Scotland: Moscow to Glasgow

Day 25
Distance- 57km (1177)
Weather- sunshine
Highlights- Tom joining us, staying at Billy and Jilly house
Lowlights- entering Glasgow
Accommodation-Billy and Jilly's house

After a huge cooked breakfast we hit the road at about 10am and headed towards Glasgow, home of everything Mackintosh.

We had a great tip from Allan and Wendy to follow the A77. A bit doubtful at first, we soon found that since the M77 had been built the old road was now a lost highway with virtually no traffic. Even more pleasing was that the lovely people at British Highways had decided to put a separate 3m wide cycle path all the way into the centre of town. So for 30Km we followed a path which, in effect, was a cycle highway, uninterrupted. Bliss. (but boring)

We arrived in the city in good time, and made for the Botanical gardens. We had a bit of a look around and some food. The Victorian green houses were amazing since they had been refurbished and replanted. There is all way something fascinating about these enormous greenhouses which great artificial environments from another world.

We then made our way to Billy and Jilly’s house, friends of Sarahs . They were getting ready to go on holiday but were quite happy for us to stay over the weekend. The evening seemed to flash by with a little of bike maintenance and washing.