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On Saturday  4th of June we attended the Helensburgh and Lomond Highland Games. I would first like to say that the event was really well organised and everything that we witnessed seemed to go as clockwork. Other than the usual carnival type stalls, there were loads of great stalls either selling locally sourced food stuffs or showcasing and raising money for local community groups.

BBC to Film Games

The BBC’s One Show contacted the Helensburgh & Lomond Highland Games Committee, and will now be filming at the Highland Games on Saturday 4th June.On the day three lucky people will have their hair cut and styled by World famous Celebrity hair stylist Michael Douglas. The BBC have said the Games will be shown on the programme with up to 15 million viewers tuning in.Local Helensburgh TV Company URTV,and popular local radio station Your Radio will also be there to cover this years Games.

Gourock is a pretty little town situated on the West Coast of Scotland. The town is famed for its beach “Lunderston Bay” and its reputation for having great bars and restaurants.

The town has an interesting history going back as far as 1494, when it is recorded that James IV sailed from the shore at Gourock to quell the rebellious Highland clans. Two hundred years later William and Mary granted a Charter in favour of Stewart of Castlemilk which raised Gourock to a Burgh of Barony. In 1784 the lands of Gourock were purchased by Duncan Darroch, a former merchant in Jamaica. He built Gourock House near the site of the castle in what the family eventually gifted to the town as Darroch Park, later renamed by the council as Gourock Park.