Cottiers – Bar, Restaurant, Theatre, Glasgow West End
Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU 0141 357 5825 www.cottiers.com/ Cottiers Bar and Restaurant is a most attractive and flexible venue in Glasgow’s West End. Previously, Dowanhill Church, it is one of only three surviving Scottish churches famously decorated by Daniel Cottier, the revolutionary artist-designer when it was built in 1865. Food and Drink […]
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Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Book Week Scotland=2023, Celtic Connections 2016, Clubs in Glasgow, Film reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2014, The Glasgow Keelie, Writing for the Festive Season
Bob Law: Walking and Cycling in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
For the past 50 years I have been lucky enough to have lived not far from Renfrewshire and Inverclyde, I’ve completed hundreds of walks and cycle rides in this area, decade by decade, yet every year I still enjoy it and remarkably I’m still finding new walks that are both surprising and enjoyable. Glasgow OS […]
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Saturday, September 6, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law’s blog: Great Cumbrae and Millport
. It’s been a few years since my last visit to this great wee island situated just off the coastal town of Largs. Time I paid it another visit. The ferry fare over (for one foot passenger, no car) is still under £5 return and the bus that meets the ferry to take passengers into […]
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Monday, August 11, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law: Loch Ardinning and Muirhouse Muir
.Walking and Photography in Scotland Just to the east of the popular Mugdock Country Park, around ten miles north of Glasgow, on the busy and fast A81 two lay-bys holding around a dozen cars in total are spotted just before you drop down into Strathblane. This is the start point for Loch Ardinning and Muirhouse […]
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law’s Blog: A Day Trip to Stirling City of the Wolf
Stirling Walk and Photography Until I visited Stirling for a day walk around the place I didn’t realise it was the city of the wolf. Paid car parking is available on the streets leading up to the castle. Bus and train routes are also available. In many ways Stirling is like a smaller version of […]
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Monday, May 26, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog
Bob Law: A Day Trip To Stirling – City of the Wolf
Until I visited Stirling for a day walk around the place I didn’t realise it was the city of the wolf. (Paid car parking is available on the streets leading up to the castle. Bus and train routes are also available.) In many ways Stirling is like a smaller version of Edinburgh. It has an […]
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Saturday, May 24, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law’s Blog: A Fresh Look at Greenock
Bob Law, Photographer and Walker Living in Glasgow for many decades Greenock, Gourock and Port Glasgow have always been handy for me to visit by car, bus, train or bike but a recent trip down there opened my eyes even further to an area I thought I already knew well. First stop was Greenock’s […]
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Friday, April 11, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog
Bob Law – A Trip to the Barras Market
A couple of weeks ago a friend asked if I fancied a visit to the Barras Market. The market has been going since the early 1920s when an enterprising woman (Maggie McIver) rented barrows selling a range of goods. I occasionally used to go with my parents as a small child during the 1960s to […]
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
What’s New Glasgow West End
(Photo by Jim Byrne) RECENT FEATURES What’s on at GFT in October – 25 September, 2025 Denise Mina and Helen Fields in conversation with Bryan Burnett at Aye Write 15 November – 23 September, 2025 The Glasgow Shanty Festival The Tall Ship Saturday 11 October from 12 noon – 23 September, 2025 Book Launch: […]
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Sunday, March 2, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog
Bob Law: Walks and Photography – The Romance of Winter
. Not a title I would normally use to describe a season that can be grim, depressing, hard to get through, and at times, seemingly endless. Having worked in various jobs over the decades, driving and struggling outdoors to deliver or fix things in deep snow, driving rain, ice, frost, savage winds, often during dark, […]
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Thursday, January 30, 2025 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Discovering Loch Lomond’s Islands and the Luss Hills.
Kayaking on Loch Lomond For several decades from the 1980s onward I was a hill-walker bagging Munros, Scottish islands, and rock climbing. After I’d finished them I turned my attention to Loch Lomond as I’d passed it every time I’d motored along the A82 up the West Coast. As I didn’t own a boat I […]
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Thursday, December 5, 2024 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law: Making the Most of Photography during Autumn and Winter
With the clocks going back an hour recently that means it’s darker earlier. For a photographer this means more opportunities for sunset shots or night time camera work at a convenient hour as it’s now dark by 5:00pm. By Christmas and New Year it will be dark by 4 p.m. . Even if it’s raining […]
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Saturday, November 2, 2024 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law: Anniesland and Knightswood – An Unexpectedly Green Walk.
