So you can easily extend the walk, we carried on to Bowling Harbour (15K), mostly flat, easy walking which is well sign posted. Would recommend, it is safe, well sign posted and accessible to mixed ability groups on foot....

Matt

The main problem with this route is that it wants to follow the path of a disused railway approx. Searching for an alternative route, I picked the one to the left of the slowway rather than following the National cycle route 7. I should have taken the National cycle route 7 at Croftamie instead and join this slowway after 2km again....

Petr Sadilek

See all three attached photos for a better picture and alternative routes suggested by the local woodland management....

Petr Sadilek

This was a fine route until the storms earlier this year; it is now substantially blocked by fallen trees. There is a rough walkaround (in blue on picture - no path, steep) via the Killoeter ridge or an alternate on tracks to Cardross (see the Three Lochs Way website)....

edh

Sign-posting is available for the only part of the journey that you can potentially get lost (between Dumbarton Central and the bridge crossing the River Leven) and once you reach the cycle path, you simply follow this all the way to Alexandria. The route starts and ends at train stations with frequent services and you will easily be able to hop on a train at the end of your journey should you need it, although the walk back coming off the cycle path and going through the towns provides a nice alternative return option....

Chris French-Leith

The path was clear to follow, and after a climbing zigzag, it entered the forest. The route through here was a little less clear and it was a bit of a climb, with a few steps. There is a welcome cinder path over the bog across this highest section and I had cracking views of the other side now, looking towards the Firth of Clyde, Greenock, and Helensburgh. All these paths make it an easy route to follow; it would have been horrible going over the bog before this gravel path was made. The wooded path down Red Glen was fairly steep and the gravel was occasionally slightly skiddy where it was steep....

Mary Oz

There's a section of this route, near Gouk Hill, which looks challenging, if not impossible, to walk. Instead I continued to follow the Three Lochs Way at this point, as also suggested by the Walk Highlands website. The pictures show the problem area....

Mary Oz

There was a great view of Dumbarton Castle from the Bridge Street bridge, and a wide cycle barrier onto the track alongside the River Leven. Crossing under the A82 was easy, and there was an easy gate and a bridge both offering at least 100cm width....

Mary Oz

This route took approx 1 hour and 30 minutes and follows a foot and cycle path the whole way....

Anouska

It is a very popular route which follows the NCN7 Cycle Path for most of its distance....

wellchoughed