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Places to see in ( Torpoint - UK )
Places to see in ( Torpoint - UK )
Torpoint is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar.
Torpoint is linked to Plymouth (and Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The three vessels that operate the service are chain ferries – that is, they are propelled across the river by pulling themselves on fixed chains which lie across the bed of the river. The journey takes about seven minutes.
It is said that Torpoint's name is derived from Tar Point, a name given because of the initial industry on the west bank of the Hamoaze. However this is actually a nickname given by workers, Torpoint meaning rocky headland. Torpoint is an eighteenth-century planned town. The grid-based design for the town was commissioned by Reginald Pole Carew in the Parish of Antony in 1774. His family continue to have a strong influence in the area, having become the Carew Poles in the twentieth century, and still reside at their family seat, Antony House.
In 1796 Torpoint was the setting for a shooting battle between the crew of a government vessel, the Viper, and a large party of armed liquor smugglers, in which one person was killed and five people seriously wounded. Torpoint has a Non-League football club Torpoint Athletic F.C. who play at The Mill.
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Places to see in ( Gourock - UK )
Places to see in ( Gourock - UK )
Gourock is a town falling within the Inverclyde council area and formerly forming a burgh of the county of Renfrew in the West of Scotland. It has in the past functioned as a seaside resort on the East shore of the upper Firth of Clyde. Its principal function today, however, is as a popular residential area, extending contiguously from Greenock, with a railway terminus and ferry services across the Clyde.
The name Gourock comes from a Gaelic word for rounded hill, in reference to the hill above the town. As far back as 1494 it is recorded that James IV sailed from the shore at Gourock to quell the rebellious Highland clans. Two hundred years later William and Mary granted a Charter in favour of Stewart of Castlemilk which raised Gourock to a Burgh of Barony. In 1784 the lands of Gourock were purchased by Duncan Darroch, a former merchant in Jamaica. He built Gourock House near the site of the castle in what the family eventually gifted to the town as Darroch Park, later renamed by the council as Gourock Park.
From a small fishing village in the traditional county of Renfrewshire, Gourock grew into a community involved in herring curing, copper mining, ropemaking, quarrying and latterly yacht-building and repairing. Within sight of Gourock, in the early hours of Friday 21 October 1825, PS Comet (II) was run into by the steamer Ayr, some 62 people losing their lives.
When the competing railway companies extended their lines to provide fast connections to Clyde steamer services the Pierhead was built as a railway terminus. Nowadays a passenger ferry serves Kilcreggan and electric trains provide a service to Glasgow from Gourock railway station at the pierhead. The David MacBrayne Ltd headquarters is at the pier, a passenger ferry service to Dunoon is run by their Argyll Ferries subsidiary. A car ferry service is run by Western Ferries from McInroy's Point on the west side of the town to Hunter's Quay to the north of Dunoon.
Like many Scottish seaside towns, Gourock's tourist heyday was in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth. Evidence of this part of its past is gradually disappearing - The Bay Hotel and Cragburn Pavilion and The Ashton, three local landmarks, disappeared towards the end of the last century. At the same time, Gourock has continued to expand along the coastline, with new estates above the medieval Castle Levan which has been restored and is in use as a bed and breakfast. Further development is taking place, though a short stretch of green belt still separates the town from the Cloch lighthouse which looks out over the firth to Innellan in Argyll.
Gourock has one of the three remaining public outdoor swimming pools in Scotland. Gourock Outdoor Pool was built in 1909 and reconstructed in 1969, it was once tidal and had a sandy floor, but is now a modern, heated facility, with cleaned sea water used in the saltwater pool. The pool was closed at the end of the 2010 summer season for a major improvement project, now completed. The existing changing accommodation was demolished and replaced with a more modern leisure centre, incorporating an enlarged gymnasium and lift access from the street level down to the new changing accommodation and the upgraded pool.
The megalithic Kempock Stone, popularly known as Granny Kempock Stone, stands on a cliff behind Kempock Street, the main shopping street. The superstition was that for sailors going on a long voyage or a couple about to be married, walking seven times around the stone would ensure good fortune. A flight of steps winds up from the street past the stone to Castle Mansions and St John's Church, whose crown steeple forms a landmark dominating Gourock. Kempock Street itself has a good variety of traditional shops including baker's and greengrocer's shops. Gourock also has a golf course, which stretches from behind Trumpethill to Levan estates.
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A drive through Furnace and Minard on the A83 in Argyll, Scotland
This video is sponsored by OOTDOORS, Scotland's leading online outdoors store - based in Argyll
The disaster at Crarae Quarry -
The National Trust for Scotland Crarae Gardens -
Quarry View Garden Centre & Cafe -
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Life of Riley Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Fabulous Scotland - Lochaber
Lochaber is a wonderful scenic area of Scotland and is a must for all visitors.
Watching Ferries, Yachts and Canoes go by in Gourock.
This tranquil part of the Clyde is unbelievable with its fantastic scenery.. Scotland at it's best !
Detroit International Auto Show 2014 HD Photo Shoot-500 Photo Slide Show
500 photo Slide show from the 2014 Detroit International Auto Show. See all the manufacturers and some of the latest vehicles out.
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MV Clyde Clipper
This video is from when the MV Clyde Clipper was sailing on the Dunoon - Gourock route in place of the MV Argyll Flyer, as she was having her overhaul at the James Watt Dock at the end of May, . As a rare event I thought it would be a good idea to go on board the vessel for a return trip in brilliant sailing conditions, Enjoy!
More Information on the Clyde Clipper:
Built: 2009
Operator: Clyde Marine Services
Use: A coach party tour ship
Tonnage: 125 GRT
Length: 27 m (88 ft 7 in)
Beam: 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draught: 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Depth: 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: 2 × 540 bhp (403 kW) Doosan engines
2 × fixed pitch propellers
Speed: 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph)
Capacity: 250 passengers
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