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The route started in Bishopbriggs with a climb uphill along the pavement, with a good view back. Passing the sadly neglected Huntershill House, former home of Thomas Muir “the father of Scottish democracy” was interesting.
The route continued uphill, past some tower blocks whose residents must have fantastic views. I then arrived at Springburn Park. It was nice to escape the road here. The Springburn Winter Gardens looked interesting, a derelict former glass-roofed building which, according to a bit of subsequent research, potentially has a bright future.
I found the next section, down lots of steps through quiet hidden alleyways, to have quite a bit of vandalism, broken glass and litter. It was very good in that avoided the busy road, but some may feel uncomfortable there. The shopping centre at Springburn (near halfway) had some useful facilities, but has seen better days. There was a railway station here too. Just after this there were some lovely but faded red sandstone buildings.
After passing the fire station I reached the tedious A803, then all the windy footpaths to negotiate junction 15 of the M8. This was clever plotting, but tricky to navigate (I was constantly looking at the GPS route on my phone) and full of fumes, dust and litter. It was, at least, pretty segregated from the cars.
The long diagonal path through the Townhead housing was a lovely breath of fresh air, and the final walk to Glasgow Central Station passed some interesting bits of modern architecture, as well as Buchanan Bus Station, Queen Street Station, and George Square.
A lot of this route was very pleasant but the middle 45% from the south end of Springburn Park to the start of Townhead was pretty horrible. Generally quite a cleverly plotted route, although it took some navigating and had a lot of steps. Interesting and varied!.

Review of SlowWays Route Glabis two (Glasgow to Bishopbriggs)
I walked this route (in reverse, i.e. from Bishopbriggs to Glasgow) in November 2022. It is a very straightforward route which climbs out of Bishopbriggs and then up to Springburn Park before dropping down through Springburn and following the main road into the centre of Glasgow. The route is well-designed to make the best use of back streets, underpasses, flyovers and other off-road sections. Consequently there are relatively few road crossings required until the final zig-zags through the streets around Buchanan Street Bus Station, Queens Street Train Station and the end of the route at Glasgow Central Train Station. Highlights along the way include the Thomas Muir monument in Bishopbriggs, the derelict “Winter Gardens” in Springburn Park and the birds-eye views of the urban motorway from the well-designed and very welcome “quietway”.

This is a fairly direct route that connects central Glasgow with Bishopbriggs in an efficient but not unpleasant way.

I walked into Glasgow from Bishopbriggs.
The highlights were:
Springburn Park, a large formal park with benches, a lake, avenues;
some of the old red stone buildings at Springburn (and the very modern Kelvin College alongside);
pathside sculptures;
wending my way through, under and over the M8 intersection like a complicated but effective knitting stitch;
and the direct path through the Townmead estate, with it's memorial to local boy Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

The route does include a short stretch on the very busy A803, but all the pavements and road crossings are safe, and there is the satisfaction of knowing the route is fairly direct.

In central Glasgow this route connects the two main railway stations, and the bus station, as well as passing through George Square. It also passes Springburn station and finishes at Bishopbriggs station. There are many bus stops along the route.

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