Entering M8 at Junction 20

On the outer carriageway of M8; gantry for M77 in front

On the outer carriageway, heading into the sun :-(

Junction 21 on-slip enters where Junction 20's countdown markers begin - good job the outer carriageway is much quieter than the inner one!

Junction 22 gantry; Lane 1 for M77 Kilmarnock & Prestwick Airport; Lanes 2-3 for M8 Glasgow Airport & Greenock

Junction 20: outer exit slip rising to meet inner exit slip

Down to one lane to merge with traffic from the inner carriageway exit

A short, unforgiving merge onto M77 mainline

A short trench takes us under Nithsdale Road in Dumbreck

Junction 1 appears almost before we know it - B768 P'shields, Mosspark; mainline is K'marnock M77 (A77), Prestwick Airport

Route confirmation sign: M77 (A77), Barrhead 5, Kilmarnock 18, P'wick Airport 28, Ayr 32, Stranraer 82

Skirting the edge of Pollok Country Park, we approach Junction 2: B762 P'shaws, Barrhead

Alongside Pollok park

Gantry sign and accommodation overbridge for Corkerhill

Crossing White Cart Water by Pollok Country Park

Junction 2

B762 overbridge at J2 - no hard shoulder for 350 yards

Junction 3: A726 Paisley, East Kilbride

Junction 3 on-slip and a route-confirmation: M77 (A77), Kilmarnock 15, P'wick Airport 25, Ayr 29, Stranraer 79

Superelevated curve near Patterton

Junction 4 ½-mile ADS: N'Mearns, Stewarton, (B769)

Climbing lane ends at the top of the hill

Junction 4

Alongside B765 near Newton Mearns