Glasgow

Day 10 - New Lanark - Arden (Loch Lomond)

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June 2nd 2008
We took a break from our bikes to walk to the Falls of Clyde. Poor old Clyde - it looked quite steep and slippery. Joking (that was a joke, btw) aside, they were very pretty. We knew today would be a relatively short cycle, so we decided to take a look at Glasgow. It seems to spread for miles, over a wide flat valley. It's not particularly cycle friendly, but vaste swathes of the centre are ped ... read more

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