Just a few miles south of Dunblane is Bridge of Allan, once the home of a small brewery.
Gerald presents his certificate.
Moving on, to Causewayhead, a suburb of Stirling, though over the Forth. Here we find a nice pub called the Birds & Bees.
Jim found a sheep!
The Wallace Monument oversees all, including the Forth Valley and the city of Stirling.
Stirling Castle dominates the city itself (Creative Commons License).
Stirling station, in pre-grouping days.
Now, it's around 1930.
A Sentinel railcar of the LNER at Stirling.
Stirling station in 1979.
26040 sits beside Stirling Middle signal box in 1991.
Stirling North box was still in use in 2008.
Scotrail operates most of the services into Stirling.
A nearby loco shed provided motive power in steam days.
Midland Bluebird ran most of the city's buses.
Firstbus took over Midland Bluebird.
Independents once included Mackie's of Alloa.
Mitchell's of Plean ran a contracted route to the station.
Scotguide catered for the tourists.
Time for some beer now. Right in the middle of the city is No. 2 Baker Street, a Greene King/Belhaven establishment.
Not far away, but up a steep hill, is the Settle Inn.
Up by the castle is the Portcullis.
That's it for now. The next post will see us in Clackmannanshire.
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