All photos in & around Dunbartonshire

Cycleway with separate footway under A82 dual carriageway in Dumbarton.

Steps up to footbridge across River Leven from Vale of Leven Industrial Estate to Renton, with wheeling ramp. See also #196751.

Steps up from footbridge across River Leven from Vale of Leven Industrial Estate to Renton, with wheeling ramp. See also #196752.

Steps down to the NCN7 path at Renton, with wheeling ramp, but the south-facing ramp path will be more convenient for cycling.

The path that one day may reach Cardross and Helensburgh. The Shore Circular Path takes the route to the right.

The Shore Circular Path at Havoc Road. The sign has faded out.

The Shore Circular Path at Clydeview. The path starts off reasonably wide, gets narrow, then returns to being wide again.

The shore path at Levengrove Park.

Cycle parking at the Levengrove Park café.

Some cycle parking nearer to the shops in Dumbarton town centre would be better.

The new riverside path in Dumbarton.

The new riverside path in Dumbarton.

The new riverside path in Dumbarton, with connecting path to Lidl supermarket.

The new riverside path ends at a fence, for now.

The cycle track in #196499 ends with "cyclists dismount" painted on the asphalt. Just like the start, there is no dropped kerb adjacent to the end point.

A short section of cycle track alongside Crosslet Road. It hasn't been connected to the NCN7 cycleway off to the left. The cycle track gives way to a car park entrance part way along its short length. See also #196500.

Titan Boulevard forms a through route for cycling from the new Clydebank riverside towards the canal at the town centre, via Hume Street visible in the background.

A new section of path has been provided at the northern end of the Erskine Bridge that avoids the need to drop down to the lower level then climb back up to this level to use the A82 path.

Wee repair station from Sustrans, with tools, a stand, and instructions on how to fix a puncture

A new street in Clydebank, Titan Boulevard, at last providing a high quality walking and cycling connection between Clydebank College and the town centre, lining up with Hume Street and Abbotsford Road to link to the canal towpath.

The new Bowline railway path, with steps and a ramp up from the canalside.

Amongst the shop units under the Bowline path are a café and a bike shop.

The refurbished former railway bridge over the Forth & Clyde Canal is now part of the Bowline path.

A ramp and steps connect the canal towpath to the Bowline path.

The pedestrian crossing on the former route of NCN7, now bypassed by the Bowline path.

A direction sign for the Forth & Clyde Canal in Bowling, with a pointed end even though it is on the approach to the actual junction. The pedestrian crossing used to be part of NCN7, until the cycle route was rerouted via the Bowline path.

The revitalised former railway bridge across Dumbarton Road in Bowling, now part of the Bowline project.

Ramp to Manse Road, Bowling.

Off-ramp to Manse Road in Bowling.

The new Bowline path diverges from the Loch Lomond cycle path, with the original route into the park still available. NCN7 is now signed over the new route.

The new Bowline path merges with the original Loch Lomond cycle path.

The final bridge on the Bowline route is over Dumbarton Road.

The Bowline viaduct has various information boards.

The Bowline bridge across the Forth & Clyde Canal.

The start of the Bowline viaduct. Steps and a ramp connect the path to the canal towpath off to the right.

The Bowline path approaching Bowling.

The Bowline path, heading towards Bowling.

The route sign at the Bowline junction, east of Bowling. NCN7 is now signed via the new Bowline route, while NCN754 continues along the canal towpath. In the Clydebank direction, NCN7 is incorrectly shown in brackets.

A choice of routes approaching Bowling.

BMX 2

Some aerial action from the Scottish BMX Open Championships in Clydebank

The plastic bollard at the entrance to the cycle path at Dock Street has gone missing.

A direction sign for the cycle parking at the Golden Jubilee Hospital on the riverside path. The cycle parking has moved due to building work, and has been replaced by a number of double deck units.

A direction sign for the canal access that has completely faded out at the roundabout at the hospital western exit. The pedestrian crossing is also completely out on both sides.

A broken sign on the Forth & Clyde Canal towpath at Dalmuir.

It was interesting watching (from the other side of the junction) the differing strategies employed by drivers when confronted with traffic signals where both the red lights were faulty. The impatient ones assumed wrongly that the signals for the whole junction were out, and risked causing collisions by driving across the junction, and one driver waited until the traffic across the other side (which was sitting there stationary) started to move. The amber and green lights, and the signals on the other sides of the junction were functioning.

Although the former steps connecting Milton Mains Road and Glenhead Road to the Great Western Road shared footway have been replaced by a ramp (as seen in #107326), at the other end the nearest dropped kerb (just out of the picture) assumes everyone will be heading south and not west.

Lots of signs for drivers, some with posts in the shared footway/cycleway.

No crossing from shared footway/cycleway to sports facilities across the road.

The path around the back of the pitches at Whitecrook Park is not surfaced, but leads to an entrance on North Elgin Street.

Cycle parking at the entrance to Whitecrook Park, but a metal maze to get through to get to it, unless you go around the end of the fence.

There are some tightly spaced cycle parking stands next to the entrance door, in addition to those in #173563, and some bikes were visible inside the doorway.

Despite there being parking spaces on the opposite side of the road, this driver has decided to block the footway at the bus stop by parking at the most inconvenient place possible.

The canal path access next to the Centre81 community centre is now opened. There are steps and a hair-pin bend ramp. The community centre also has some cycle parking.

Surface dressing has been applied to the canal towpath between Yoker and Clydebank.

Surface dressing has been applied to the canal towpath between Yoker and Clydebank.

