Nice photo

[AlMorr]

One of the places I ran week 7 of C25K last year

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Simply stunning!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

It's Milngavie Reservoir which is around 9 miles north of Glasgow.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Just beautiful ...

[Lynsh Graduate]

Looks a lovely place to run 🏃

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Lynsh]

👍

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Lynsh]

Very popular place to walk or run

[backintime Graduate]

gorgeous Al, where is that?

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to backintime]

It's Milngavie Reservoir 9 miles north of Glasgow, there are many runners who run around that reservoir, I was there on Monday, however, I only walked round it this week as on Friday I will be running a full 5K in the same park as I will be running my first Parkrun a week on Saturday.

[backintime Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Nice idea to run the parkrun beforehand to give yourself an idea of the terrain

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

What a beautiful setting for a park run! I hope you have a great time on Saturday.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to grumpyoldgirl]

There are no parkruns around the Milngavie Reservoir, plenty of running and walks by people enjoying the area but no parkrun.

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Oops, misunderstood! Have a great time anyway 😊

[Dottie_D Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Beautiful place to be doing your first Parkrun. Enjoy it, as I’m sure you will 😃👍🏼

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Dottie_D]

No parkrun is run around that reservoir.

[Dottie_D Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Lol sorry I misread your post 🤪 but do enjoy Parkrun wherever it is 👍🏼👍🏼

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Dottie_D]

I intend to run my first parkrun at Dunfermline on Saturday 13th July.

[Dottie_D Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

👍🏼 I’ve never been to Dunfermline even though I am from Scotland 😳. One day I might start doing some Parkrun tourism, you never know 🤪🏃‍♂️

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Dottie_D]

👍 🏃

[grumpyoldgirl Graduate in reply to Dottie_D]

I did the same thing Dottie!😁

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Dottie_D]

I think it might be a little dangerous if there were hundreds of people running a parkrun around any reservoir, lovely places for walks or single runners but not for vast crowds such as in a parkrun.

[Sweatylady Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Good luck 😀

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Sweatylady]

👍

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Just something really nice about running next to water . Where is that photo taken 😊

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Milngavie Reservoir, 9 miles north of Glasgow.

[Buddy34 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Really I'm not that far away I would never have guessed.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

Do you live near or in Glasgow Buddy?.

[Buddy34 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

I'm about 16 miles outside Glasgow

[Irish-John Graduate]

Brilliant capture Al

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Irish-John]

Yes indeed John, on week 7 last year, it was the third run, I ran right round that reservoir in around 18 minutes, so I still had 7 minutes before the 25 minutes were up, I decided that those 7 minutes should be ran along the leafy quite roads that are near that reservoir in the direction of the station, I got on a train 15 minutes earlier than usual when I only walk round the reservoir.

[Irish-John Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

That's good going Al

[Stephen_UK Graduate]

Beautiful.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Stephen_UK]

Agree, very popular place for walking and running.

[Debston Graduate]

Wow, what a gorgeous place to run! I'm coming to Scotland on holiday in August, can't wait to run there.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Debston]

Which part of Scotland are you coming to on holiday in August? Perhaps it's a tour all over Scotland?

Milngavie (pronounced Millguy) is also the place the 95 mile West Highland Way (a long distance trail) begins, 95 miles to Fort William, near Ben Nevis begins, on Monday there were around 20 back packers starting that long distance walk.

