Irvine and the Scottish Maritime Museum
… whereas I preferred the items with more human interest.
I particularly liked the “shipbuilders” working high up in the roof.
The Harbourside area around the museum is picturesque.
Across the road is the café (what do you mean, did we go in? of course we did!) and more boats.
As we walked downriver, we noticed a series (we spotted seven, there might have been more) of special paving stones with Scots words. Each stone was themed: here are two – any guesses what the themes are? Bonus points for defining any of the words.
We passed The Ship Inn and a sculpture of a carter and his horse.
Then we came upon a flock of swans and a very aggressive goose who advanced, hissing, on John when he pointed his camera at it. No wonder some distilleries use them to protect the whisky.
Next, we came to The Big Idea, a museum devoted to Scottish inventors which was opened to celebrate the millennium and closed through lack of custom in 2003. It’s rather sad looking, and its massive carpark seems to be its main legacy – although John enjoyed photographing the footbridge with the names of some of his heroes.
By now we had reached the sea – I thought this picture made me look quite sinister, as if I was standing on the edge of the world. That was the intended effect anyway.
Linked to Jo’s Monday Walks.
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
Geese are quite agressive and can ouchie. Guard geese is no joke.
Love the sea and boat stuff – we are in sailing area here
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They are! Thanks for visiting.
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Maybe because I’m a woman of the plains (well, even the small planes we have in Italy) I’m fascinated with the sea and sea life. I really enjoyed the pics of the boats.
And the goose! I heard is said they are fierce animals. One of my aunt used to have a couple once. She said when they had their nest set up, it was impossibile getting near it. They would chase you down!
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Yes, I feared for John and his camera. The goose was not impressed at all.
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What a lovely walk! The sculptures are so fun, and the moody goose looks like a direct descendant of the distillery guards. I love your photograph in the end of the post. Makes me think either it represents the end of the world, or the beginning of a bigger world 🙂
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Let’s hope the latter!
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Glad you survived the encounter with the aggressive goose – I remember being quite scared of them as a child! Lovely walk – good to see the weather is improving! 🙂
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Yes, we’ve just had another lovely weekend with two good days in a row. Can’t believe our luck!
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