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St Columbs House B&B, Buncrana, Co Donegal review Pat Byrne

St Columbs Luxury B & B

St Columbs Luxury B & B, St Mary’s Road, Buncrana, Co Donegal, Ireland To book: Telephone: 00 353 (0)87 4526696 or  email [email protected] Book online stcolumbshouse.com/ My husband Jim and I  recently spent a few days visiting my relatives in Buncrana in Inishowen, Co. Donegal.  I had a lot of catching up to do and time […]

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Sunday, March 17, 2024 | Filed under: Accommodation, Pat's Home Page Blog

The Arlington Baths Club

Arlington Baths

61 Arlington Street Glasgow, G3 6DT Telephone:0141 332 6021 [email protected] www.arlingtonbaths.co.uk Swimming With Gravitational Waves – 18 November Swimming With Gravitational Waves – Arlington Baths Club   Film Night, Saturday 25 Novemberm 6 p.m. Sea Donkey Sea Donkey – Film Night at Arlington Baths Club     The Iconic Arlington Baths Club The Arlington Baths […]

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Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings: Inverary to Dunoon

Puck's Glen

Benmore Gardens and Puck’s Glen Today’s outing, 26 July 2023, would take me down the length of the Cowal peninsula, from Inveraray to Dunoon, taking in Benmore Botanic Gardens and Puck’s Glen. The trip could be done either from Dunoon in the south, or from Inveraray in the north, but I decided on the Inveraray […]

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Wullie Davidson: Bus Pass Rambles – Tobermory

Tobermory

Thursday, 22 June 2023 I first visited Tobermory in the summer of 2019. It was the day of the Wimbledon ladies’ final, when Simona Halep beat Serena Williams 6-2 6-2, and I spent much of the little time I had in a bar watching the match. So, I didn’t really do it justice. I decided […]

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Wully Davidson Bus Pass Rambles: Kerrera

kerrera

5 June, 2023 Kerrera After Thursday’s failed attempt, due to a coach blocking the road after becoming stuck in a ditch, I decided to get back on the horse for another go at visiting Kerrera. The 0830 bus from Buchanan bus station arrived in Oban at 1136 and I caught a taxi for the 2 […]

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Wully Davidson: Kerrera Misadventure

bus misadventure kerrera

 Bus Pass Rambles – 1 June, 2023 Today’s trip was supposed to take me to Kerrera island to walk a six mile loop along its southern half. Kerrera is the island a few hundred yards from Oban. The 0830 bus from Glasgow to Oban should have taken 3 hours, but there was an accident on […]

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Wullie Davidson: Bus Pass Rambles – Elie to Anstruther

elie beach

Fife Coastal Path – Elie to Anstruther (Tuesday 18 April 2023) With a sunny day expected, I decided to get out and do my first bus pass ramble of the year. This one would take me back to the east neuk of Fife to walk a six mile section of the Fife coastal path from […]

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Guide to the Kelvingrove area, Glasgow West End

Area Guide Kelvingrove Kelvingrove Park, one of Glasgow’s dear green places, is a very popular, especially on a warm summer’s day when it attracts joggers, strollers, families and students from nearby Glasgow University pretending to prepare for exams. The area around Kelvingrove Park is one of the most beautiful in the West End, if you […]

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Friday, March 10, 2023 | Filed under: Guide, Pat's Home Page Blog, Travel

Accommodation: The Annex, Kilbride Farmhouse, Dunoon

annexe dunoon front

The Annex at Kilbride Farm is situated in Dunoon, the main town of the Cowal Peninsula, Argyll and Bute. From the accommodation you can enjoy dramatic, ever changing views, over the Firth of Clyde. Dunoon, only a 15 minutes walk away, offers many attractions including: hill climbing, country walks – the quiet country roads are […]

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | Filed under: Accommodation, Pat's Home Page Blog, Travel

Accommodation in Glasgow / Further Afield/Reviews

Just get in touch if you would like to discuss opportunities for including your accommodation on the site, or adding further information to those already featured. email: [email protected] Accommodation Further Afield – Out of Town and Overseas Trips and Reviews in Scotland and Overseas Newly added: October, 2022  The Annex, Kilbride Farmhouse, Dunoon, Isle of […]

