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Den of Ogil Cottage has an unbeatable location on the edge of a tranquil reservoir on the edge of the Angus Glens.

Water levels at Widdop Reservoir near Hebden Bridge have visibly fallen in the current heatwave.

It was hailed as one of the world's greatest engineering feats of its day and helped transform the health of citizens across the central belt. Opened by Queen Victoria on October 14, 1859, the original Katrine Aqueduct was an integral part of the loch that has been the primary water reservoir for much of the city of Glasgow and its surrounding areas, serving more than 1.3m people. The Loch Katrine system - now made up of two aqueducts that are 25 and 23 miles in length from the loch to treatment works north of Glasgow, provides about 110 million gallons of water a day. Now a £20m upg...

By Nerys Tunnicliffe of Glasgow City Archives Visit to Inlet Tunnel, Loch Katrine by the Glasgow Corporation Water Committee and Commissioners, 24 August 1876 during one of their inspections of the site. Pic: Glasgow City Archives THE Loch Katrine Water Works were officially opened on October 14, 1855 by Queen Victoria. For its time it was a very ambitious scheme to increase and improve Glasgow ‘s water supply, aiming to provide 50 million gallons of water in any one day. Until the early 1800s the city’s main water supply was a...