Same Shirt, Different day-2012 Adventures of the "Devonport Wonder Babes"

Monday 9^th July In Glasgow. Still raining tho not heavily but very murky day.

 Somewhat slow start after a Big Scottish Breakfast,

Big Scottish Breakfast with HP Guiness Sauce !

then all four of us walked down to station (about 15 min walk) and onto train into Glasgow city.

Murky day in Glasgow

First stop was the Glasgow Cathedral which has had a very interesting history since being first built by St Mungo in 6^th century. Ornate for Church of Scotland but sparse by comparison with other great churches. Some rather nice stained glass windows including a very big trades/craft guilds window with a nice rose window at the top.

Glasgow Cathedral

"Union Is Strength" Rose window Glasgow cathedral

Quick walk to outskirts of the necropolis near the cathedral –some fairly splendid memorials there.

Glasgow Necropolis

 Walked down and through centre of city, George Square, and then on Glasgow’s dinky little underground to Kelvingrove Museum, another of the great free UK museums.

Glasgow Underground

 I spent most of my time there in the exhibitions about the “Glasgow Boys” school of art and particularly some recreations of tea rooms, designed by Charles Rennie MacIntosh and his wife.

Kelvingrove exterior

Kelvingrove Central Atrium 

Glasgow furniture design

It also has some other rather bizzare collections of items together e.g. a Spitfire hanging above a collection of stuffed African animals, a more than 100 year old elephant, giraffe etc.

Spitfire above the veldt !

Also the very beautiful original oil painting of Vita SackvilleWest  by William Brand, that gracedthe cover of one biography of her.

Walked back through old University of Glasgow campus and down to McGintys Irish pub, then to Italian restaurant and then another bar before heading home on the last train. Lots of iPad and iPPhone talk.

University  of Glasgow old Campus

McGinty's Irish Pub in Glasgow

Serious "How to do Facebook" talk. Thirsty work !