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Saturday, October 22, 2022 | Filed under: Accommodation, Travel

Short Trip to East Neuk of Fife

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Jim and I hadn’t had a holiday since our wonderful trip to Tuscany in September, 2019. With Covid numbers falling and the sun out we decided it was time for a short break so headed  to the East Neuk of Fife on the Firth of Forth. We managed to fit a lot in – visiting […]

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Friday, September 9, 2022 | Filed under: Travel

Glasgow West End, Guide to Kelvinbridge and Hillhead

  (There you have it, folks: Great Western Road at Kelvinbridge, third coolest street in the world. Time Out Global Ranking) Travelling west along Great Western Road you will arrive at Kelvinbridge on the North side of Hillhead. The bridge is lovely at night when it is lit up and the view to the south […]

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Monday, August 22, 2022 | Filed under: Guide, Pat's Home Page Blog, Travel

Pat’s Guide to the Buildings, Architecture and History in Glasgow’s West End

Up until the 1840s Glasgow’s West End consisted of open countryside, isolated farmhouses and the country dwellings of Glasgows most wealthy citizens. The completion of the Great Western Road and the re-location of the Botanic Gardens to the Kelvinside Estate in the early 1840s was the catalyst for rapid change to the character of the […]

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022 | Filed under: Architecture, Pat's Home Page Blog

Wully Davidson’s Bus Pass Rambles: Warm Day in the West Highlands

view pulpit hill 1

Glasgow to Oban Wednesday was forecasted to be a warm day in the west Highlands, as an area of high pressure over the UK would be centred there. I decided on a trip down the west coast from Fort William to Oban. Journey time 1 hour and 33 minutes. The bus from Buchanan Street left […]

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Wully Davidson’s Blog: Isle of Gigha

ferry to gigha

Bus Pass Ramblings – August 2021 Tayinloan Village – Ferry Terminal Today’s trip would take me to the small island of Gigha, a few miles west of the Mull of Kintyre. The Campbeltown bus from Glasgow left Buchanan St at 0910, and arrived at Tayinloan village at 1253. A half hour later, it would arrive […]

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Wullie Davidson: Bus Pass Ramblings – Crail to Anstruther

wullie davidson crail

15 july 2021 – East Neuk of Fife Today’s trip would take me to what’s known as the ‘east neuk of Fife’, ‘neuk’ being an old Scots word for ‘corner’. The 0820 bus from Buchanan St arrived at St Andrews at 1105. From there, I got a bus to Crail, which took 34 minutes. Crail […]

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Byres Road: Glasgow West End

Ashton Lane, Glasgow West End

Byres Road is often described as the “the main artery flowing through the heart of the area” – let’s just say that here the heart beats strongest. It is not the most beautiful part of the West End but it’s busy, vibrant and holds many attractions. People come here with a purpose – to work […]

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 | Filed under: Guide, Pat's Home Page Blog, Travel

Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings: Inverary and Tarbert

view from window watch tower

Today’s (30 June, 2021) trip would take me from Inveraray to Tarbert, ferry to Portavadie, bus to Dunoon, and ferry to Gourock. The highlight of the day would be a one hour walk to a watchtower on a high promontory overlooking Scotland’s longest sea loch, Loch Fyne. It was the warmest day of the year, […]

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Thursday, July 1, 2021 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland

Lifting The Lid on Whistler at the Hunterian

the hunterian whistler

Whistler: Art and Legacy 9 July – 31 October 2021 Hunterian Art Gallery Admission free and by pre-booked timed ticket A major new exhibition opening at The Hunterian in July explores the art and legacy of American-born artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903). The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow is home to one of the world’s […]

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Annan Fine Art Gallery

One of Glasgow’s most attractive little galleries the Annan gallery is family run and has been in business since 1855. displays include of original paintings, old photographs, and reproductions. Details: Location: 164 Woodlands Road. Tel: 0141 332 0028 e-mail: [email protected] Disabled Access: Yes

