tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post3592381114758351295..comments2024-03-27T00:02:28.418+00:00Comments on Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland: Metropolis.Glasgow and Paisley. City Living. Urban Images.blueskyscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-69824209815082551982016-01-10T00:22:45.923+00:002016-01-10T00:22:45.923+00:00Hi Auntiegwen,
It's actually Bob for the last...Hi Auntiegwen,<br /> It's actually Bob for the last couple of years. Alex is too intelligent to waste his time writing posts every week and gave it up although he still goes out.Sometimes I feel that way too as it's a thankless task at times along with writing books that very few read.<br />Glasgow has changed a lot in 30 years but the West End is much the same. blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-15365194517517185842016-01-09T17:24:26.518+00:002016-01-09T17:24:26.518+00:00Gorgeous photies, although I haven't lived the...Gorgeous photies, although I haven't lived there for over 30 years, Glasgow will always be home to me. Happy new year Alex xauntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-81797867351869785872016-01-05T21:01:45.706+00:002016-01-05T21:01:45.706+00:00Fully agree with you that, since the developers to...Fully agree with you that, since the developers took over, housing is no longer affordable. If they build any affordable housing, they only include a few in a development - the rest are well out of normal folks' range. I think it's time the government and councils got a grip of developers and made them build much more cheaper housing. All our development locally has been what I call 'yuppie housing' - massive detached 4 and 5 bedroom homes that no-one can afford. Unfortunately, all our affordable housing stock has been destroyed by the folk living in it extending them until they're semi-detached mansions and, therefore, unaffordable. I keep telling the council that's why we don't have affordable housing and that they need to stop granting the huge extensions but they won't listen.Carolhttp://www.mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-80161717646469391552016-01-05T02:11:36.016+00:002016-01-05T02:11:36.016+00:00Evening Carol,
That's very true for the ones w...Evening Carol,<br />That's very true for the ones who can afford to buy a house and what is undoubtedly happening but the areas mentioned here are traditionally poor and living in the country without a car and a decent income is probably worse than city living. The actual City of Glasgow definitely appears to be shrinking in population while Edinburgh increases at around 100 people at week. When they knock down hundreds of council houses, admittedly half empty, and replace them with a lesser amount of new build properties, many for sale with only a certain number for rent I just wonder where the rest of the folk go. <br />I like living in a city most of the time although I live on the outskirts but I love the energy, the architecture, and the constant reinvention of cities. Exploring Glasgow or any other city or town by bike or foot always gives me as big a lift as the best mountain days.<br />At the moment, maybe because of city and town planning mistakes in the past, the current policy in the UK seems to be for private developers and housing associations to build houses but in Glasgow at least they always seem to be in smaller numbers than the stock they replace and most are for sale as they obviously have to make a profit out of it.<br />In London, although there is a desperate need for affordable housing,many of the less affluent population there are moving away to other cities outside of the pricey south of England as they realize they will never be able to buy a house there while at the opposite end of the spectrum thousands of rich investors sit with multiple empty London properties which they have no intention of ever occupying as they are purchased as a can't loose resale investment in 5 to 10 years time.<br />I may be wrong but I just had the impression cycling around that the new houses being built were not really there for the ordinary folk of the districts they were being built in. £169,000 for a basic 3 bedroom new build is a lot to commit to unless you have a reliable good wage or wages coming in and job security. And that's just for a new house in one of the big city council estates, not anything fancy. I could never afford one, not at at any point in my working life, as it would take me into a coffin long before I paid it off.<br />blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-66663076787185357552016-01-05T01:18:07.217+00:002016-01-05T01:18:07.217+00:00Hi Andy,
It's the Singing Sands beach on Eigg...Hi Andy, <br />It's the Singing Sands beach on Eigg looking across at the Rum Cuillin. I've been there a few times over the decades and it's a great spot in fine conditions. Features in "The Best of Blue Sky Scotland: Adventures off the Beaten Track" and also has a chapter in "Autohighgraphy Both books on kindle bookstore.<br />Type in Blue Sky Scotland. Eigg into google and you should find that post from June 2010 when we visited it. That's worth a read.<br />Best wishes Bob Law.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-51643235080372126182016-01-04T23:25:08.100+00:002016-01-04T23:25:08.100+00:00I'd say most people who can move out of the ci...I'd say most people who can move out of the cities as soon as they can to the suburbs - and then even further out if they can afford it. I know some like living in the city but I think most don't? I wouldn't ever live in one as I find them depressing - Richard is the opposite and doesn't understand how I can live in the 'inconvenient' country!Carolhttp://www.mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-38604440149081799052016-01-04T22:16:51.943+00:002016-01-04T22:16:51.943+00:00Discovered your excellent blog via a Google search...Discovered your excellent blog via a Google search when I was looking for info on Lochcote Reservoir in West Lothian - my search threw up your Monday 30 December 2013<br />entry (Bathgate Hills. Linlithgow. The Kelpies. Grangemouth. Cockleroy. Cairnpapple hill).<br /><br />Out of curiosity, I wondered if you are able to say where the great photo at the top of your blog homepage was taken (figure looking out over a coastal scene) - a great photo.<br /><br />Cheers.<br /><br />Andy Andynoreply@blogger.com