Saturday, 31 January 2026

Glasgow

 Up before dawn today and out just before 7 as the moon was setting


A chilly wait for the connection at Ayr bus station . I thought that I'd just missed the previous bus but heard someone phoning to say that he was running late as the previous bus had been cancelled.

Arrived in a damp Glasgow...and I couldn't work out which bus stop I needed...so I walked down Sauchiehall Street and up to Park Circus where Alliance Française and the Goethe Institute share a pair of Georgisn buildings.

The course went ok...It is covering my weak points...translation ( I've always tried to think in the language that I'm learning, which makes translation difficult dometimes) grammar and spealing to people!! I think I'm at the right level, but it will be a lot of work...but worth it

I liked this diagram...



Then a walk back in the dampness...

The new building and the old church tower are one property


window tax




the Glasgow school of art..still not rebuilt after the two fires. it isn't the one right on the street, but the "wrapped" one just behind.



another construction site further near the centre along Sauchiehall street...I think that they are retaining an amount of the facade.


I had lunch in Waterstones' café..it is the biggest branch that I have seen...on five floors!!!!!

and at the end of the street...


and just before the bus station...



True dat!!!!

No waiting on buses on the way home...and I'm shattered!!.....as the Oily One remarked as we messaged...."brainwork" !!!

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