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Pech Brae - c1915

Pathfoot or Pech Brae as the locals call it, led down to Milheugh House (the Cawther, the river Calder) and appears as Pathfoot on maps of 1899. This steep runway (it gets much steeper as you round the bend) was renamed by locals on account of the vast amount of "pech" needed get up it. Taken in the mid-1910's, this picture shows two estate cottages which have long since been demolished although I remember playing in the derelict shells as a child. Part of the wall on the left is still standing and it is still possible to make out the cottage boundaries. It is said that this road was the original main road into Blantyre and that Mary Queen of Scots would have used it when she passed through Blantyre to visit the Earl of Bothwell.

Pech Brae - 2008

It's a real shame, all the character has gone. The Cottages would have been either side of the car. I much preferred it then, what about you?

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