Surface dressing has been applied to the canal towpath between Yoker and Clydebank.

Surface dressing has been applied to the canal towpath between Yoker and Clydebank.

Surface dressing has been applied to the canal towpath between Yoker and Clydebank.

Dock Street Clydebank, NCN 7 where it crosses a street, I wonder if it could be made more clear the path crosses here 🤔 Sight lines a major issue here with parked cars, for a path used by all age groups walk/wheeling with heavy vehicles using the Rd for access to the left. t.co/wBFOZCBLB4

The West Street access point to the Forth & Clyde Canal could use a dropped kerb.

A new canal towpath access point has been created at the Centre81 community centre in Whitecrook.

UPDATE: Now open.

A new steps and ramp access to the canal towpath is being built at the Centre81 community centre in Whitecrook. The towpath here has been resurfaced over a short distance.

Paths on both sides of the canal at Linnvale have bumpy surfaces.

The path on the north side of the Forth & Clyde Canal at Linnvale has a loose gravel surface, while the direct route to Strauss Avenue is just a grass path.

West Thomson Street has been partially resurfaced (see #107341), but the cycle lane has not been reinstated, even though the signs remain, albeit one facing in the wrong direction.

The little bridge across the Forth & Clyde Canal in Clydebank appears to have stuck. Access is still available across the main bridge at the shopping centre, but this is often busy with pedestrians, making this a preferred route for cycling to and from the various attractions across the canal.

The riverside path is separated from the car park by rising bollards, although they hadn't been deployed at the time of my visit.

The riverside path outside the Clydebank Leisure Centre.

Cycle parking outside the Clydebank Leisure Centre.

The Titan Crane in Clydebank, and access to the new riverside path to the right.

Cycle parking at the western end of the riverside path in Dalmuir. The path does not connect into the hospital grounds ahead.

The Boquhanran Road underpass beneath the Forth & Clyde Canal. I'm sure the road network would still function if this was shut to motor traffic and a more suitable surface laid for safer cycling.

An underpass with steps linking the two parts of Boquhanran Road beneath the railway. Unlikely to ever be made accessible, I guess. Duntocher Road is the nearest alternative crossing.

A dropped kerb is still required at both ends of the path connecting the Clydebank Business Park and Singer Road.

NCN7 meets Dock Street on the edge of Clydebank. This will become a busy crossing when the new bridge to Renfrew is built. There is scope to put the cycle path on a bridge to cross the road, reusing the abutment of the old railway bridge, but I don't think anything more than a toucan crossing is planned.

The space to each side of the barrier is less than desirable, but I guess the barrier will be going when the new road is built.

Traffic filtering on NCN7. This separates a small residential area from the industrial estate.

The new road between Clydebank College and Cable Depot road. This section is as yet unopened, but I saw a few people on bikes using it. At this end, it connects with NCN7. There are bus stops, but no cycle facilities along the road.

The new riverside path from the Titan crane leaves the riverside and follows a zig-zag course a little back from the river bank. It then ceases, without (as yet) connecting to the path seen in #167649.

A new riverside path, next to the Titan crane in Clydebank. At present, it is a dead end path.

A section of new road linking Cable Depot Road to the Clydebank College area. This section is as yet unopened.

Here the road is raised to footway level, and corduroy tactiles are used to mark the limit of the carriageway.

A nice section of riverside path, but it doesn't connect to anything else. A new section of path is being installed beyond the navigation light (see #167654), but with the industrial estate in the way, does not look like it will link up.

A path connectinging an industrial estate to the hospital entrance road along the riverside. I guess the things at the side of the path are meant to be cycle parking stands, although placed right up against a kerb, and in a location unlikely to see much demand for cycle parking.

A poorly designed corner on junction at Cable Depot Road. The verge and tactile paving is being run over by vehicular traffic.

A new road parallel to Dumbarton Road, connecting Cable Depot Road to the area around Clydebank College. I don't know what bus service they expect will use this road once open completely, since this road effectively bypasses the town centre.

The road has numerous speed humps, but unless there is some form of traffic filtering, has potential to become a rat run. No cycle facilities were noted.

A new toucan crossing next to Miller Street. The carriageway has been raised to the same level as the footway, and corduroy tactile paving is used to mark the edge of the footway since the kerb is flush.

Work outside Clydebank Town Hall. No sign yet of the cycle lanes shown in the artist's impression. www.scottishconstructionnow.com/article/4-3m-project-to-transform-clydebanks-town-centre-links

Very obstructive bar accross cycle path - would be better to have a single post in the centre of the path

This underpass could be a safer route from the south side of the train track to the North side, meaning cycling to the High School would be safer that than using Duntocher Road but there are steps

Wider path for cycling

Safe crossing point established to prevent cycleway being blocked bus buses and lorries parking up.

Poor surface area at junction. Kerb drop down is often blocked by cars/vans using the burger van

Improve cycling links in West Dunbartonshire

Road is wide enough to have a segregated cycle path to allow better access to the school for pupils

Needs a cycle path to encourage High students to cycle and stay off public and driven transport

Needs a cycle path to encourage High students to cycle and stay off public and driven transport

Dreadful surface on canal path

Wide road that could easily have a cycle path connecting to the two high schools

Wide road that could easily have a cycle path connecting to the two high schools

Wide road that could easily have a cycle path connecting to the two high schools

The Forth & Clyde Canal towpath in Clydebank.

Cycle parking at the staff entrance to the Golden Jubilee National Hospital. There is better cycle parking over by the car park at #107103.