Tighnabruaich
Tighnabruaich is a village on the Cowal peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and also Bute, Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. It is west of Glasgow and north of the Isle of Arran. The road to Ormidale was built in the late 1960s, and also up until after that the village was more reliant on the sea for the transportation of guests and freight. A pier was perhaps built in the 1830s by the Castle Steamship Company, a forerunner of MacBrayne. It was a quiting location for paddle steamers and Clyde puffers. The wood pier was restored in 1885 by the Tighnabruaich Estate who had it from 1840 till 1950. George Olding possessed it up until 1965 when it ended up being the obligation of the regional council. Passenger services on and also around the Clyde were established after the PS Comet was introduced into solution in 1812 and also tourism developed with the intro of cruises through the Kyles around Bute, to Arran and also along Loch Fyne. The pier is used by the paddle cleaner Waverley. Its Royal National Lifeboat Institution inshore lifeboat station currently has an Atlantic 85 kind lifeboat as well as tractor on station. Tighnabruaich is popular for sailing and also yachting and also has a sailing institution. Shinty is the major sport in the village which is house to Kyles Athletic that have actually won extra Camanachd Cups than any other group apart from Newtonmore and Kingussie.