will start to look closer at all the hidden gems Glasgow Green Park has to offer.

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4 Easy Hill Walks for Beginners near Glasgow

View from the top of Ben A'an

I love hill walks but I’m a total unfit beginner. I was desperate to ‘bag’ some of Scotland’s famous munros, but the truth is, I am unfit and unprepared to take on such a big climb. You hear of some of these horror stories of young people underestimating the complexity of Scotland’s landscape, and going out for a hike with only shorts and a mobile phone. (Or that one guy who needed rescuing after climbing Snowdonia in his undies!!).

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A Beginners Guide to Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond. My first true love! If you don’t know, Loch Lomond & Trossachs is a national park in Scotland. However, this post will focus on only one aspect of the park – the water itself, Loch Lomond. Since I was young, we’ve always visited the shores of Loch Lomond for summer day trips and winter road trips. It’s not particularly a secret, but I wanted to make it as simple as possible for you to plan your trip, too. Loch Lomond is a fresh water loch and is the greatest inland stretch of water in Britain based on its surface area. Below I’ve split the Loch into East and West to make your trip as straightforward as possible.

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Doune Castle: Exploring the Monty Python Castle

Doune Castle has become famous in the last few years for its role as the notorious Outlander, Game of Thrones and Monty Python Castle. However, it has a great history behind it as well. Doune Castle is located just northwest of Stirling and only three miles west of Dunblane in Scotland. It was built in the fourteenth century by Robert, Duke of Albany who, I learned from my visit, wasn’t afraid to spend some cash.

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Climbing Conic Hill

With a break in the winter weather and an urge to get outdoors, we prepared ourselves for a small hike up Conic Hill one Saturday afternoon. Conic Hill is a sharp summit located in Balmaha in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. It’s about 350m high, so about 2.5 miles in total distance. It also incorporates part of the West Highland Way, but breaks off near the tip where you can get spectacular views over Loch Lomond and the surrounding hills.

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