A lunchtime wander exploring the Gallowgate in Glasgow with some of my work colleagues.
I finally managed to get out with Lola to the Kelvin to try my new lens at fast action photography. I was already impressed with the sharpness of this lens, but now I’m also bowled over with it’s performance in action. I am absolutely over the moon with the new lens.
On a lovely Sunday afternoon we decided to leave Auchoirk slightly earlier than normal and take the scenic route back to Glasgow along the East shore of Loch Fyne via Otter Ferry rather than the much faster route via Glendaruel.
We stopped off at the parking on the shore of Lachlan Bay for a short break and a stroll along the shoreline while admiring the ruins of Old Castle Lachlan on the other side of the bay.
While wandering the shore of Lachlan Bay, we came across this wonderfully shaped piece of wood with interesting details and colourful reflections in Loch Fyne under a clear blue sky.
Daddy, daddy, get me out of here
Ha ha, I’m underground
Sister, sister, please take me down
Ah ha I’m underground
Daddy, daddy, get me out
Thanks to Euan for keeping his ear to the ground and sniffing out a wonderful photographic opportunity. A little bridie (or was it a mole) told him that the metal doors to the derelict Kelvinbridge Railway Station and Tunnel Entrance are unlocked. So we ended up taking the Underground to Kelvinbridge at lunchtime to go underground.
Indeed, the doors were unlocked. We passed fairly quickly through the first rubbish filled section and entered the Kelvinbridge Railway Tunnel for some serious exploration. An amazing place. We walked for quite a bit, losing sight of the tunnel entrance behind us, but seeing light in front of us, likely from the air vents at the derelict Botanics Station.
On our return, we looked at the first section more closely. How did we miss that. It was a gem of a derelict railway station. Heaps of rubbish and rotten tyres, but plenty of rusty metal grils, stairs and remainders of platforms. Pity we ran out of time, but we’ll be back.
A lunchtime wander exploring the Merchant City with some of my work colleagues.
What else to do than to head for the beach on August Bank Holiday. But not just any beach, probably one of the best beaches in Scotland! As we were staying at the Kames Hotel for the weekend to check out the cottage again we had made on offer on, we decided to check out the area and head for the beach at Kilbride Bay.
We parked at the layby on the road close to Kilbride Church and walked the track to the beach. The walk itself was worth already worth it, with wondeful views over fields, marshes and fields littered with abondened crofts, and butterflies fluttering in abundance. An absolute wonderul area, but on clearing the dunes and reaching the beach, our jaws literally dropped. A absolutely stunning, pure fine white sand beach in a magnificent bay with a view direcly to Arran opened up in front of us.
It was surprisingly busy, with lots of people on the beach who had walked down from the layby or came ashore with dingies from their sailing boats. So to busy for some panormas, but lots of opportunities for intimate landscapes and Lola enjoying the waves and splashing us.
All going well, we’ll have plenty of opportunities to visit this beach all your round. Can’t wait.
Unexpected but very welcome sunshine made a dreig Saturday afternoon wander along the River Kelvin more than just a dog walk. While Lola was running ragged with her furry friends, I lingered along the banks of the river trying to capture ghosts.
A combination of the smooth water with the sunlight filtering through the trees created a mix of colourful reflections and ghostly patches where the sunshine hit the brown, hazy water. With hindsight I wish I had spend a bit more time exploiting this unusual opportunity.
A lunchtime wander exploring the Brigaite and old Glasgow with some of my work colleagues.
A lunchtime wander exploring Ramshorn Church and Graveyard in the Merchant City with some of my work colleagues.
A lunchtime wander exploring the Necropolis with some of my work colleagues.
A lunchtime wander exploring Rottenrow, the site of the famous Rottenrow Maternity Hospital surrounded by Strathclyde University with some of my work colleagues.