140. Overtoun House and Bridge
After reading about the mysterious “dog suicide bridge” in Scotland (see FT196:4, 331:22), I decided to visit the place myself. Overtoun Bridge became infamous when the media reported that hundreds of dogs had leapt from the bridge for no apparent reason, injuring or killing themselves on the rocks below. Some people place the blame for their deaths on a ghost.
I travelled first to Glasgow on a rainy February day, and from there went by train and local bus to Dumbarton the next day. The weather had turned rather sunny and spring was
