Scotland - Day Five

cazphillips2
Nov 15, 2024
3 min read

It’s Day 5 so it must be Glasgow?!

In order to live to see Christmas (Favourite Husband) and to avoid any tears (me) we opted to leave the car behind this morning and explore Glasgow by using the subway. It’s essentially only got 2 “lines” the inner and the outer, so even we were confident, and it worked well! Of course we still managed to rack up an outstanding number of steps/kms that does make me wonder if it is in fact, plot twist … him trying to kill me?

We got off the subway at Buchanan Street and headed to George Square, got the mandatory “cone on head” photo and then ventured into the Chambers building as an unplanned detour. Wow! I have added “marble staircase” to my growing home improvements list. Then it was off to the Glasgow Necropolis. Now we love a good cemetery and this one was brilliant. It was early ish morning, so we almost had the place to ourselves. And the views down over the cathedral and the Royal Infirmary and the city as a whole were magical. We had to tear ourselves away to go and visit the Cathedral. Stunning. I really liked that there are priests/ministers there to talk you through and give you a guided tour. We didn’t opt for that, but I thought it was a great idea to engage with people.

From there we popped across to the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. St. Mungo is the patron saint of Glasgow it turns out, Mungo was his nickname possibly coming from the Welsh for “my dear one.” He is said to have died in his bath, which is interesting in that my son was born in the bath, perhaps I should have called him Mungo, instead of “Deeply Irritating.”

I digress.

It was then back over the road again to Provand’s Lordship, believed to be the oldest building in Glasgow dating from 1471. The restoration on the property is exceptional.

All these 4 places are within minutes from each other so an easy morning.

From there we decided to head to the People’s Palace despite knowing it is closed and we’re glad we did. Glasgow delivers on the architecture and breathtaking magnificence of these buildings. Almost round every corner there’s a “wow” moment. It was unexpected and fantastic. I love old buildings, I love Autumn colours, I love art, I love unexpected delights (I also love diamonds if anyone was wondering what I’d like for Christmas …)

From here we found the St. Andrew’s suspension bridge which was another surprise.

Then it was back on the subway to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. I’m running out of adjectives! It was amazeballs, all of it.

All rounded off with dinner and drinks at a 17th century pub.

I’ve used far too many words when all I really need to say was Glasgow you delivered, over and above. 2 days isn’t nearly enough. Glasgow - the gift that just kept giving. (I’ll stop now before I’m accused of working for the tourist board.) I’ll try to select under 20 photos of the 137,453 I took.