All the more appropriate as (ISTR) the original bridge is the one over the Thames on the paths from Dorchester-on-Thames through the promontory fort to Wittenham Clumps/Pendon Museum.… (View Post)
PS JUst remembered what Garvel is. It's an island off Greenock. Subsumed into the dock complex. Excellent views of the Clyde. Makes sense as The Lord Offord of Garvel was born and educated etc at Gre… (View Post)
Garvel is a place [edit] somewhere in the Wild West of the Scottish Central Belt, beyond the Great Central Desert beloved of PBScotch Experts, and the expression has the effect of implying that he ha… (View Post)