Lanark
Travel Blogs from Lanark, United Kingdom
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An Adventure North of the Border
... sleeping in my own bed in these different places i think). Later in the morning we took a walk down the hill to new lanark, this is a historic milling village and tourist attraction as was apparent later in the day when a coachload of what appeared to be ...
Day 8 Inverary to Lanark
... ), drove the M8 past Glascow (like the Darling Harbour expressway for grownups and on through a succession of gorgeous villages to Lanark. Lanark World Heritage Centre is a model mill town on the Clyde River with school, Institute for the Improvement of ...
An Autumn stroll
... river. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Own, a philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an epitome of utopian socialism. The New Lanark mills operated until 1968. It is one ...
Gilsland to Westoun, near Lanark, Scotland
This morning we woke to overcast, drizzly weather but it fined up and warmed up as the day went on. For some of the day we did not need our coats. Our first stop was Housesteads Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall. This fort housed about ...
Royally Lost but still loving it!
... Oh well!! We made our way out of the city with no issues and back the way we came yesterday heading south towards New Lanark a World Heritage site we discovered by accident yesterday on the way to Glasgow. As we were driving, Rebecca noticed a ...
Craignethan Castle
Craignethan Castle - The main wall was taken down, but the tower is in good shape. This castle is best known for the caponier in the moat area which enabled people to shoot at those trying to ...
Edinburgh and the Falkirk wheel
... and an engineering marvel. Without this wheel it would be difficult to link these canals as easily. On the drive back to Lanark we stopped off at a Hospital to see if we could get Mackenzie’s cast off but the nurse there was not too ...
New Lanark & the Falls of Clyde
At New Lanark, there are a bunch of mills along the river. I came down here to make the hike to the Falls of Clyde. But I thought I was dressed for the weather, but it got worse. After walking 1/2-3/4 of the way out to the falls, the sunny morning turned ...
Mini Highland games
... bands but with my untrained ears I couldn't tell a good one from the others. On the way to Lanark, Frank drove us via the Talla reservoir...a beautiful area that apparently represents the Highlands areas of Scotland...even though we were ...
New Lanark World Heritage Site
... went back to the M6 and stopped at a service station on the M74 shortly after entering Scotland. The drive from there to New Lanark was picturesque and trouble free. I had my first cup of coffee and a slice of tea cake (fruit cake to me) in ...
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