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 north of the Isle of Arran. The road to Ormidale was integrated in the late 1960s, and until after that the village was extra dependent on the sea for the transport of passengers and freight. A pier was potentially constructed in the 1830s by the Castle Steamship Company, a leader of MacBrayne. It was a stopping area for paddle cleaners as well as Clyde puffers. The wooden pier was rebuilt in 1885 by the Tighnabruaich Estate that possessed it from 1840 up until 1950. George Olding owned it till 1965 when it became the responsibility of the neighborhood council. Passenger solutions on and around the Clyde were established after the PS Comet was introduced into service in 1812 and tourism established with the introduction of cruise ships with the Kyles around Bute, to Arran as well as along Loch Fyne. The pier is made use of 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 terminal. Tighnabruaich is popular for cruising and also yachting and has a sailing school. Shinty is the significant sporting activity in the town which is residence to Kyles Athletic who have won more Camanachd Cups than any other team besides Newtonmore as well as Kingussie.
