Archiving Scotland

The digital archiving of old Kodachrome material continues. The 1977 trip to Scotland was the source of the latest batch of digitized slides to get sorted and edited. Scotland was a Britrail Pass trip with Old Kilpatrick, the town from which my paternal grandparents emigrated, as the primary destination. Genealogical inquiries in a pub there led me to a couple of cousins in Clydebank and thence to some other relatives who had remained in the UK.

The trip was in the middle of the summer but the country was remarkably cold. I had no trouble, however, in finding a sweater to keep me from shivering while searching for Nessie and all the other tourist things that one does in the Highlands.

Here is a sample of the photos;

Great Britain scores high in rail service, bot in the systems set up in the colonies and at home.

Great Britain scores high in rail service, both in the systems set up in the colonies and at home.

Once away from the major cities, rail travel in the UK is scenic as well as convenient.

Once away from the major cities, rail travel in the UK is scenic as well as convenient.

Glasgow is a town with a ton of working class character.

Glasgow is a town with a ton of working class character.

Inverness - Are these the swans Eric Clapton was singing about in Badge?

Inverness – Are these the swans Eric Clapton was singing about in Badge?

 

If you visit at the right time Inverness Castle makes the ideal setting for listening to bagpipes.

Inverness Castle makes the ideal setting for listening to bagpipes.

 

You can't get much more pastoral a scene than this one at Old Kilpatrick.

You can’t find a much more pastoral scene than this one at Old Kilpatrick.

Wick was the northernmost point on my Britrail Pass travels.

Wick was the northernmost point on my Britrail Pass travels.

The rest of the photos can be seen over at Travelblogue.co in the  Scotland 1977 category.

 

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