Today after a very peaceful nights sleep in our very comfortable unit, we awoke to a very overcast day.
We had decided to have a look around Glasgow city centre, travelling in by train.
We did a bit of research and found that the nearest railway station to our unit was called Croy so we put the postcode into our GPS and headed off.
Unfortunately we didn't have much success with the GPS's as the borrowed one didn't have the M80 motorway in it and the other one in the car would not accept the postcode for the station.
Mick had looked up the route on Google before we left and knew that if we could get to the other side of the motorway we would be OK and we were.
Having found the station we parked in the large car park and went to the ticket machine where we bought 2 tickets on our Travel Card without a problem.at a total cost of £9.40.
We didn't have to wait long for the train and we were in Glasgow city in 15 minutes.
As we walked out of the Queen Street Station we found a Hop on Hop off bus parked right outside so hopped on. It cost £10 each for unlimited travel for 2 days so we stayed on board for a full 1h 45 minute circuit (Glasgow is a big place) to get an idea where everything was.
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West central Lowlands. It's inhabitants, which number 600,000, are referred to as Glaswegians and the city grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become one of the largest seaports in the world.
In it's heyday there were dozens of ship builders along the Clyde Bank but now only one remains building sections of naval ships. China and South Korea are now number one and two in the world for shipbuilding.
When we got off the bus we walked across George Square to make the 2.30pm free tour around the Glasgow City Chambers.
The Chambers are in the very heart of Glasgow stand as one of the city's most important and prestigious buildings.
A grand and imposing edifice overlooking George Square, the City Chambers is an impressive symbol of Glasgow's political strength and historical wealth. Completed in 1888, the City Chambers has for over a hundred years been the headquarters of successive councils serving the City of Glasgow.
The building was amazing. pillars of marble and granite give way to staircases of Carrara Marble, freestone and Alabaster and a ceiling decorated in gold leaf is topped by a stained glass dome. There is quite a bit of ceiling work done by Wedgwood also.
We went right through the buildings several floors climbing several flights of marble stairs. We didn't go into the Lord Provosts (Lady Mayoress's) area though. In Scotland Lord Mayors are called Lord Provosts even if the incumbent is female which is currently the case.
The only thing we could think about was that the building would have been paid for by peoples rates and would have cost a fortune to build.
We were very impressed with the building though.
After our visit we walked around the town for a while taking in the local ambiance before finding a great "eat as much as you like" Chinese restaurant in the city centre. Since it was 4.40pm we found the price was a very reasonable £6.99 each and that included great fruit salad (as much as you could eat) as well.
We then walked back to the station and caught the train back home.
We had decided to have a look around Glasgow city centre, travelling in by train.
We did a bit of research and found that the nearest railway station to our unit was called Croy so we put the postcode into our GPS and headed off.
Unfortunately we didn't have much success with the GPS's as the borrowed one didn't have the M80 motorway in it and the other one in the car would not accept the postcode for the station.
Mick had looked up the route on Google before we left and knew that if we could get to the other side of the motorway we would be OK and we were.
Having found the station we parked in the large car park and went to the ticket machine where we bought 2 tickets on our Travel Card without a problem.at a total cost of £9.40.
We didn't have to wait long for the train and we were in Glasgow city in 15 minutes.
As we walked out of the Queen Street Station we found a Hop on Hop off bus parked right outside so hopped on. It cost £10 each for unlimited travel for 2 days so we stayed on board for a full 1h 45 minute circuit (Glasgow is a big place) to get an idea where everything was.
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and is situated on the River Clyde in the country's West central Lowlands. It's inhabitants, which number 600,000, are referred to as Glaswegians and the city grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become one of the largest seaports in the world.
In it's heyday there were dozens of ship builders along the Clyde Bank but now only one remains building sections of naval ships. China and South Korea are now number one and two in the world for shipbuilding.
When we got off the bus we walked across George Square to make the 2.30pm free tour around the Glasgow City Chambers.
The Chambers are in the very heart of Glasgow stand as one of the city's most important and prestigious buildings.
A grand and imposing edifice overlooking George Square, the City Chambers is an impressive symbol of Glasgow's political strength and historical wealth. Completed in 1888, the City Chambers has for over a hundred years been the headquarters of successive councils serving the City of Glasgow.
The building was amazing. pillars of marble and granite give way to staircases of Carrara Marble, freestone and Alabaster and a ceiling decorated in gold leaf is topped by a stained glass dome. There is quite a bit of ceiling work done by Wedgwood also.
We went right through the buildings several floors climbing several flights of marble stairs. We didn't go into the Lord Provosts (Lady Mayoress's) area though. In Scotland Lord Mayors are called Lord Provosts even if the incumbent is female which is currently the case.
The only thing we could think about was that the building would have been paid for by peoples rates and would have cost a fortune to build.
We were very impressed with the building though.
After our visit we walked around the town for a while taking in the local ambiance before finding a great "eat as much as you like" Chinese restaurant in the city centre. Since it was 4.40pm we found the price was a very reasonable £6.99 each and that included great fruit salad (as much as you could eat) as well.
We then walked back to the station and caught the train back home.
Glasgow City Chamber with forecourt undergoing redevelopment 
Glass dome roof 
Interior marble staircases 
Mick as Lord Provost 
The Glasgow Apple store
Aussies bowling in Glasgow
BBC Scotland
Unusual bridge
Riverside Museum. European Museum of the year 2013
Glasgow Science Centre
Shopping Centre with the largest glass roof of any building in Scotland - hope they don't get hail!
Levitation?
Crane reminder of past ship building glory
Wonder where this design came from?
Film crew getting Police help. Notice the knife in his boot
Architectural copy of St Martin in the Fields church in Trafalgar Square, London
Running out of time
Scottish TV where Taggart was made
This clock is leaning over due to subsidence from building the M80 motorway under the city.
The Tardis
We knew it was a genuine Tardis because it had moved forward in time to be here when we got there.
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