Tied to a fence on a blocked off path in Linn Park on the Southside of Glasgow. You've got to love a city where people take it upon themselves to go around doing things like this!

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Linn Park in Glasgow is the city's 3rd largest park. The council want to sell part of this space to build 150 houses. That's a *lot* of houses in a wee island of green with limited vehicle access. There are many brownfield sites that must be better - once we lose this, we never get it back. #glasgow #linnpark Subscribe here to let the council know your view! https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/1376/Subscribe-to-City-Plan-2-Consultation

Indeed, if you look closely at the rock around the fall in Linn Park, you can see it forms the same hexagonal columns found in areas of basalt like the Giant's Causeway or Fingal's Cave (just fewer in number and not quite as impressive in size).

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The linn after which Linn Park on the Southside of Glasgow is named. A linn is the Scottish term for a waterfall consisting of a narrow channel or gorge cut by water flowing through an area of hard rock. In this case, the rock is microgabbro, a volcanic intrusion similar to bassalt.

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The surviving mill building (just visible to the right of the bridge) also dates from the mid to late 1700s, while the blonde sandstone tenement was built by the then mill owner in 1863 as accommodation for their mill workers. Terrace of white houses beside also seem to have been part of the mill complex.

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Snuff Mill Bridge in the Cathcart area of Glasgow. Dating from the early to mid-18th Century, the bridge is named after the old mill which was once located on this site, and at the far end, a small arch can be seen over what was presumably once the mill's lade. This mill began life as a paper mill before being converted into a snuff mill, and then back to a paper mill making cardboard.

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Suburban parklife this morning with a view of the White Bridge in Linn Park on a damp morning #glasgow #linnpark #folp
Autumn in Linn Park #autumn #linnpark #glasgow
Calls to protect 'lifeblood' council-run golf courses amid mounting closures - FOGOLF - FOLLOW GOLF

Just ten percent of Scotland’s golf courses are accessible to the public, campaigners have warned as municipal greens continue to decline in number. 

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I thought I'd end today with another Autumnal shot from today's trip to Linn Park in Glasgow, but this one got photo-bombed by my regular companion on many of my photographic trips. It worked out rather well, though!

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