Flat whites and city lights. not get better than this

THIS BEST PLACE TO BE A WOMAN IN BRITAIN?

countryside up here, the access to the hills and the beach. Oxfordshire is lovely but it’s a bit flat.

“I grew up in the Lake District and I think you want your kids to have what you had growing up.”

Having lived all over the world, Angela Pointon is very happy in Bearsden. The 52-year-old says it is much easier to commute into the city from the north than the south, which could be what gave East Dunbartonshire the edge.

When she

SAFE HAVEN Heather in cafe, below. Left, Beti Schulz COFFEE STOP Marie and Morag stop for a brew at Grace & favour. Pics: Phil Dye