Day 12 – Our own tour of Glasgow

Who needs a hop-on, hop-off bus when we have our own tour guide. Donna stepped up and led us on a walking tour of the main sights in Glasgow.

Our very capable guide at work

We may have confused the People’s Palace for the carpet factory but apart from that we saw the Doulton Fountain, the Cathedral, the Tolbooth, the University , and the Barras, a market area that opens on Saturday and Sunday.

What we thought was the Palace…
Doulton’s Fountain

The People’s Castle was a great museum. Interesting to see the display on alcohol consumption and the device used to take intoxicated persons to the watch house. Hopefully, Wayne or Mark won’t need this during our stay in Glasgow.

Loved the art work on the buildings.

The Cathedral

We gave a resounding round of applause for these guys working on the scaffolding of a building. They were passing each plank up the seven storeys individually.

Passing the plank

Came back and had lunch at Stack and Still, a pancake place. Nice but too much and too rich.

In the afternoon, we caught a cab to the Celtic stadium and did a tour with an enthusiastic guide named Martin. Wayne was very excited.

Leading the team out

Our self-appointed captain

In the main man’s chair

Our guide, Martin

We dropped into a pub called Drum and Monkey. We elected to come home, put on our Pjs and have a few drinks and take away in the comfort of the apartment. Donna and Mark found some lovely Indian food. A nice night in…

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