It’s up to you what size gravel you use for your driveway, but there are some guidelines that are worth following. If you go too small, your gravel will get displaced easily. But, if you go too big, you driveway might be quite tricky to walk on. Generally, it’s a good idea to go for a gravel size somewhere between 10-20mm.
Lockerbie
Lockerbie is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, south-western Scotland. It lies roughly 75 miles (121 km) from Glasgow, and 20 miles (32 kilometres) from the English border. It had a population of 4,009 at the 2001 census. The community pertained to worldwide attention in December 1988 when the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 crashed there complying with a terrorist bomb attack aboard the flight. Lockerbie evidently has existed since a minimum of the days of Viking influence in this part of Scotland in the period around 900. The name (originally "Loc-hard's by") suggests Lockard Town in Old Norse. The visibility of the remains of a Roman camp a mile to the west of the town suggests its origins may be even earlier. Lockerbie initially went into recorded background in the 1190s in a charter of Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale, granting the lands of Lockerbie to Adam de Carlyle. It looks like Lokardebi in 1306. Regarding two miles to the west of Lockerbie on 7 December 1593, Clan Johnstone battled Clan Maxwell at the Battle of Dryfe Sands. The Johnstones virtually eradicated the Maxwells associated with the fight, resulting in the expression "Lockerbie Lick." Lockerbie's major duration of growth began in 1730 when the landowners, the Johnstone family members, made plots of land offered along the line of the High Street, producing basically a semi-planned settlement. By 1750 Lockerbie had actually ended up being a significant town, and also from the 1780s it was a staging message on the carriage path from Glasgow to London. Probably the most crucial duration of growth was throughout the 19th century. Thomas Telford's Carlisle-to-Glasgow roadway was constructed via Lockerbie from 1816. The Caledonian Railway opened up the line from Carlisle to Beattock through Lockerbie in 1847 as well as later on right to Glasgow. From 1863 till 1966 Lockerbie was likewise a train junction, serving a branch line to Dumfries. Called the Dumfries, Lochmaben and also Lockerbie Railway, it was closed to travelers in 1952 and to freight in 1966. The town is offered by Lockerbie railway station. Lockerbie had actually been residence to Scotland's biggest lamb market since the 18th century yet the arrival of the Caledonian Railway boosted even more its role in the cross-border sell sheep. The railway likewise created a reducing in the cost of coal, enabling a gas functions to be integrated in the community in 1855.
