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Around The Firth of Clyde
http://jane-firthofclyde.blogspot.com/
My photos, old and new, of this beautiful area of Scotland where I used to live many years ago, and where I hope to live once more.
- Added on: Aug 11th, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Jane
- Listed in: Places & Geography Destinations
- Tags: scotland clyde greenock inverclyde "river clyde" "north ayrshire"
Recent Posts
Isle of Bute: Blackpark Stone Circle
Incredibly atmospheric and well worth a visit (we loved discovering them!), these three standing stones are all that remain of the original seven. They are surrounded by forestry plantation and composed mainly of quartz which explains their ...
Dunoon: Sandbank and Holy Loch
Ardnadam is part of Sandbank and has the longest pier around the Firth of Clyde (200 ft/60m long), not shown to its best advantage in my photo above, unfortunately (click to see larger). Built in 1858, it was used as a steamer pier. Prior to the Firs...
Loch Eck
Six miles north of Dunoon, this beautiful loch is part of the Argyll Forest Park and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. It is a narrow loch, seven miles long, which is surrounded by steeply banked forests and rugged mountain scenery. It has...
Dunoon: Around the Town
Various photos taken in one of our favourite towns!Argyll Street - a great little shopping centreBells of Dunoon - a fantastic clothes and souvenir shop! Website hereThe Argyll Hotel is opposite the pier, and is one of Dunoon's distinctive landmarks...
Ardrossan 2
Just a few extra photos of the harbour and the new flats around the edgeMy original blog and photos are here...
Greenock: McLean Museum 2
More photos and a couple of videos from inside my favourite museum! I love visiting this place whenever I'm back in Greenock, though never have long enough to browse thoroughly - there's so much to see, far more than my photos show.Below: a private i...
Very nice blog about a not so well-known area of Scotland that nonetheless deserves to be visited for the natural interests and the human factor interacting with it.
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