Unique

It is described as the 'Unique Bridge'. The correct name, I think, is the Luggie Aqueduct, but that only tells part of the story. The aqueduct (i.e. the top of the bridge) carries the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch, where I am standing is on the route of a former railway line, now the Strathkelvin Railway Path, and that itself is a bridge over the Luggie Water. The Luggie flows under the railings on the right of the photo.

While the Canal travels through Kirkintilloch in an east-west direction, the Luggie goes through the town from south to north. This is where they pass one another without touching! The Luggie joins the River Kelvin just to the north of Kirkintilloch, but that's a different walk.

Armed with the download of a leaflet from East Dunbartonshire Council on my phone, I set out this afternoon to follow the Luggie Water for a bit before turning right through woodlands at Oxgang, through the Auld Aisle cemetery and back into town. Missed one turning, which added an extra kilometre or so to my planned route, but a most enjoyable excursion to a part of Kirkintilloch I don't recall having walked before.