Only been back at work a couple of days, had last week off, so went to Glasgow with German visitor Oliver for a fun-filled couple of days or so. We started at a Public Image Ltd concert at the O2 ABC on Sauchiehall Street, very good too, old Mr Rotten was in good form and most PIL classics were played, new album stuff was good too. We visited various other places too over that weekend; Glasgow Green, People's Palace, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Botanic Gardens...and several Glaswegian craft beer pubs!! In fact we visited 7 of the top 10 craft beer pubs, plus one or two other pubs (including the rebuilt Clutha Bar). The West Brewery pub near Glasgow Green was very good, sells German-style beer brewed in the same building, while there a generous chap offered us free tickets to Celtic's home game against Dundee, so off we went to Celtic Park too! Having saved money on the entrance cost, Oliver treated himself to a retro Celtic top. We did a lot of walking all over the place, so it was a successful trip.
Of course, we also went for a refreshment or two in Edinburgh too, the usual haunts for me, though he hadn't been in most, think he liked Ushers the best, but the Potting Shed and the Hanging Bat were also excellent again.It was not all fun and games this month though, was lazy and a bit down for most of the month, didn't keep my exercise discipline at all- went for a long run today in a not very impressive time, will hopefully get up and go early tomorrow too, but really it is too little, too late.
Was a very sad month too, with Steven Wylie losing his life in an accident at his farm, he was a great person, a real tragedy :-(
Here are a few photos; one of George Square, an Elephant in the Kelvingrove Museum, a cheeky Squirrel in the Botanic Gardens, and Oliver at the football game.
