Walking the Cut

It’s a few years since we have visited our old favourite, the Greenock Cut, for a walk. Today we went back there with Heather and Ewan; we recently found out during conversation that they had never visited it so it seemed like a nice idea to go together. We were very lucky to have such beautiful weather to see the views at their best. We followed the easy circular 11.5 km walk around the “cut” which is the aqueduct built in the 19th century which used to supply the industries of Greenock with water. As you walk round the route you can see amazing views over the Clyde Estuary towards Arran, Bute and Dunoon, and the hills beyond. We stopped half way round for a restoring cup of tea before continuing past a couple of small reservoirs and finally along the edge of Loch Thom back to the car park at the visitors centre. 
Heather had a great suggestion for lunch; there’s a new museum in Greenock called the Wyllieum, dedicated to the work of 20th century artist George Wyllie. On the first floor there is a Scott’s restaurant, affiliated with Scott’s of Troon. We booked a table and arrived at 1.30 for a really tasty meal. Our table was at the window overlooking the Clyde Estuary which looked absolutely idyllic on this sunny day. We had a lovely time chatting and deferred a visit to the museum for another day. On arriving home I was soon ensconced in my hammock to start reading a book “Make Change That Lasts” by Rangan Chatterjee, very kindly given to me today by Heather and Ewan, who listen to his podcast and attended a talk by him recently.