Mugdock Run and Curry

We almost had double figures for a fun frolic round the Children's Home Run. We managed to Strathblane without headtorches, but once in the woods torches were on and the trail was dark and muddy but fun. The pack stretched every now and again…

Gallangad Trig Point Run

25th April 2012A few photos from last night's club run, courtesy of Gaynor Gillespie.

Grim’s Gallop

A new Westies club run was christened by over a dozen Westies at Darnley. Grim had laid out a cracking trail round the paths, reservoirs and fields of Darnley and Barrhead and even the weather was kind to us. Woodland trails started us off as…

Earls Seat by Moonlight

This was the third night hill run of the season and a fantastic 17 Westies turned up. It was a great run. About half made it to the first cairn and the rest made it all the way to Earl's Seat. Some even did Earl's Seat twice!!! (not from the…

The Grim Gallop

9th January 2012GrimOrr had requested a special birthday run to celebrate his 64th, so after a well-attended reps session, Westies old and new set off on part of the old GU Road Race circuit (aka Westies L27 Time Trial route).Grim set a cracking…

Saturday long run

7th January 2012Route and stats on Garmin ConnectThis was one of the weekend long run options. Really a medium-long effort, it was knocked off at a good clip with the able assistance of Alasdair Miller and Alasdair Duke. Mr Duke had his trademark…

Overtoun House hill run

A new route with a rather vague description "Up via Lang Craigs and back via Doughnot Hill" appeared on the Wednesday runs. I met up with David Dickson and new John at the carpark near Overtoun House. While we waited for someone with a clue…

Clyde Walkway Trail Run

Graham did dote on the Dee;And Paula was on for the Don;But John's West Coast pride,Said it had to be the Clyde,So the scene was set for all three.From New Lanark we did head off,With our pockets full of some scoff;We checked out the Falls,And…

Where were you?

It was promising to be a glorious evening on the way out to Luss. As usual, when the wooden bridge appeared, I started signalling and slowing down for every exit from the A82 and then nearly missed the turn up Glen Luss as the sign is hidden…

Rotten Calder Night Run

More like the Muddy Calder, but that didn't deter Paula, Graham and myself from donning our headtorches and getting on with it. From Calderglen Country Park we enjoyed an out and back 7.5 miles down on the riverside trail through woods, past…