GoBike ride. 03 May, the route

Seven of us set off, some weeks ago now, from the SEC and made our way north through Kelvingrove Park, North Woodside, Firhill, Possilpark, Parkhouse, skirting Milton and then Bishopbriggs to reach the Forth and Clyde canal.

A few miles along the canal towpath brought us to Kirkintilloch for a refreshment/toilet break, before we turned off the canal path towards Milton of Campsie, cycling past hordes of bluebells and wild garlic.


We continued past Lennoxtown to reach Strathblane. Then it was the major hill up to Mugdock Country Park – not many bikes there, but lots of cars in the carparks – these people don’t know what they are missing.

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Sunday 03 May: cycle to Strathblane and Mugdock with GoBike


This ride will follow an old favourite route – the Strathblane Railway Path. We will leave through North Glasgow and Bishopbriggs to join the Forth & Clyde Canal to Kirkintilloch.

Morning break on a ride to Strathblane and Mugdock
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GoBike ride 01 March – the route

Just six of us set off on a rainy day – the official first day of spring, for a journey to the north -east of the city. Yet again, there was somewhere new for each of us.

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Sunday 01 March: ride north-east with GoBike

Stockingfield Junction Bridges and viewing platform, Forth and Clyde Canal. View East towards Ruchill (image: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Swans by the banks of Hogganfield Loch


This ride will see us head northeast from Glasgow, stopping briefly in Hogganfield Park, see photo above, and then over the council boundary into North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire.

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Consultations: November 2025

Kinfauns Drive visualisation – view south of corner with curved platform removed

Consultations in Glasgow, including a short notice event. Also, consultations from North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, SPT and an update from East Dunbartonshire.

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GoBike Ride, Sunday 07 September, east to Drumpellier

This ride will take us out through the East End of Glasgow to Drumpellier Country Park. We will start off on the Clyde Walkway.

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Consultations: August 2025

Quarry St, Hamilton with Vogue building in distance, 2012 (via Geograph by Ross Watson)

After Glasgow’s Gordon St consultation, here’s a list of consultations from outside the city. A few are closing over the weekend in North Ayrshire and Inverclyde.

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The August GoBike ride – in glorious sunshine

View from Killearn

Ten of us set off yesterday from the SEC for a 46 mile round trip, five of us on conventional bikes and five using electric assistance – and there were some hills, so the power was switched on!

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Venture out – join the GoBike Killearn Big Loop ride on Sunday 03 August

Dumbarton Rock from Levengrove Park

The most ambitious ride of the summer will be to Killearn, out via Milngavie and the West Highland Way, and back via Dumbarton and NCN route 7.

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Palacerigg Country Park is the GoBike destination on 04 May


On Sunday 04 May, we will head out of the north of the city along the Forth & Clyde Canal

to Kirkintilloch, and then take the Strathkelvin Railway Path into North Lanarkshire.

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