Thursday. A nice day with family. I woke at 9am!. I was meant to take my niece, Rachael’s children to school, a walk of maybe ½ a mile, but slept through all the early morning noises. My sister Allie decided against waking me as I could take them today, (Friday) which I did.
We had a nice supper together, with the two energetic kids and lots of conversation and laughter.
My brother in law Bob and and Rachael’s husband Martin and I followed a long Thursday tradition of visiting the social club later in the evening for a rewarding Guinness.
Up early this morning and made it to take the kids to school and get to the train station by 9.30 for the train to Glasgow.
I have a travel companion Rhino who first featured at the Raleigh airport and has been little trouble and good company to date.
We decided to forgo the culinary delights of the railway and take a packed lunch, and a suitable beverage, and you can see that Rhino was sharing in the feast!!
I traveled from Birmingham to Glasgow with another Andy who I met on the train. We had an interesting, wide ranging conversation that helped pass the 4 hour journey and helped me in one of the trip objectives, which is to meet people. Thanks Andy. A nice guy who will be following the blog.
My Glasgow accommodation is, as intended a hostel that provides a clean, basic room that is inexpensive, so I can spend money on more interesting things. The room pleasantly surprised me. It is basic, but has an excellent hot shower with plenty of pressure, and a comfortable double bed. For 29 pounds a night a good deal I think. It was not difficult to find the room as the numbers on the door are “large and easy to read” (see picture.
I am off to see Carlos Nunez this evening. He is a Spanish celtic music performer that I have admired for several years but never heard in concert.
I will tell you tomorrow how it went.
I am going to have to practice more with uploading photos to get them in order. Please be patient