If you look at a map of this district, street map or satellite view, it does not look like you could get an enjoyable green walk out of it but you would be wrong. Recently I did this circular walk, around three hours duration, and really enjoyed it. Start is Anniesland Cross where Anniesland Court […]
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Walks
Bob Law: Troon to Irvine Coastal Walk
An enjoyable walk I did recently with a friend was to walk from Troon at low tide along the beach to Irvine and the Magnum Beach Park, then return back via the railway in Irvine two stops down the line to Troon. It’s a flat easy walk of just over 8km or 5 miles and […]
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog
Bob Law: Barrhead to Nitshill
.A very enjoyable walk and train trip About a month ago I took a train from my house near Anniesland to Glasgow Central then one to Barrhead. You can take buses but that’s a slower journey and as I don’t take many train trips it was a novelty. A day return cost under £3 with […]
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Sunday, July 7, 2024 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2014, Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Walks
Bob Law: Lang Craigs and the Overtoun House Estate
One walk I always try to go back to in May/June is Overtoun Estate and the Lang Craigs. How to get there: If using by public transport take Bus or Train to Crosslet or Dumbarton East then cross the A82 at Gruggies Burn and follow a path via an obvious gap/ hole in a stone […]
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Friday, May 24, 2024 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law’s Blog: A Glasgow and Paisley Escarpment Walk
Gleniffer Braes and Brownside Braes Escarpment On a good day a very enjoyable walk can be had along the edge of the Gleniffer Braes and Brownside Braes escarpment. This offers fantastic views over Paisley and Glasgow without too much effort as it mainly follows flat or gently rolling paths all the way. Starting the Walk […]
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog
Bob Law: Walk and Photography – Greenock and Gourock Circular
A walk I did recently turned out to be very enjoyable on a nice clear day, which provided extensive views. Park a car or take train or bus to Greenock’s Esplanade. From there you walk along in the direction of Gourock Bay passing the wide and spacious Battery Park then the main ferry terminal / […]
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Thursday, December 7, 2023 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law’s Blog: The Knock: A Small Hill Above Largs
The seaside town of Largs is a popular destination for day trippers, both to the town itself and as a short ferry crossing to the island of Great Cumbrae and its town of Millport. The Small Green Hills That Surround Largs What is less well known however is the quality of the small green hills […]
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law’s Blog: Photography and Walks – David Livingstone Centre and River Clyde Walk
A combination of an interesting museum dedicated to the famous explorer and Christian missionary (which can be the sole purpose of your visit) plus a beautiful wild feeling walk along this upper stretch of the River Clyde. The David Livingstone Museum The museum is well worth a visit with scenic grounds, a sizeable car park, […]
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
Bob Law’s Walks and Photography: Silverburn to Barrhead
An Enjoyable One Way Walk A couple of months ago I had a very enjoyable walk, one best undertaken by bus or train due to different start and end points and a lack of suitable parking places. I boarded an express bus X8 from Buchanan Bus Station which went directly to the Silverburn Shopping Centre […]
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Walks and Tours Glasgow
Bob Law’s Blog: Cuningar Loop and The River Clyde Walkway.
Walking and Photography I had a recent trip out to Cuningar Loop Park situated between Dalmarnock and Rutherglen. A former area of waste ground located on a large meandering loop of the River Clyde has been transformed into a much needed public park for this inner city area and Dalmarnock itself has been getting a […]
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Thursday, May 18, 2023 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Walks
Bob Law’s Blog: Crookston Castle and Pollok – walking and photography
Unlike Edinburgh Castle or Stirling Castle, both of which are very obvious prominent landmarks for visiting tourists to be drawn towards, Glasgow’s last surviving medieval castle within the city boundaries is much more illusive to find. Crookston Castle sits 5 miles to the south west of the city centre and is not as grand or […]
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Friday, April 14, 2023 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
Bob Law: The Beauty of Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire, probably due to its lack of obvious parking places for casual visitors, does not get as many tourists as its scenic beauty might deserve but over the last five decades it’s been a favourite of mine both for walking and cycling. Bus or train takes you to Nitshill, Barrhead, Neilston, Paisley or Johnstone and […]
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Walks
Bob Law’s Blog: Isle of Bute – walking and cycling
One of my favourite islands for many decades has been the island of Bute sitting in the Firth of Clyde. It is a green fertile island and although nearby neighbour mountainous Arran draws the eye and is a magnet for adventure seeking walkers and rock climbers Bute usually enjoys better weather, a quieter network of […]
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Monday, January 23, 2023 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
Bob Law’s Blog: A Cold Snap
November 2022 may have been unseasonably mild but the first two weeks of December 2022 more than made up for that. For ten or more days in a row we had sub zero temperatures during the day falling to between minus five to minus ten degrees even within towns and cities. After a week of […]
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Thursday, December 22, 2022 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
Bob Law’s Blog: An Appreciation of Autumn
(Clydebank Public Park) Public parks and golf courses often have the best autumn colours as trees from around the world were collected in past times and planted here- purely for their decorative appearance and a lot of thought went into it. Not a haphazard effect. Here’s a selection from Autumn 2022: Over the decades my […]
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Thursday, November 3, 2022 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Walks
Bob Law’s Blog: Wood Carving Artworks
Over the past decade, on my travels, I’ve been struck by how elaborate, useful, and eye-catching many benches, outdoor sculptures, and presumably commissioned objects of art have become in recent years. If you work in the medium of pavement or beach art you know with the next high tide or heavy downpour your creation is […]
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Saturday, September 3, 2022 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer
Bob Law’s Blog: The Wonders of Arran
One Scottish island that always stands out for me is Arran. For one thing it has an outstanding, knife edged in places, granite ridge, the domain of hill-walkers, scramblers, and rock climbers. For another it has numerous attractive small villages, scattered like gems on a necklace, all along the circular coastline at handy intervals. […]
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Bob Law’s Blog: Glamaig, Isle of Skye
A Day on Glamaig It’s been at least ten years since we had a hill-walking trip to the Scottish Island of Skye. Previous trips, over many decades of walking and rock climbing, had concentrated on the more jagged and knife edged Black Cuillin ridge line but given Skye’s notoriously fickle weather we still had several […]
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Sunday, July 24, 2022 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Walks
