Old Kilpatrick to Faifley

[@JCOmeAlp]

Thank You Eddie. You brought a wee tear to my eye and I laughed out load at your reflection that it might just be you that travels for miles for a stroll. Glasgow and Clydeside folk make me very proud to be one. I am a near sixty year old wanderer and think I might just have taken that other path...keep strolling.

[@eleanorcotton6824]

Thanks Eddy. Spent my childhood roaming the Kirkpatrick Hills with my dog when we lived in Cochno Road and the hills were on our doorstep. Now after 67 years living in Australia I’m still homesick and this takes me right back. I look up from the screen and I’m back to reality. Could easily cry. Enjoy where you live and thanks again. Eleanor Cotton (née Turnbull).

[@EdExploresScotland]

Many thanks.

[@maltesefalcon85]

i get what you mean i live in clydebank myself and i try to see the local area like a tourist does its caused me to go to places i normally never would like the hunterian in partick and the police museum in the merchant city. i spent years as a kid cycling along the canal to milton but as i got older i never got the time. i might have a trip up here myself while the sun is out

[@alastairfinn1305]

Hi Eddy, thanks for this video. Both end of the paths are local to me. You can spend all day in the old Kilpatrick hill, head out to drymen or down to Dumbarton. Done the path to carbeth in the summer and was so nice. Even packed a wee gas stove and had rolls and bacon up at the jaw reservoir just after sun rise. Loved this walk.

[@EdExploresScotland]

Hi Alastair. Yes, it's an area I've been meaning to return to. Just as you say, lots of scope for more walks.

[@StevieBluenoseScott]

Thanks Eddie, i've been threatening to do this walk for ages and now your wee film has given me the inspiration to proceed soon. I have a close family member who's married into the family at the farm up that way. I think it was the one at the end of this film. Great soundtrack by the way.

[@EdExploresScotland]

Many thanks.

[@darthkek1953]

A glorious hike in the Kilpatrick Braes is to go from Old Kilpatrick, up the Slacks via one of the two grass paths to avoid the gravel road. The first is right at the start at the car park, the sheep field on the right (if it's not full of lambs) has a track up. Otherwise you go past the first cattle grid (past that farmhouse on the left you showed at 3:10) and there's a grass track up to the Slacks there. Anyway, from there you hike to Duncolm (I recommend going around the east side of Greenside Reservoir) and from Duncolm you can take tracks (some faint) to skirt around Kilmannan Reservoir, and then take the John Muir trail up to the Whangie, obviously from there to Queen's View and back to civilisation. A glorious day out and even during the busy season once you get past Duncolm you can almost guaranteed solitude. Not bad for so close to Glasgow.

[@EdExploresScotland]

Many thanks for that. Always good to get away from the big city.

[@roadscope2827]

Enjoyed this walk... and the music 👍

[@EdExploresScotland]

Cheers.

[@ianlindsay1454]

Well done Eddy, my wife and I are new subscribers to your channel. We've only watched two of your videos so far but throughly enjoyed them and look forward to watching more. I live in Norwich now and have done for over 50 years. We moved here from Faifley and I used play in those hills as a kid. I went to Edinbarnet primary school and lived on Faifley Road. It brought back lovely memories for me, how it's changed though since I was young. Your music is really good and you even sung in the Balqhiddder video, it was really good. Keep up these very entertaining walks, you have a very natural way of talking about your experiences. Well done Eddy. Ian and Angie.

[@EdExploresScotland]

Many thanks, Ian.

[@canniejannie]

Hiya Eddy....Yes I know what you mean about local. I travel for miles taking photos and there are are lots of nice locations in my area. Heyyy thats a fair uphill start and it just shows how fit you are. I really enjoyed your walk, as I have never seen this area. Keep them comin mate and stay safe.

[@Falwheel]

Great Video Eddie, thanks. Walked an almost identical route on Sunday. As a novice hillwalker then I decided to keep to the track and followed a loop back to Brig O Turk. Really enjoyed the day though and similar to your walk we also had a nice, sunny day.

