tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5654195680992385326.post6797805732792366066..comments2024-03-20T10:09:58.605+00:00Comments on Curling History: The trains to the lochBob Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14181424471290305561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5654195680992385326.post-68367082936804332952018-05-09T19:43:56.764+01:002018-05-09T19:43:56.764+01:00Thanks Hugh. Great to learn about the Loch Skerrow...Thanks Hugh. Great to learn about the Loch Skerrow bonspiel. Bob<br />Bob Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14181424471290305561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5654195680992385326.post-51436166054005613322018-05-09T19:24:12.031+01:002018-05-09T19:24:12.031+01:00Yet another interesting article, Bob.
Trains were ...Yet another interesting article, Bob.<br />Trains were also used in the south west to transport curlers. On Thursday 9th December 1875 a "special train" transported some 400 Galloway Curlers and supporters to Loch Skerrow situated in the Galloway Hills, to play the County Match. 30 rinks a side, final score Galloway Province 865 shots to Rhins o,Gallowa Province 558 shots. The train whistle was blown to start and finish the Bonspiel.<br />A couple of years ago i walked in from the Big Water of Fleet Viaduct along the old Permanant Way,the Loch sits at some 500ft above sea level and is quiet shallow and peppered with rock outcrops.At the Loch there appears to have been a section of double track where steam trains would have taken on water.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15254027334479852361noreply@blogger.com