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Linn Park
Linn Park lies just south of Cathcart railway station, on the edge of Glasgow Southside. It’s about 80 hectares, and…
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Football History in Glasgow Southside
The Southside of Glasgow is fundamentally important for the history of the game of football (soccer). The Scottish Football Association…
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Pollok Country Park
Pollok Country Park, on the edge of Glasgow, is one of the most famous city parks in the UK. It’s…
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Cute Cafes in Glasgow
Now, a blog post about ‘Cute Cafes in Glasgow’ (or anywhere else to be honest) isn’t the sort of post…
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Spango Valley
Just south of Greenock, in Inverclyde, western Scotland, is a derelict business park called Spango Valley, and an associated closed…
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Podcast #073: The Cathcart Circle
Welcome to Episode 073 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. As you know, I’m always touting the…
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A guide to Queen’s Parkrun, Glasgow
Queen’s Parkrun is the edition of Parkrun that takes place in Queen’s Park, in Glasgow’s Southside. It’s one of several…
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Spaces #008: Hiking Across Great Britain
Welcome to the recording of the eighth edition of my semi-regular Twitter Space sessions. This episode was all about hiking,…
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Hiking The Pennine Way
On my Hike Across Great Britain in the summer of 2019, I hiked the Pennine Way. Much like the West…
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Hiking the West Highland Way
The West Highland Way is the archetypal and most famous of the long-distance Scottish footpaths. In many ways it’s also…
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Hiking on Orkney
Hiking on Orkney was one of my major reasons for travelling there. My original aim was to walk around several…
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Neolithic Orkney Mainland
I always wonder about the pre-Roman peoples of Western Europe. Looking through the lens of a 21st century human, I…
