Linn Park

Linn Park lies just south of Cathcart railway station, on the edge of Glasgow Southside. It’s…

Football History in Glasgow Southside

The Southside of Glasgow is fundamentally important for the history of the game of football (soccer).…

Pollok Country Park

Pollok Country Park, on the edge of Glasgow, is one of the most famous city parks…

Cute Cafes in Glasgow

Now, a blog post about ‘Cute Cafes in Glasgow’ (or anywhere else to be honest) isn’t…

Podcast #078: The Merchant Navy

Welcome to Episode 078 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. Well, this is…

Podcast #077: New Series, New City, New Nel

Welcome to Episode 077 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. Well, that was…

What is a Numbers Station

There is a famous quote from a spokesperson in what was at the time the Department…

Spango Valley

Just south of Greenock, in Inverclyde, western Scotland, is a derelict business park called Spango Valley,…

The Russian Woodpecker

On my visit to Chernobyl and Pripyat, one of the places I was taken to was…

Visiting Pripyat

Whenever anyone thinks of visiting Chernobyl, what they think of often isn’t the power plant itself.…

Chernobyl City and the Exclusion Zone

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station was the scene of an explosion in April 1986. It was…

How to Visit Chernobyl

At the time of writing this blog post, Chernobyl has been off-limits to visitors for a…