Posted in Dumbarton at 20:00 on 13 August 2019
These are the good lady’s photographs. She took them while I was at one of the play-off games at The Rock, in May last year.
River Leven and Dumbarton from Dumbarton Rock:-

River Leven and Dumbarton with Ben Lomond in background:-

Rivers Leven and Clyde at Dumbarton:-

River Leven and Dumbarton From Dumbarton Rock. As a child the good lady used to play on the rocks on the riverside below where this was taken from:-

Somewhere else she used to play was in this burn by the Swing Park. Well, that’s what it was always called when I was young. It’s apparently known officially as the East End Park:-

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Posted in Art Deco, War Memorials at 12:00 on 12 August 2019
Drymen (pronounced ‘drimmin’) is a village in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Main road through the village.
The village is now bypassed so there’s not too much traffic but you have to go through it to access the road to the east side of Loch Lomond and the foot of Ben Lomond.
Shop and War Memorial. The War Memorial is behind the road signs.
Drymen War Memorial. From southeast. A simple cross above a column on a rectangular base. Great War names:-
Drymen War Memorial. Dedication reads, “The Great War 1914-1918. On this Memorial are inscribed the names of the men of this parish who at the call of King and country left all taht was dear to them endured hardship faced danger and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom. Let those who come after see to it that their names be not forgotten.”
From north. Dedication and WW2 panel to left. Nearest panel contains Great War names:-
Art Decoish Extension, Drymen. Thirties style at any rate. Banded contrasting painting, flat roof.
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Posted in Dumbarton, Dumbarton FC at 12:00 on 10 June 2015
A snow-capped Ben Lomond on 2/5/2015. Photographed from stand of Dumbarton Football Stadium. Ben Lomond is the only Munro I have climbed. (I say climbed. There’s a path. You can walk up it.)

On the same day and from the same location I took this photo of Sons players applauding the fans after the last game of the season vs Raith.

Most of these players have now left the club.
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