Reenie Bujman wrote:After about half a mile, the path petered out in the undergrowth and progress was slow. I had to concede defeat when I got to the bridge that carries a pipeline across the Clyde to the sewage treatment plant on the north bank. By now, there were too many nettles and no sign of the path whatsoever. I don't know if it continues like this to Cambuslang, but I wasn't prepared to battle with the weeds at this late stage of the day to find out.
I waded through head-height thistles to the abandoned Newton Farm and ended up like a pincushion with all the spiky bits that had made their way through my fleece. I came home via Westburn, Cambuslang Public Park and Kirkhill Golf Course.
That's my childhood stomping ground, it's sad when I go down now, as that section is pretty overgrown in summer. Since kids don't really go walks for fun these days, the undergrowth doesn't get trodden down. Great place for seeing deer though!
Although you need to leave the bank of the river temporarily, you can pick up the trail again quite easily about half a mile down - as you'll have noticed, there's a well-worn path up through the fields to the abandoned buildings of Newton Farm from the wire strung across the Clyde at the water-sampling station near Daldowie. Go up there, through the farm, and when you emerge at the track at the main farm entrance, take the one going up to your right. You'll pass the remains of a colliery on your right, then the track turns left at a right angle towards Westburn. Instead of going left down to Westburn, turn right and a path goes back down to the Clyde, and along towards Carmyle and the old railway bridge - scramble up to that and you can pick up the tarmac cycle path that pretty much takes you all the way into town.