Glasgow

Mick and Linda left us on Monday and Jo and Owen, Josh's daughter and grand son, arrived on Tuesday evening. Our plans have changed from what was originally on our plan. We were going to Belfast and then to Liverpool and we were leaving the boat there for the winter. Now we are staying put in the James Watt Dock in Greenock, Glasgow and we will be driving home on Thursday.

Owen taking the wheel
 


The weather continued wet and pretty miserable but on Wednesday we had a break in the weather with a dry day forecast so we decided to take Jo and Owen on a sail to Holy Loch and Dunoon.

The forecast wasn't accurate as we did have some light rain but the wind was in the right direction for a sail so we set off with Owen at the helm.

It was a pleasant four hours sail, dodging the many ferries that cross the Clyde to Dunoon. We didn't land anywhere but we wanted to check out Dunoon as there is a large Highland Gathering there on Saturday (tomorrow) which we plan to go to. We have decided to go by ferry instead as there isn't anywhere suitable to moor up in Dunoon.




The waterside at Dunoon, preparations for the gathering underway.
So this week we have been exploring Glasgow again on the tourist bus.



 
Sculpture at Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
 

We have spent a day at the Science Centre and the Planetarium and today was spent at the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery. There was a special exhibition "Frank Quitely ;The Art of Comics, from Krypton to Kelvingrove.".

Frank and his colleagues were  local Glasgow artist who were responsible for Batman, Superman, X-Men, Ur Willie the Broons and films such as Kingsman and Kick-Ass.

Owen and I enjoyed  it and had an opportunity to do some sketches there as well.


It's still raining! One Glaswegian on the bus cheerily told us that if you are born in Greenock you are born with webbed feet! I can believe it.



 
We discovered another trendy basement restaurant on Bath Street, Bloc+. Here is Josh enjoying a Penguin beer... not for everyone!!
 
Cheers!
 


Comments

  1. Cousin Sue26 August 2017 at 08:23

    Glad you got the chance to see more of Glasgow. Hope you enjoyed Dunoon.
    See you soon. Xxc

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