[@jamesscott5810]

This route is well-known if, like me, you live near the Kilpatrick Hills. The Hills, as they are called locally, offer so many great places to explore. If you have the chance to walk them I would encourage you to do so. Best time to visit late spring Mid-may. Everything is coming to life. Also chance spot, buzzards, sky& meddow pipits, plovers, l've seen sparrow hawks and kestrel too.

[@EdExploresScotland]

Thanks James. I've meant to head back up there for a while now. As you say, lots of scope for exploring. All the best.

[@grahamesmith3432]

Great video eddy keep making them

[@EdExploresScotland]

Many thanks.

[@alanoneill3065]

Loch Humphrey named after Umphra of Kilpatrick, the progenitor of the Colquhouns. He was a Saxon. His son was named Ingram

[@EdExploresScotland]

Thanks for that. I'm inclined to think Umphra sounds better than Humphrey, the latter sounding more like a butler.

[@alanoneill3065]

@@EdExploresScotland Yes Minister...Nigel Hawthorne?

[@OscarDog200]

I think a word of thanks is due to you Eddy. During the coronavirus lockdown, your canon of videos is a fantastic resource to remind us all what is waiting when the pandemic blows over.

[@EdExploresScotland]

As someone said on BBC Radio Scotland, right now the sky looks as blue as we have ever seen it. And it does. And it's all waiting for us when this is over. Take care.

[@BIGVIN112]

Good video and good music! Thumbs up!

[@EdExploresScotland]

Many thanks.

[@daviegee7521]

Great video Ed, loved it. Nice to see my local area and routes that I walk a lot. Sorry for being pedantic but you finished in Hardgate, not Faifley

[@EdExploresScotland]

Cheers Davie. All the best.

[@Dougsterxplor]

Brilliant video Eddy. I will post it on my KH Social Media pages.

[@EdExploresScotland]

Many thanks Douglas.

[@milowagon]

Faifley....civilization!! Aye right ! Great video.

[@EdExploresScotland]

Many thanks.

[@grobbler1]

The area you passed through at the beginning is the Lusset Glen.

[@grobbler1]

@John G That's actually the name of the pub/ restaurant at the south end, below the bumskin bridge;

[@meridathebrave6770]

I went for my 1st walk this year last week and believe it or not there was still snow patches on the path. A cold vortex has been really annoying here and even the locals admit never seeing it so bad. The heat is nowhere to be seen and trees are struggling to show some buds. Less than 90 days to go and i'm so anxious to get there.

[@EdExploresScotland]

I think I've got a bit of that cold vortex. Worse viral cold I've had in a while. Have you ever considered moving to Scotland?

[@meridathebrave6770]

I would move in a heartbeat if I'd win the lottery. Right now, this is impossible. I think immigration laws are tougher in your country than here. I would have to be some kind of specialized doctor that your country really needs to be able to get a foothold there.

[@iantrotter3185]

Nice video, a bit windy, Eddy.

[@dannymcg8300]

I stayed at the Old Kilpatrick/Dalmuir West for the first 25 years of my life and somehow never even managed to get up there..................

[@EdExploresScotland]

I'm much the same. Passed it many times; it was the view from Bowling Harbour that always made me think I'd quite like to be up there. Just shows you don't need to venture too far to find a good walk with great views.

[@reecek1225]

Eddie do you know where the bike trails are from there

[@EdExploresScotland]

I'm afraid I don't. Sorry. Is there a bike trail society or something. I don't know. All the best.

[@MG-bs5mr]

Reece, if you try an app called "viewranger" one of the free maps are a free open source cycle map. It show loads of paths in the Kilpatricks that aren't on OS maps.

[@darthkek1953]

TrailForks is the go-to resource for MTB trails. Free online. Viewranger has been discontinued. But TrailForks is user-added MTB trails and they are usually well graded and you get recent ride reports so you can see what conditions a track might be in.

[@darthkek1953]

Also: if you start searching there are many MTB riders who have posted footage of the OKB rides.

[@glasgowsoutlander7423]

Hi eddie, I'm up the Kilpatrick hills as often as I can, have you ever camped there?

[@EdExploresScotland]

I'm inclined to think I should be on those hills more often. I've only ever been out camping once, but I just didn't take to it. Take care.