This is now a past outing .. like to read about it?
NEXT DATE: Tuesday 24 February .. route to be decided. Weekday walkers are welcome to join our Day Trip on Sunday 7 December and our New Year Walk on Saturday 10 January.
The NOVEMBER Weekday Walk will be on THURSDAY 27th with a route around historic Glasgow City Centre, starting and finishing at St. Enoch Subway Station .. where we'll meet at 10am.
The route will follow the Clyde to Glasgow Green, go through Glasgow Green then up the High Street to visit The Necropolis.
Participants can meet at St Enoch Subway station by picking up the Subway at any of the Subway Stations, taking a suitable train to Central Station or Queen Street Station, or any of the bus routes into the city centre.
Parking is available at most of the Subway Stations .. and sat nav, OS map reference and w3w information are not required here!
From St Enoch Subway, the walk will go down towards the River Clyde and along the Clyde Walkway towards the McLennan Arch. This arch was built in 1792 for the Assembly Rooms in Ingram Street, but then moved to Monteith Row when the building was demolished a century later. It was moved again in 1922, and finally arrived at its current site in 1991. This is where I regularly meet the CTC cycle group for cycle tours.
We'll then walk along the Clydeside past the Rowing Club base, eventually turning left towards the Templeton's Carpet Factory. We'll then pass the Doulton Fountain, a lavish terracotta symbol of British Imperialism which was moved to its present location in 1890 from Kelvingrove Park, where it had been built for the International Exhibition of 1888. We'll then head past the French Renaissance-style Peoples Palace opened in 1898 as a cultural centre. We'll pass the Winter Gardens, still under repair, and on past the Nelson Monument of 1806 back towards the Arch.
The walk will then pass up through the Saltmarket onto the High Street at Glasgow Cross, and continue up towards Glasgow Cathedral past the Barony Hall. Looking back is the excellent gable-end mural depicting St. Mungo in the modern day. Glasgow Cathedral is directly ahead, but for the Necropolis we'll turn right through the cast iron Edington Gates. A cobbled lane leads across the Bridge of Sighs into the Necropolis and climbs up through the numerous monuments to the large statue of of John Knox built in 1825. The path then drops down past the monument to William McGavin, the controversial Protestant campaigner. We will then head back out over the Bridge of Sighs and past Glasgow Cathedral where a visit to the magnificent interior could be made.
Moving on, the walk turns right into the Merchant City’s Ingram Street and on through the well known Merchant City area with all its historical links including its links to slavery. We'll pass the impressive City Chambers, and the present shambles of George Square where work seems to be progressing at a snail's pace. We'll then return to St Enoch Subway for individual returns home.
The route in total is about 7km, depending on any minor deviations, and is mostly fairly level other than through the Necropolis, and should take roughly 3-3.5 hours. There are many cafes and hostelries en-route if any stops are required. This a very pleasant walk going through many historical parts of the city.
If you'd like to go on this weekday walk, please let me know by Wednesday 26th November.
Ian Moffatt, November Weekday Organiser
m: 07745 229076
