Milngavie

We caught the train from Stoke at midday and took the 5 hour journey to Milngavie. The train wasn’t full however there was one person to two seats.

It was slightly delayed between Preston and Lancaster as there was a tresspasser on the line! This meant we missed our connecting train at Glasgow, resulting in us having to catch a later train. It was great to finally arrive at our destination to be able to take of the masks we had to wear for the entire journey.

A short walk from the station is our stop for the night at the Premier Inn. This was our real first test with our fully laden packs. Mine weighing in at 14kg and my dads at 13kg! We are putting our faith in the anti-gravity tech of our Ospreys. Obviously this includes the food we are taking so it will get lighter the more we eat.

We booked into the hotel and decided to go for a quick pint that turned into two. We have dinner booked in for 2045hrs at the local pub, so we decided to walk to Aldi to get some fruit for tomorrow and a can of beer each for when we pitch up on our first night on the walk.

We have breakfast booked for 0900 so we can make the most of our last comfy bed for at least the next three nights.

I checked the just giving page and we are close to 900 pounds now. It would be good to get to 1000! Unfortunately the T-shirts from Prostate Cancer UK I requested didn’t arrive, so I have to make do with my pin badge.