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Carbeth Community

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Photographs of the Community of Carbeth

near Craigallian Loch on the West Highland Way 



West Highland Way - The Carbeth Inn

The Carbeth Inn

This old Stirlingshire inn near the route


 of the West Highland Way dates back to 1816







Huts in the Carbeth Community off the West Highland Way

Huts in the Carbeth Community

The huts are for weekend and holiday use

 and have been set up on the Carbeth estate since 1920.




West Highland Way - Dumgoyne from Carbeth Loch

Dumgoyne from Carbeth Loch





Carbeth House

Carbeth House




Huts of Carbeth Community at Carbeth Loch

Huts of Carbeth Community

 on the route of West Highland Way

from 
Milngavie






Craigallian Loch on the West Highland Way at Carbeth

Craigallian Loch

 on the 
West Highland Way at Carbeth 





The Fire Memorial at Craigallien Loch on the West Highland Way

" The Fire " Memorial at Craigallian Loch

 on the West Highland Way

from Mugdock Country Park to Carbeth
The Fire at Craigallian Loch was a beacon of hope to many poor,

out-of-work, young people in the Great Depression of the 1930s.

 Many of those who sat around its flames were an inspiration

to a later generation of walkers and climbers
.

  By its flickering light were born famous mountaineering clubs

 such as the Creagh Dhu, Lomond and Ptarmigan clubs
.

The memorial on the site of the fire
has been erected to commemorate this legacy.




Route Map of West Highland Way from Milngavie to Carbeth

Route Map of West Highland Way

from 
Milngavie to Carbeth 





Route Map of Carbeth Loch Walk

Route Map of Carbeth Walk





Map and Route Description from Faifley to Carbeth

Route Map

 from Faifley to Carbeth



FAIFLEY TO CARBETH - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:

Location: Kilpatick Hills
Map: OS landranger 64 ( GR51 1729 )
Distance: 6 miles (10km)
Time: 3 hours
Terrain: paths; marshy in places



This walk follows the route over the eastern end of the Kilpatrick Hills taken by generations of Carbeth hutters since the 19305.
The Carbeth community, at the northern end of Craigallion Loch, is one-third of the way towards raising £1.75 million for a community
buyout of the 140 huts on the site.
Public transport, or a very willing car driver, is needed for this route, which starts from the Faifley bus terminus.
The 62 bus offers a direct service from Hope Street, Glasgow.
Sections of the route are muddy and good footwear or wellingtons are essential.
From Faifley terminus walk north up Faifley Road and continue on a gravel path to reach Cochno Road.
Go right then left to a track and path signposted Craigton. The path heads off left from the start of the
track through grass to gain an elevated woodland strip. Go through a kissing gate where the woods end
at a field of rough pasture. The lowest lying section is fairly marshy, but things improve as height is gained.
After another kissing gate the path continues over Douglas Muir beside a sand and gravel quarry.
The route is obvious, if marshy in places, and leads round to a wall and a stile at the end of a grassy track,
which in turn becomes a metalled track. Pause at the gate where the track swings right to
Tambowie Farm and admire the open views east across the Craigton Burn to the northern fringes of Milngavie.
Leave the track and descend beside the burn to the road for a short while. Visibility is generally good
until the final bend, where care should be taken. Turn right on to the minor road and descend to
Craigallian Bridge over the Allander Water. The West Highland Way starts just beyond the bridge and
offers two options. Turning left to Carbeth gives a six-mile (lokm) walk if returning by bus ( 5.02pm on
Saturday, none on Sunday ). Turning right to Milngavie also gives six-mile walk with a return by
train (regular Saturday and Sunday). The Way is well signposted in both directions.
If continuing to Carbeth follow the route past the Craigallion Fire monument commemorating the
adventurers of the 1930s, many of whom were Carbeth hutters, a.nd Craigallion Loch to where a
path signposted Cuilt Brae goes off left. Follow this to a road, then keep left ascending through the huts
to a final descent to the Carbeth Inn and a bus stop.



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