Today we left Abington and headed to Hamilton.
Today we had Gareth and Terry walking with us and John (St Andrew’s Hospice) kindly moved our bags forward to Hamilton.
We left Abington Services and headed out onto the continuation of yesterday’s B7076 but now upgraded to the B7078. A bit of a brisk morning which was perfect for walking. Shortly after we left we passed our 900 km milestone and had now done over 1,000,000 steps.
We walked up the bicycle path and reminisced about the last time we walked this path the sun had long set and the temperature had dropped. Unfortunately lots of fly tipping along the path which is a real shame in such a beautiful place.
There was an excellent cycle path as we walked to Lesmahagow and then Kirkmuirhill we were surprised by a couple of rain showers, thankfully not too heavy but got us back into practice for walking in scotland – coat on, coat off, coat on ….
We then walked into Larkhall where we stopped in a deli/cafe for a quick sandwich. It was such a nice difference to the pre-packaged “meal deals’ we have been having for lunch over the past weeks. Then past the 13 blocks of flats in nearby Muirhouse, across Avon Water (another subsidiary or the River Clyde) and into Hamilton.
The sun was out and Hamilton was quite quiet, presumably as it was Sunday afternoon, with the old buildings looking quite resplendent. Today was a nice and flat walk, and tomorrow we head through Glasgow on our way to Drymen.
