Buchley to Bardowie; Scenes from across the Kelvin Valley

Summer evening walk across the field towards the Whisky Bond

Beautiful Summers evening at Buchley

Watched an Otter playfully swimming and foraging on the lower bank of the River Kelvin this evening, just at the Bardowie bend. Not so easy to photograph!

Buchley Farm, the Kelvin & Allander Rivers & Bardowie Loch in distance

An old shot of the original Canal Bridge at Balmuildy Rd, complete with the now demolished Bridge keepers Cottage and Knox's Farmhouse in the background where the Council depot now stands

A Spring evening wander at Buchley

Last day of January, Winters walk Cadder- Torrance- Cawdor Golf Course- River Kelvin - Cadder

The Kelvin Valley Railway; Interesting if it was still there today or be rebuilt for that matter...

Kelvin Valley Railway - Wikipedia The Kelvin Valley Railway was an independent railway designed to connect Kilsyth, an important mining town in central Scotland, with the railway network. It connected Kilsyth to Kirkintilloch and thence over other railways to the ironworks of Coatbridge, and to Maryhill, connecting onwards to the Qu...

Tracing the Antonine Wall between Cadder and Bearsden...

Cadder Roman Fort to Bearsden | The Antonine Wall | antoninewall.co.uk The Antonine Wall: The line of the frontier as it exists today. A guide to the Cadder to Bearsden section of Rome's most northerly frontier including Wilderness Plantation Fortlet, Balmuildy Fort and Summerton Fort.

Winter wander over the fields

The River Kelvin is a rich source of interesting Driftwood and salvage if you can be bothered lugging it home, as this haul from last year shows. Nice aged character timber for building planters or other features around the house!

Wester Balmuildy Farm, circa 1970’s. Most of what can be seen in photo is now demolished apart from the main house, as the site is cleared for a Housing development. Note the condition of the outbuildings and structures are all good; still very much a working Farm at this time.

The old Millhouse at Cadder for sale; a stunning Property with an interesting history

Check out this 4 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove 4 bedroom detached house for sale in Cawdermill House, Cadder Road, Cadder, By Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, G64 £895,000. Marketed by Savills, Glasgow

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Bardowie Castle in 1870

Bardowie Castle, photographed in 1870 by Thomas Annan. The castle was built in 1566 and remains standing in 2004 on Bardowie Loch near Milngavie.

The castle was once a stronghold of the Galbraiths and passed in the 15th century to the Hamiltons of Bardowie. When Annan took this photograph it was the property of John Buchanan Hamilton. The author of The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry noted in 1870 that, although the Hamiltons had little connection with Glasgow, many prominent Glaswegians had lived there as tenants

The Kelvin Valley Railway- traces of it can still be seen to this day.

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A foggy January morning in Buchley. 2020

March 2012, looking towards Bardowie

Typical Summers Night Sky over the Valley, Aug 2010

Big Winter Sky over Buchley, 2009.

During WW2, Buchley took a direct hit from a Bomb dropped by a N**i Plane in 1941. The Aircraft dropped it's bomb in the field between Buchley Farm and Buchley Cottages. The blast blew off a section of the roof of the Barn as shown in the photo as well as blowing in the side windows in on the Cottage. Luckily, nobody was hurt in the blast. Was the nearby Armament Depot in the Woods perhaps the target? Whatever it was, it may also be connected to the Bombing of Bishopbriggs in April 7th 1941 or the Junkers Ju88A that crashed across the Kelvin Valley in the Lennox Forest on the 6th of May 1941. Feel free to fill in the gaps!

Members of the Neeson Family outside Buchley Farm Cottages during the WW2 in 1944. Looking East, you can just make out the roof of the old Army Munitions Facility which is now ruined/demolished at the back of Buchley Eco Centre and the Bonded Warehouse. Note the traditional Haystack too just to the right of the picture.

John & Agnes Neeson with their Niece Nancy McKean outside Buchley Farm Cottages circa 1950. Note the rather nice Royal Enfield under my front Window! I feel one will have to be acquired...

John & Sammy Neeson with their Mum Agnes at Buchley Farm, on the track, known as the ‘Lower Brae’ running down to the Lower Workers Cottages which are still there but now ruined. The tops of the Chimney's at Farm Cottages and a somewhat less established line of trees at the top of the hill can just be made out. Circa late 1940's.

The Neeson's and their Canadian Cousin's at Buchley Farm Cottages in 1957

The Neeson's and their American Grandson's Geoffrey and Tommy at Buchley Farm Cottages in 1970. Note the four panelled doors leading from the living room; all original and a restored feature still in use today albeit elsewhere in the property.

One from the archive; Mr & Mrs Neeson lived for many years at 1 Buchley Farm Cottages. Mr Neeson was the Ploughman at the Farm, and it would appear they lived there from the 1930's through until the late 1970's. This photo was kindly supplied by their Grandson's who now live in USA, but have fond meories of visiting Buchley Farm every 2nd Summer in the 60's and 70's to stay with their Grandparents and help out on the Farm. They are sitting in front of a Range that was so typical in properties of the time that was removed back in the 1980's and boarded up, before I brought the chimney back into use and fitted a woodburner in 2007.

More recent times; Christmas 2019 at Buchley Farm Cottages

Chilly April evening walk towards the Eco Centre and down to the River. 2020