Kelly Cut Walk

 Saturday 20th June 2009

Always a popular walk with the group is this walk from the visitor centre at Cornalees to the Kelly Reservoir some 4 miles away high above the village of Inverkip. The Kelly Cut itself was constructed around 1845 to join up with the Greenock Cut, brainchild of the Rothesay civil engineer Robert Thom and officially opened in 1827, the object being to supply Greenock with additional water power to generate the ever growing need for the Grain mills, Paper mills, and Sugar refinery that were in production around the ever expanding seaport that Greenock was becoming in the late 18th century. Heading south from the Centre the walk took us passed a board walk leading down to Shielhill Glen, then twisting along the (unusually dry) path at the side of the aquaduct and around Brown Hill and through part of Leap Moor passing the halfway mark sign for Wemyss Bay before reaching our turning point at the Kelly Reservoir where a short stop was made for refreshments before our return journey back to the starting point at the Cornalees Centre.

Seventeen of the Bosco Wanderers turned out for this walk and I'm sure that they will all agree that the dry condition of the path made it an even more enjoyable day out and walk for everyone.

Joe Roche

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