979 - Blantyre

Series 10 Episode 9 - BLANTYRE (# 979 Visited 24/02/2025)

Lanarkshire, Scotland : Population 16,900 (Rank # 611)

As the rhetorical question has it, who shall explore the birthplace of the explorer himself? The answer: me.

MUSIC

Moscow - Orange Juice

Loaded - Primal Scream

A Horse With No Name - America

The Quiet Man O' Lanarkshire - Alexander Brothers

Walk Like A Panther - The All Seeing I (ft. Tony Christie)

THANKS

First Bus

Visit the UK's 1,000 largest settlements with Alexander Rennie. For full details of both challenge and podcast, see https://forgottentowns.org