Elizabeth Weaver shared her photos with us recently after a nice walk out at Bardykes Woodland and Milheugh, in June 2015. Elizabeth told me “the fields looked so beautiful, with Summer growth and with the sweet smell of hawthorn blossom and wild garlic”. Wild Garlic grows in abundance in the Calder woodlands, especially around Bardykes […]
During March 2015, at the invite of owner Mr Clark Gibb, I spent a memorable afternoon at Mavis Mill. Along with his friend Alex from Spittal, we talked about the history of Mavis Mill and the highlight for me was to be given a tour around the substantial grounds. Clark took me to the Calder […]
The Lee or Lees Burn is a stream which rises at “Mains Castle” in East Kilbride Parish and forms the Parish Boundary for about a mile before it enters the Rotten Calder river, near “Bridge Mill” at Crossbasket. Interestingly, where the Lees Burn meets the rotten Calder river at the Bridge Mill location, exactly across […]
A nice picture from 1st December 2010 of something many people will fondly remember. The little wooden bridge at Milheugh, near the falls. Shortly after, the bridge was demolished, forcing walks to Greenhall along a more Eastern route of the River Calder. Thanks to Robert Stewart for sharing. This does bring back a lot of […]
In December 2014, Jim Brown posted this interesting photo in the Friends of the Calder Group. An online conversation then started about this being a possible abutment as it was made of stone and peculiar to the surroundings, with a little mystery opened up. The location is the Coal Burn running in a North – […]
Photographed here by David Ritchie of Main Street in 1908 are ten well dressed men at the Rotten Calder, High Blantyre. The little building on the right was known as The Hermitage and the bridge crossed from Blantyre Parish into Kilbride’s. This is located beyond Auchentibber, in the Calderwood Glen. This looks like an outing […]
During a recent walk around Greenhall and through the Calder, my history enthusiast (and friend) Jim Brown pointed out to me that there was still fruit growing on the old Greenhall orchard. I’d walked past the location a hundred times, yet never stopped to appreciate that there were beautiful apple trees there. There is a […]