Linn Park lies just south of Cathcart railway station, on the edge of Glasgow Southside. It’s…
Tag: Scotland
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…
Spango Valley
Just south of Greenock, in Inverclyde, western Scotland, is a derelict business park called Spango Valley,…
Podcast #073: The Cathcart Circle
Welcome to Episode 073 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. As you know,…
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.…
Hiking The Pennine Way
On my Hike Across Great Britain in the summer of 2019, I hiked the Pennine Way.…
Hiking the West Highland Way
The West Highland Way is the archetypal and most famous of the long-distance Scottish footpaths. In…
Hiking on Orkney
Hiking on Orkney was one of my major reasons for travelling there. My original aim was…
Neolithic Orkney Mainland
I always wonder about the pre-Roman peoples of Western Europe. Looking through the lens of a…