Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Published Tuesday, January 21, 2020 by with 1 comment

Monday 20th January - Glasgow

M wanted to prepare for the interview she has for her PhD funding on Thursday so I had a free day. I thought about trying to visit the 4 football grounds, Rangers, Celtic, Partick and Queens Park (they play at Hampden) but that seemed a bit ambitious. Instead I settled for walking to the Science Centre and then to Ibrox.
The walk took me through Kelvingrove Park which has some fine views.
Spotted this church next to Sikh temple which were both next to a Gaelic school so it says something about the diversity of the city.

The route then took we through a tunnel on the way to the river. Unfortunately the view was a bit restricted


 I walked over the Bells footbridge to get over the river. It shows the strange armadillo building.



The BBC building had photos of artists in the windows. I checked to see if there was anyone I knew and found J. Willgoose, Esq. from Public Service Broadcasting who Tom is a big fan of.
I wasn't sure if I was actually going to go in the Science Centre but this was a bit of a clincher


To alleviate my disappointment I headed on to Ibrox. Its in a bit of rundown neighbourhood, a mixture of industrial buildings and poor housing.



I did a lap of honour and spotted the memorial for the 1971 disaster. There were quite a few flowers probably because it happened on January 2nd. 66 people killed. I hadn't realised there had been a previous disaster in 1902. This was  at a home international match between Scotland and England. The back of the wooden West Tribune Stand collapsed due to heavy rainfall the previous night, causing 25 deaths.

I tried to find my own way back to the river but found I couldn't get there the way I had gone so had to do some back tracking. I took a different route over a road bridge. I spotted a rotunda at each side and wondered if they had been access points to a tunnel like the ones near Greenwich. This did turn out to be the case.

The way back was made easy by the various landmarks like the sikh temple and then when got up a hill on the outskirts of the park I could see the church opposite James and Amy's. When James lived in Hackney his flat was above a shop with a big sign saying 'Cheap Booze'. Now he has this for continuity.

We went to the Hug and Pint for dinner. Its a vegan Thai restuarant, bar and venue. We had been there before when they lived in the old flat. Food was really good again but maybe not as good as the first time. Possibly because it wasn't the first time and possibly because we had to choose more dishes.
We got back and watched a bit of telly and night capped.

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  1. Unknown12 June 2020 at 18:47

    A couple of small points... Its Queen's Park (Scotland's oldest football club) that are in Glasgow, Queen of the South are from Dumfries. There used to be 6 clubs in Glasgow but Third Lanark ceased to exist after 1967 & Clyde moved from Glasgow to Cumbernauld in 1986.
    Still, you managed to visit the best football club in Scotland & even took a picture of my pre-game watering hole the Louden Tavern where I took Ian for a drink a couple of years ago.

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