"Bothwell - Scotland's greatest medieval castle" Uddingston by NiceLife

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Bothwell Castle - Uddingston
Bothwell Castle

Along the banks of the river Clyde amid the new executive housing estates of Uddingston - suburb of glasgow - is the greatest exemplar of Scottish medieval castles - Bothwell. Now a romantic backcloth of wedding photographs, this was the most formidable castle in all of Western Scotland.

Uddingston - Tunnock's caramel wafers
Tunnocks factory, Uddingston - Uddingston

Tunnocks factory, Uddingston

Second claim to fame for Uddingston is Tunnock's caramel wafers - manufactured here for over a hundred years

Tunnocks - founded in 1890 and still going strong as Scotlands favourite wafer.

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  • Pros:Classy housing estates, suit footballer's wives
  • Cons:Weather generally miserable
  • In a nutshell:Drive by, drive on.
  • Last visit to Uddingston: Sep 2005
  • Intro Updated Oct 8, 2005
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    Jan 26, 2007 at 11:46 PM

    Oh! Tunnocks? My Mum used to put one in my packed lunch everyday. Haven't had one for yeeeears! I didn't know they still made them.

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