10% off breakfast for West Highland Way walkers
Show your walker’s passport or a muddy boot and enjoy ten per cent off any breakfast.
Before 11:30 only. One per table.
Culture · Lead story
The first mile of the West Highland Way is on our doorstep
Ninety-six miles begin at a granite obelisk in a Milngavie precinct. Here is how to walk the opening stretch as a local.
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Author night: a new Scottish crime novel
23 September 2026. Free
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An Evening of Jazz at Kilmardinny
26 September 2026. £18, includes a glass of wine
Guided first leg of the West Highland Way
27 September 2026. £12 per adult, children free
Family forest den-building
27 September 2026. £8 per child
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Autumn boiler service, £69
A full gas boiler service with safety check and written report.
Code AUTUMN69
Bearsden, Milngavie and Westerton. Standard boilers only.
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