✔ Date: 11 December

✔ Leader: Tony Grimason

✔ Location: Glasgow Green to Cuningar Loop:

✔ Grade: C

✔ Info:

✔  Meet at: We will catch the 10.38 train from Coatbridge Sunnyside Station and alight at High Street at 10.58 a.m. We then walk the short distance to McLennan Arch. The walk starts at 11.20 a.m.

✔  Comfort Stops: (i) On the train, (ii) café (public) toilets adjacent to a children’s play area on the Green & (iii) at the Bothy in Cuningar Loop.

✔  Post walk social stop: The West on the Green (i.e. the old Templeton Carpet Factory) – a German themed restaurant / lounge.

✔ Walk Info: This is a 7 mile linear walk starting at McLennan Arch – the main entrance to Glasgow Green. The Green is a 55-acre public park in the east end of Glasgow (Glasgow Green Visitor Guide).

We will walk along the central path of the Green passing famous (i) monuments and depictions such as the William Colllin’s Fountain, the colourful Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games monument, Nelson’s monument, the Doulton Fountain, James Watt statue, the infamous Drying Green & the Glasgow Green Rocks (highlighting some of the dates of famous events in Glasgow’s history) and (ii) iconic buildings such as the Peoples Palace (closed just now for refurbishment), the old Templeton Carpet Factory and many other Victorian buildings and schools which align the sides of Glasgow Green.

After leaving the Rocks, we join the Clyde Walkway path to Cuningar Loop passing the Commonwealth Athlete’s Village en route. Keep an eye out for the variety riverside birdlife and, if we’re lucky a visiting seal.

Cuningar Loop is a woodland park created from regenerated vacant & derelict scrub land on the banks of the Clyde (Cuningar Loop – Clyde Gateway). It is comprised of a mixture of riverside boardwalk and forest trails encompassing stunning viewing points, play areas, climbing stones, inspirational sculptures and the Bothy.

We will stop for lunch at the end of the boardwalk in the Cuningar Loop picnic area. No shops or cafes are open at this time of year. After the Loop, we retrace our steps and return to Glasgow Green.

✔ Booking: TEXT the walk leader, Tony Grimason, on 07516238706, No phone calls

1. ONLY CONTACT the walk leader within 2 weeks of the date of a scheduled walk.
2. Maximum number on each walk: 16.
3. Booking is on a first come, first served basis.
4. A reserve list will be created in the event of cancellations.
5. No charge is applied for those participating on these walks.
6. Financial costs associated with transport are at participants own cost.
7. All walks are between 6 and 8 miles, and will be undertaken at a leisurely pace.
8. Appropriate weatherproof clothing and walking shoes/boots & poles recommended.