Old Travel Blog Photograph River Kelvin Botanic Gardens Glasgow Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph children walking by the River Kelvin in the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow Botanic Gardens is an Arboretum and public park located in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. It features several glasshouses, the most notable of which is the Kibble Palace. The gardens were created in 1817, and run by the Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow, founded by Thomas Hopkirk of Dalbeth, and were intended to supply the University of Glasgow. William Hooker was regius professor of botany at Glasgow University, and contributed to the development of the Botanic Gardens before his appointment to the directorship of Kew Gardens in London. The gardens were originally used for concerts and other events, and in 1891 the gardens were incorporated in to the Parks and Gardens of the City of Glasgow.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Manse Tayvallich Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the manse at Tayvallich, Argyll, Scotland. A small Scottish village in the Knapdale area of Argyll and Bute, in Scotland. The village name has its origins in Gaelic, and means the " house of the pass ". The village is built around a sheltered harbour on Loch Sween. A manse is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, United church, Baptist and other traditions. Ultimately derived from the Latin mansus, " dwelling ", from manere, " to remain ", by the 16th century the term meant both a dwelling and, in ecclesiastical contexts, the amount of land needed to support a single family. Many notable Scots have been called " sons, or daughters, of the manse", and the term is a recurring point of reference within Scottish media and culture. When selling a former manse, the Church of Scotland always requires that the property should not be called " The Manse " by the new owners, but " The Old Manse " or some other acceptable variation. The intended result is that " The Manse " refers to a working building rather than simply applying as a name.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph West of Scotland Convalescent Seaside Homes Dunoon Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the West of Scotland Convalescent Seaside Homes in Dunoon, Cowal Peninsula, Argyll, Scotland. The hydropathic convalescent establishment was opened in 1869 and was intended to serve the poor of Glasgow. Princess Louise became its patron in 1872. It was originally built as a hydropathic establishment, but the philanthropist Beatrice Clugston was instrumental in turning it into a convalescent home instead. Beatrice Clugston had earlier founded the Glasgow Convalescent Home at Bothwell, moved to Lenzie in 1871, and also founded the Broomhill Home for incurables at Kirkintilloch in 1876. The Dunoon home had been built at a cost of £11,000, was fitted with " splendid baths ", and could accommodate 150 patients. A wing was added in 1880. Dunoon is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute. It is on the west shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. The town and surrounding area are known as a destination for outdoor pursuits, including walking, running, golfing, kayaking, sailing, fishing, climbing, triathlon and mountain biking.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph East Sands Beach Lossiemouth Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of East Sands Beach in Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. Lossiemouth Beach is a large strip of dunes separated from the rest of the town by the River Lossie, creating a useful sheltered expanse of water. The town looks down onto this natural harbour with a plain promenade street from which there is a long wooden footbridge leading onto the sands. Ringed plover, grey heron, black headed gull, oystercatcher, curlew, mallard and other waders feed under the bridge and are easy to watch from the street, and there are vast numbers of water birds in the more rural area further east.



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Old Travel Blog Photograph Road To Stùc a' Chroin Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the road through Glen Ogle to Stùc a' Chroin mountain in the Trossachs, Scotland. Stùc a' Chroin is a mountain located in the southern part of the Highlands. It lies to the south of Ben Vorlich, which is itself bounded to the north by Loch Earn, and to the west by Loch Lubnaig. The boundary between the council areas of Perth and Kinross and Stirling passes through the summit of the peak, and the town of Callander lies to the south. Stùc a' Chroin is most often climbed in conjunction with Ben Vorlich from Ardvorlich on Loch Earnside to the north. The normal routes of ascent is over the summit of Ben Vorlich and down its south west ridge to the Bealach an Dubh Choirein. From this bealach a rough path cuts very steeply up on the right side of the prominent buttress to the summit of Stùc a' Chroin. Returning from the bealach, Ben Vorlich can be skirted by a pathless traverse of grassy slopes to the pass on its east.



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