Glasgow Cathedral

Tuesday 15^th May 2012

The weather is getting better. This morning was a little overcast but it had cleared during the afternoon to some sunny blue sky. Temperature was still a rather cool 13°.

No driving today, we left the car parked outside our guesthouse and caught the ‘hop on hop off’ bus for a tour around Glasgow.

First stop was the Riverside Museum, Scotland’s Museum of Transport & Travel. The museum houses all sorts of exhibits on transport such as an original subway train carriage, old steam locomotives and many motor vehicles dating from the early 1900’s to current day vehicles. It was amazing to see a gray Vanguard just like my Grandfather used to own. All in all a very interesting place.

Back on the bus to Glasgow Cathedral and the Necropolis. The Cathedral has a fantastic array of stained glass windows and a large pipe organ. The Necropolis is a large cemetery up the hill from the Cathedral where all the important people in Glasgow are buried. We also saw the oldest house in Glasgow.

Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery

After a quick lunch we boarded the bus for the trip back across the city to Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery. We spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around the exhibits, which include fossils found in the mountains and lochs in Scotland. They also have a fully restore Mk 21 Spitfire hanging in the main hall area. We could have spent a lot more time here.

Walked back to our guesthouse and then headed out for dinner at the Crabshakk, a fish restaurant. After on entre of scallops for Lynne and oysters for me we both had fish & chips, which were excellent.