During a walk around Redlees Park (near Blantyreferme) in May 2012, I stopped to take this picture. It was calm, quiet and very beautiful. Redlees i think is SO underused, for being Blantyre’s newest parklands. It offers great dog walking opportunities and a great place for a family picnic in Summer.
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 […]