Exploring Glasgow

Monday 28 May 2012  - A day to explore

Day 46 and 113 to go

It was so wonderful to have a full night’s sleep and a sleep in with both of us waking a little more refreshed.

We watched morning TV before heading downstairs for breakfast that was substantial. With a full belly we walked back up to the room and sorted our day. Paul called home while I got myself organised

We made it out into the sunshine. It was so glorious. We wandered into the city stopping at the Celtic shop. We then walked down to the River Clyde again. As we looked over the bridge we could see a large thing in the water that emerged and was moving around, it took awhile to work out that it was a very large seal. We watched it for a while before heading into the park that runs part of the length of the Clyde River. There were more Glaswegians out sunning themselves. So much white skin. 

We checked out the Lord Nelson monument and then moved on to the People’s palace that has a large green house to wander through. Unfortunately the museum attached was closed. 

On the outside of the building was a large water fountain that we checked out along with an interesting building modelled on a building from Venice.

We walked back towards the city centre stopping in a pub for a drink first. All the walking and warm weather was creating a thirst.  With it satisfied we made our way back to George Square admiring the architecture of the old buildings.

Paul stopped at another pub to try Bells Stout that he was hunting down. We then found a sandwich for lunch and joined the workers sitting out on the steps to eat. So many people were out catching the sun.

We walked back to the hotel for a rest. We checked emails, receiving a reply from the Dublin Hotel offering us a full refund for our inconvenience. A good result we thought.

After our rest we walked to the West end of town along the River Clyde walk. We crossed over the Arc Bridge and walked passed the science museum. The area here seems under utilised with much of it in disrepair. It was a shame really as we could see the potential.

We crossed back over and stopped in at another pub to refresh before making our way back to the hotel again to have a rest before wandering through town to The Goose pub for dinner. Where we took delight in being entertained by the weird and wonderful locals while we ate. We chose to go to another pub for dessert and then we returned home to organise ourselves in readiness for tomorrow’s journey. Another adventure.