Riverside Museum

We took a wander into the Riverside Museum this afternoon. Obviously it was mobbed since it’s only just opened, but the crowds were seriously unbelievable. If there’s a maximum capacity it must have been close. I would have loved to sing its praises, but I can’t. All I’ll say in the interim, is that I [...]

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The new blog

It seems I haven’t written here in ages, mainly because I haven’t. On the other hand, I have continued to post a lot elsewhere, on the Bodies in the Library blog for example, plus on Flickr and LibraryThing. The only sections that’s have been used here a lot are the Doorstep pages, which concentrate on [...]

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Stone day

Heading over to Ikea today and was trying to think of somewhere to take the kids afterwards. While hunting about online, I noticed mention of the Clochoderick Stone, which turns out to be this huge (12′x 17′)  erratic boulder sitting in a field in Renfrewshire. Having thought, “That looks amazing” I promptly forgot to take [...]

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Scottish World Heritage sites

There are already five Scottish World Heritage sites: St Kilda, Edinburgh’s Old and New towns, Neolithic Orkney, New Lanark and the Antonine Wall (as part of the Roman Empire Frontiers). In 2012, the UK government will submit a further list of potential sites to UNESCO and there are six more Scottish locations included for the [...]

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Crookston

Crookston is a fantastic ruined castle on the southside of Glasgow. There’s not a lot of it, but what’s there is really interesting. It’s seen a lot of action over the years too, including a siege in 1489, courtesy of James IV. Things to look out for: the cobbled path leading up towards the castle [...]

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Friday – accompanied

Went to Palacerigg with brother and family. My head hurts if I have to bend down so I’ve decided against doing that. Makes it awkward to tie shoelaces but I’d rather trip than feel my brain trying to push through my skull. Got to Palacerigg along some rather wonderfully crunchy roads before we found the [...]

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Wednesday – walking

So we made plans to go down the Clyde Valley, stopping for a wander in every wee place we came to. Didn’t happen. Put the window down in the car and it refused to go back up again. Didn’t get going until after lunch (and only after a visit from the latest in a very [...]

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Sunday – castles

A great drive down the A71 to Kilmarnock where we drove around looking to find anything as modern as a fastfood place – unfortunately one of the few things the kids will eat. Kilmarnock on a Sunday brunchtime is quiet. Quest completed, we continued on the way to Dundonald Castle, which turned out to have an [...]

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Maybe you need a holiday?

On this lovely Spring day I put the car window down and sang acapella on the way home. Nothing wrong with that, until I caught myself trying to turn the volume up … Just as well I’ve got some days off, starting with a wee wander along the Glen to Flatt Bridge and back, being regularly passed [...]

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Raith

There are places that you go past every day without a passing thought and one of them is the Raith Interchange at Strathclyde park. And then one day I was looking at an old map and noticed the word “Raith” marked on it. Wow! There was a village there once! I thought, and looked for [...]

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