2011: the best bits
I started this blog mid-way through 2011, really as a travel diary for myself which I hoped to complete retrospectively, so that I had a record of the great holidays… Read more 2011: the best bits →
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
There’s not much open in Glasgow on Boxing Day, so we spent a happy hour or so wandering through the Kibble Palace and hothouses at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Kibble Palace:… Read more Glasgow Botanic Gardens →
Riverside Museum, Glasgow
In the 25 years I have lived in Glasgow, its Transport Museum has had three homes. The latest move is to the purpose-built Riverside Museum, opened earlier this year and… Read more Riverside Museum, Glasgow →
Doors Open Glasgow, 18 September 2011
So, day two of Doors Open and, in contrast to yesterday, a lovely sunny afternoon. I’d planned a route with seven sites, but in the end we only managed five.… Read more Doors Open Glasgow, 18 September 2011 →
Doors Open Glasgow, 17 September 2011
Doors Open Days have been taking place in Glasgow since 1990. They are a fabulous way to see buildings, or parts of buildings, you might not normally get into and… Read more Doors Open Glasgow, 17 September 2011 →
A Mackintosh school and an old tramshed: two Glasgow galleries
Glasgow has purpose built museums and galleries such as Kelvingrove and the new Riverside (still to be visited when the schools go back and it quietens down) but today we… Read more A Mackintosh school and an old tramshed: two Glasgow galleries →
A grand day out in Glasgow
Two exhibitions, and a Glasgow icon – that Wellington statue!
The Glasgow Gallivanter 