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | Filed under: Galleries

Stories from the Briggait – Glasgow Doors Open Day

the briggait

Wednesday, 16 September, 2020 15:00-16:00 Stories from The Briggait Hosted by Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival, Wasps Artists’ Studios and The Briggait Tbe Briggait is of Glasgow’s most enduring and endearing landmarks, A-listed building – it has been a part of the River Clyde skyline since the Nineteenth Century. Built in 1873, the Briggait served as the city’s bustling […]

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Day Away on Scottish Ferries

caledonian macbrayne ferry

Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings With news accounts of day trippers to England’s south coast beaches being packed like sardines into trains, and the story of the Millport ferry turning turtle due to the sheer weight of passengers (maybe some exaggeration there), I was beginning to feel left out. I hadn’t actually heard an official […]

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Thursday, August 13, 2020 | Filed under: Travel, Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland

Glasgow Walk: Maryhill, The Venice of the North by Ian R. Mitchell

wyndford

The Talk Maryhill, like Venice, owes its existence to canals. It is said of Glasgow that the city made the Clyde and the Clyde made the city, but in contradistinction to this, it was the Forth and Clyde Canal, and its Glasgow branch to Port Dundas, that made the burgh of Maryhill. The canal snaked […]

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Monday, July 27, 2020 | Filed under: Coronavirus, maryhill, Walks

Wullie Davidson Bus Pass Ramblings: Glasgow – Inverness – Fort William

old car statue.jpg

This outing didn’t quite go to plan. Decided on the Glasgow-Inverness-Fort William-Glasgow run. There’s a change at Perth for the Inverness stage, for which the timetable allots 5 minutes, except the connecting bus had ‘broken down’, and there would be an hour’s delay, which was actually an hour and 15 minutes. Cut a long short, […]

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Saturday, November 2, 2019 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland

Return to Tuscany 2019

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Two years ago Jim and I won the bid in an auction for a holiday in Tuscany in support of Starchild Charity.  At last this September (2019) we  headed for Bagni di Lucca for our stay at Tuscan Rooms. Our accommodation was in a refurbished 200 year old town house with a little balcony, shutters […]

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Thursday, October 10, 2019 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Travel, Writing

Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings – West Highland Railway, Mallaig and Ferry to Armadale

he West Highland Railway from Mallaig to Glasgow via Fort William, has been a ‘bucket list’ ambition for me for a long time. Saturday was predicted to be a fine day, so I decided to get out and do it. It’s also on the bucket list of many tourists who come to Scotland, and this […]

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Monday, September 23, 2019 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland

Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Rambles: North Berwick and Dunbar

rock sea

Two destinations today (Saturday 14 September, 2019) –  North Berwick and Dunbar. I’m getting gallus. I’d never been to either. There was a good bus service to both from Edinburgh, a bus every half hour. I decided to go to North Berwick first, then on to Dunbar, before returning to Edinburgh. North Berwick North Berwick […]

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Sunday, September 15, 2019 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland

Wullie Davidson’s Bus Pass Ramblings: St Andrews

abbey st andrews sea.jpg

I’ve taken a week of my annual leave this week, and decided to do an ‘easy one’.  Today, it was St Andrews, mainly because I’ve never been there, but also because a nurse who was attending me during a recent medical procedure said it was ‘fantastic’. At just 2 hours and 36 minutes from Glasgow, […]

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Friday, September 13, 2019 | Filed under: Wullie Davidson: Blogging about Bus Pass Jaunts in Scotland

A Trip to Largs and Millport

Largs is an attractive seaside resort located on the Firth of Clyde and less than 45 mins by car away from Glasgow. (Trains also run regularly from Glasgow Central station.)  The small town has a lovely seafront with its long promenade, well tended greens, and flower beds complemented by a row of palm trees. On […]

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019 | Filed under: Accommodation, Travel

The Steeple. Lochgoilhead. December 2018

View over lochgoilhead

Helen Rose. Outdoor Diary Tempting Fate My last visit to this area was seven years ago when I broke my leg in an accident coming down from a col on the other side of the village. I was concerned at returning to the same area to climb a hill with the same club and with the […]

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Friday, November 30, 2018 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Travel

View over lochgoilhead

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