The Greenock Cut

Windle · 05-05-2009, 19:54

Decided I'm going to start GPS Tracking my walks/hikes and use my Phone's built-in Geotagging feature to store my photos on the way.

Did the Greenock Cut walk (Designated an Ancient Monument in 1972). It's about 7.2miles in length and relatively flat. The Greenock Cut is a 6.5km aqueduct that carried water from Loch Thom to the town of Greenock to provide people with drinking water as well as power for the industries. It was built by Robert Thom in 1825-27 and is now a designated ancient monument. The Cut did have 23 bridges, some of which have been restored, plus sluices and bothies along it's length. It also provides access onto Dunrod Hill (298m).

You can see the Route/Stats and Photos here (Stats are slightly screwy, seems to have taken the trip twice hence the 14 odd mile reported length)

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=197794

I'll be posting my trips as I do them. Got some Munros planned in the near future as the weather gets better!

Oh and I'm using a Garmin eTrex which I nicked from work (It's not accurate enough to use for work), accurate to about 7m~ depending on Sat view. My mobile is a Sammy Tocco Ultra with 8mp Camera and built-in GPS

05-05-2009, 19:54	#1
Windle Columbian Coffee Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 77	The Greenock Cut Decided I'm going to start GPS Tracking my walks/hikes and use my Phone's built-in Geotagging feature to store my photos on the way. Did the Greenock Cut walk (Designated an Ancient Monument in 1972). It's about 7.2miles in length and relatively flat. The Greenock Cut is a 6.5km aqueduct that carried water from Loch Thom to the town of Greenock to provide people with drinking water as well as power for the industries. It was built by Robert Thom in 1825-27 and is now a designated ancient monument. The Cut did have 23 bridges, some of which have been restored, plus sluices and bothies along it's length. It also provides access onto Dunrod Hill (298m). You can see the Route/Stats and Photos here (Stats are slightly screwy, seems to have taken the trip twice hence the 14 odd mile reported length) http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=197794 I'll be posting my trips as I do them. Got some Munros planned in the near future as the weather gets better! Oh and I'm using a Garmin eTrex which I nicked from work (It's not accurate enough to use for work), accurate to about 7m~ depending on Sat view. My mobile is a Sammy Tocco Ultra with 8mp Camera and built-in GPS