Bonnie Dingle Side Multi-Cache
limpylil: The path appears to have been permanently closed,
so time for this to go.
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A riverside amble on established paths and roads. Keep animals and youngsters under control.
Let us haste to Kelvin Grove, bonnie lassie, O
Thro' its mazes let us rove, bonnie lassie, O
Where the roses in their pride
Deck the bonnie dingle side
Where the midnight fairies glide, bonnie lassie, O.
This walk will take you along part of the Kelvin Walkway. The Loch Lomond Cycle Path meets the Kelvin Walkway which in turn leads to Milngavie and the beginning of the West Highland Way.
Start at the The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum which is across the road from the Glasgow Museum of Transport. Both are worth a visit, especially Kelvingrove which has been refurbished and will re-open on July 11th 2006. Admission to both is free.
Walk onto Partick Bridge and note the year it was opened. Call this ABCD.
Cross Dumbarton Road at the traffic lights in front of the Kelvin Hall, turn around and count the number of flagpoles on the building. Call this E.
Follow the Kelvin Walkway sign and head now for N. 55 52.0B9 W. 004 AC.24C. Whilst walking along you can see Glasgow University on your left and The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on your right. There are some statues at the coordinates and the two sets at the northern end were seriously damaged by enemy bombs on the night of 13 -14 March FGHI and were restored in the year JKLM.
We now continue to the coordinate N. LL L2.L00 W. 00H FE.DHE where you will find a red lion rampant on the arch. There is a motto beneath the lion. Count the number of letters in each word. The first word equals N and with the second you add the two digit answer to get P.
Now we set off along the walkway for a bridge which crosses the river to a flight of steps which lead to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. This can be found at N. LL LN.D0P W. 00H AC.NEK.
The famous Kibble Palace in the Botanic Gardens is probably one of Glasgow's best-loved buildings. Built by engineer John Kibble at his house in Coulport, Loch Long, this unique glasshouse was presented by him to the Royal Botanic Institution. It was dismantled, shipped up the Clyde and rebuilt in 1873, with structural alterations which included increasing the diameter of the main dome, and erecting two wings off the smaller dome.
Originally used as a Winter Garden for concerts and important events, this building was the venue for the inaugural meeting of the British Association during its visit to Glasgow in 1876, and for both Disraeli and Gladstone's Addresses as Rectors of Glasgow University.
The Botanical Collection was started in 1881 when the Royal Botanic Institution bought out the lease. Today the Kibble Palace is under restoration and when completed will house flora from the Temperate Zones, including Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America, North America, China, Japan, the Mediterranean, the Canaries and Madeira.
There are plenty of benches in the gardens where you can have a well earned rest or if you are still full of energy you can press on to the cache!
It is a camouflaged 35mm film canisterl and can be found at ………
N. LL LN.BNF W. 00H JC.HGL
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Va gur ebbg bs gur bireunatvat gerr.