Tighnabruaich
Tighnabruaich is a village on the Cowal peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. In 2011 the population was 660. It is west of Glasgow and also north of the Isle of Arran. The road to Ormidale was integrated in the late 1960s, and up until after that the town was a lot more dependent on the sea for the transportation of travelers and products. A pier was possibly constructed in the 1830s by the Castle Steamship Company, a leader of MacBrayne. It was a stopping area for paddle steamers and also Clyde puffers. The wooden pier was reconstructed in 1885 by the Tighnabruaich Estate who owned it from 1840 up until 1950. George Olding owned it till 1965 when it came to be the obligation of the neighborhood council. Passenger solutions on and around the Clyde were created after the PS Comet was introduced into service in 1812 as well as tourism established with the introduction of cruises through the Kyles around Bute, to Arran as well as along Loch Fyne. The pier is made use of by the paddle steamer Waverley. Its Royal National Lifeboat Institution inshore lifeboat station presently has an Atlantic 85 type lifeboat and tractor on terminal. Tighnabruaich is popular for cruising as well as yacht and has a cruising college. Shinty is the major sporting activity in the village which is home to Kyles Athletic who have actually won much more Camanachd Cups than any other team apart from Newtonmore and Kingussie.
