First walk day - Friday

I got the day wrong on earlier post! We left out accommodation in Milngavie at 8.15 after a huge Scottish breakfast of egg, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, tomato, beans, black pudding, hash brown, smiley face and some sort of pancake, as well as cereal, toast, orange juice and tea! Julia had smoked salmon and scrambled egg. We spent 45 minutes in the visitors' centre signing in and paying for our baggage transfers and finally set off walking at 9am. We took a slight diversion to Glengoyne distilled where Julia and Kevin sampled the whisky. Next stop - along the old railway track was Unbound for a pub stop and late elevenses. The day was getting hotter and hotter! At Drymen there was a detour because the Forestry Commission closed the trak to clear lots of trees felled by recent storms. This meant a slog along the main road and proved our undoing, as to get back on track would have meant an extra 4 miles and not getting to our accommodation until 7 pm. We were all suffering from a hot and tiring (thou not particularly difficult) day, so decided to postpone Conical Hill until tomorrow. Our triple room in the Oak Tree Inn is really nice and we have had a simple meal and we are now in bed - at 8.30!!! J and K have spent last 2 hrs complaining about their aches & pains! Me? Now that would be telling!