Tighnabruaich
Tighnabruaich is a town on the Cowal peninsula, on the western arm of the Kyles of Bute in Argyll as well as 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 constructed in the late 1960s, and also up until after that the village was much more dependent on the sea for the transportation of passengers and freight. A pier was perhaps 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 reconstructed in 1885 by the Tighnabruaich Estate who owned it from 1840 till 1950. George Olding owned it until 1965 when it ended up being the responsibility of the local council. Passenger services on as well as around the Clyde were established after the PS Comet was presented right into solution in 1812 and also tourism created with the intro of cruise ships via the Kyles around Bute, to Arran and 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 type lifeboat as well as tractor on station. Tighnabruaich is popular for cruising and also yachting and has a sailing institution. Shinty is the significant sporting activity in the town which is home to Kyles Athletic who have won more Camanachd Cups than any other team apart from Newtonmore as well as Kingussie.