Calderglen Country Park - East Kilbride Continued

After about another ten minutes you will reach the bridge where the road heads South to Strathaven, watch out just before the bridge where the path is eroded and there is a big hole on the riverbank. Pass under the bridge and head over the raised platform alongside the river.

Once you go through the tunnel of the 2nd bridge you enter the wooded glen and the path rises up to the left above the Calder with amazing views all the way along.There is a small waterfall here and an opporunity to get some great shots

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The path is well defined and has a hand rail and fencing on the right and a number of steps on the left, after a while you again come out of the glen and gain some more height through a more steps and then return back into the wooded section.

The Walk

The path is very easy to follow most of the way with only a few options for different routes along the way
The path starts between 2 rows of trees and then bears left, off to the right behind the trees are the wind turbines at the Whitelees wind farm. The path is easy most of the way with a few moderate sections depending on the weather conditons, and can easily be covered in a strong pair of walking shoes except in really wet weather when boots or wellies are the order of the day. Keep following the path and you will soon pick up the river Calder which is with you the whole way depending which route you take.

The walk is popular with dog walkers and joggers and is about 3.5 miles and takes about an hour on the short route. In Autumn and winter it is not that busy, but in the spring and summer the central wooded section nearer the visitor centre is much more popular. After about 15 minutes you will reach a signpost where the route splits with a path leading up to the left to Langlands Moss. Ignore this path and continue down past sign and over a wooden bridge towards the Visitor Centre, the path then comes closer to the river.

Back later with more

Calderglen Country Park - East Kilbride

Over the coming weeks and months I will be sharing pictures and posting information on some of my favourite walks in Scotland and tomorrow I will kick off with the Glen in East Kilbride.

The country park is on the outskirts of the town out towards Strathaven and my normal starting point is just beyond Sainsbury's distribution depot and wind turbine on Langlands drive. This is a picture of the start on a recent snowy afternoon.
Parking just along road on left and small parking bay available (currently suspended)