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 roadway to Ormidale was built in the late 1960s, and also till then the town was a lot more reliant on the sea for the transportation of travelers as well as freight. A pier was potentially constructed in the 1830s by the Castle Steamship Company, a leader of MacBrayne. It was a stopping place for paddle steamers as well as Clyde flatterers. The wooden pier was rebuilt in 1885 by the Tighnabruaich Estate that possessed it from 1840 till 1950. George Olding owned it until 1965 when it came to be the duty of the neighborhood council. Passenger solutions on and also around the Clyde were established after the PS Comet was introduced right into service in 1812 as well as tourism established with the introduction of cruises with the Kyles around Bute, to Arran and also along Loch Fyne. The pier is made use of by the paddle steamer Waverley. Its Royal National Lifeboat Institution inshore lifeboat station currently has an Atlantic 85 kind lifeboat and also tractor on terminal. Tighnabruaich is prominent for cruising and yachting and also has a sailing school. Shinty is the significant sport in the town which is home to Kyles Athletic that have won more Camanachd Cups than any other group aside from Newtonmore and also Kingussie.