[Granspeed Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

There’s a nifty run for you someday, Al! 🤣👍

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Granspeed]

👍

[Debston Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Wow, 95 miles is a good long stroll! And Ben Nevis to climb at the end of it... We are going to be staying near Applecross which looks very beautiful. I have discovered that there is a duathlon there every September so I will try to find out the running route for that and give it a go. Wish we could be there for the real thing!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Debston]

👍 🏃

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Debston]

In the winter months I walk up the first 5 Kilometres of the West Highland Way, then leave it and go on another part of the walk between two golf courses, last December about a hour before sunset there came a man dressed only in a T shirt and shorts coming in the opposite direction that I was going just before I left the West Highland Way running at I would say 20 minutes 5k pace, I was amazed at seeing this man as there was no-one else in the area at the time, very strange, there are plenty of walkers who climb Ben Nevis the day after completing the 95 mile 🚶 walk to Fort William. 😊

[Irishprincess Graduate]

Just beautiful Al 🙂

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Irishprincess]

There are two reservoirs at Milngavie, I ran around the one in the photograph, there is another out of shot, if I ran round both I think it wouldn't be far off 5K.

[Cantstopmenow Graduate]

Beautiful. How uplifting. Enjoy your run. It's pronounced "mull-guy" if my memory is correct 😂 happy running 🏃‍♀️

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Cantstopmenow]

It's pounced mullguy by people who live in certain parts of Glasgow,think Billy Conelly or Rab C Nissbit.

[Cantstopmenow Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Ah that makes sense- I've got friends in that area! I'm in Lancashire.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Cantstopmenow]

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[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Cantstopmenow]

Hi Cantstopniw, some very posh people in some comedy sketches pronounce Milngavie as it's spelt, it sounds quite funny under these circumstances "you come from Milingavy", some of those people come from a posh area of Glasgow called Cathcart or Kelvinside, they pronounce Cathcart as "Cethkert", quite the opposite from people from Govan who pronounce Milngavie as Mullguy.

[Cantstopmenow Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

I was about to ask how do you pronounce it, then noticed that you've already explained it. Full marks for observation on my part 🙈

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Cantstopmenow]

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[Granspeed Graduate]

And the weather’s always sunny there, right? 🤣 Looks gorgeous. 😊

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Granspeed]

No, it's not always sunny there Granspeed, when I ran my third run of week 7 round the reservoir there was a very light drizzle, it's close to the hills as you can see in the photo, if I had ran nearer home I would have remained dry.

[Granspeed Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Choices! All good. My ancestral family came from Paisley, so I always notice that part of Scotland....

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Granspeed]

Wonderfull

[K8nno Graduate]

I’m only a couple of miles away from the reservoir - never thought about running around it before. Any idea what the distance around it is?

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to K8nno]

I have never ran or walked around the two reservoirs at Milngavie, Craigmaddie and Mugdock, I would think altogether its about 4 Kilometres, next time that I am there I'll either walk or run around both just to find out exactly how long it is, I will take the Mapmyrun/walk app with me.

[Snailspeed Graduate]

Lovely!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Snailspeed]

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[Zebadee1 Graduate]

Beautiful....I did my run in our local country park recently, just a heron and some rabbits for company. My usual runs are along the seafront, which I never get tired of either. We are lucky to live near such beautiful places!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Zebadee1]

Fully agree with you regarding the many beautiful places that are in the UK, I ran my graduation run along the prom at Helensburgh on the west coast of Scotland 42 miles away from where I live. 😊 🏃 🎓

[Zebadee1 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

Long way to go...I'm guessing you didn't make the journey purely for the run 😉

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Zebadee1]

I travel a lot locally, I visit that place often, usually I go somewhere on a Monday, so I had a big choice for where I should run my graduation run, as my days during the 9 weeks of C25K were Wednesday, Saturday and Monday, Monday was always the third day, it was a Monday that I ran run 3 of week 5, so it was a Monday also that I ran my graduation run in a different location, the other days when I was doing C25K were run locally on the Wednesday and Saturday.

[Ang33333 Graduate]

Wow! Wish that was near me!

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Ang33333]

I don't exactly live near that reservoir either Ang, I have been going there for a very long time, when I was only 5 my father took me and my sister there about two time a month, that was in the 1950's, in the 1960's I went walks round

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

I was cut off, I will continue. In the 1960's I went walks round the reservoir with my girlfriend, more recently it's been running, so as you say it is a very nice place to walk or run.