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A September 2000 trip to Scotland by tvordj

Broadford, Skye near sunset Photo - Isle of Skye, Scotland

Quote: This travelogue tells about a stay in Glasgow and a bus tour through Scotland with a friend back in late September, early October, 2000.

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Checking Out Glasgow

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Glasgow architecture Photo - Glasgow, Scotland

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Carole and I already spent a few days in London and a week based out of Manchester. We traveled to Stoke-on-Trent first for a poke around the china factory in Stoke, the Spode factory and some shopping. From there we headed to Glasgow where we would eventually pick up our tour. We shall start with our departure from Stoke. We went across to the station after checking out. Our bags seem to be getting much heavier! We discovered we had to cross the tracks to the platform required though an underground subway. Stairs!! Not normally a problem except the luggage is so heavy! We asked a station conductor if there was a lift and he took us to a cargo elevator that went up to an overhead walkway...Read More

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People's Palace and Winter Gardens

Attraction | "Find Out About Glasgow's History"

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In the east end of Glasgow across Glasgow Green is the People's Palace and Winter Garden, a social history museum about the people of Glasgow, supposed to be from the 12th to 20th centuries but it seemed like it focused mainly on the 19th and 20th from the exhibits we saw. It had exhibits on life in the tenements, the temperance movement, civic politics, life during the world wars, marriage, family life, the language ("patter") etc. There are paintings, prints, maps and interactive exhibits. It was quite entertaining and not a large museum so wasn't overwhelming. We didn't spend much time in the green house as the weather wasn't great anyway. Best thing about the museum, though is that...Read More

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People's Palace and Winter Gardens
Greendyke Street
Glasgow, Scotland G1 5DB
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Edinburgh and Back to Glasgow

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Jenners, Edinburgh Photo - Edinburgh, Scotland

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Breakfast is included with the room and is a buffet of hot or cold so we stocked up with a big breakfast before heading to the train station. This time we were lucky and the train went to Queen Street instead of Central so we were where we needed to be right away! The day return ticket to Edinburgh was £7.50 and leaves every 15 minutes or so from either end of the line. Less than an hour and we're pulling into Waverly station. Wouldn't you know, it's starting to spit rain already. There are city tour buses on Waverly bridge just as you come out of the train station so that's what we did, another hop on hop off tour. Once around the circuit and then decide where to get off. We had to sit in...Read More

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Over the Sea to Skye and Back

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Near Glencoe, Scottish Highlands Photo - Scotland, United Kingdom

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So begins the routine of touring, up early, bags out, breakfast and on the coach. After all the kilts last night we were "treated" to the presence of a Welsh rugby team in the dining room at breakfast this morning.Weather started out dark and cloudy with rain definitely threatening. First stop once out of Glasgow was Loch Lomond. There was a pretty Victorian stone hotel nearby. Really there wasn't much to look at, just the lake. The clouds were dark and low and actually, the photo that Carole took came out quite interesting, as a friend said, "typical scottish weather". Back in the bus, down the narrow back roads up through Rannoch Moor and Glencoe, where the famous massacre of 1692 took ...Read More

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Whiskey Trail and Castles

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Shack at the visitor centre, Cullodden Photo - Inverness, Scotland

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Weather is chilly and looks overcast. We stopped at the James Pringle woolen mill that had a bit of an exhibit and someone to tell you about tartan making which I didn't stay to listen to. This James Pringle factory was very good and the prices seemed very reasonable so I did buy a couple of small things and then went outside to get some air before we had to be back on the bus. The factory is outside the city and sits on the River Ness, a very pretty view. Across on the other side of the river was a man fly fishing in the cool morning air. By the time everyone got done we were about 15 minutes late leaving, thus arriving at Cullodden 15 minutes later than expected. The weather is clearing...Read More

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Touring Edinburgh and back to Glasgow

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Holyrood Abbey ruins Photo - Edinburgh, Scotland

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Another sunny morning! Breakfast was, as warned, somewhat controlled but utter chaos. It was crowded and noisy and there must have been 4 tour busses of people there. Not the way I like to start my day. The extremely long line up did at least move smoothly but you felt really rushed. We later decided we'd find someplace to buy some rolls and stuff and have breakfast in our room tomorrow morning.The morning had a rather unusual start. As we were crossing the road to the bus, our local guide, Tom, was trying to hold up traffic so we could cross safely. But one guy had no intention of stopping and came through anyway, running over Tom's toe so he kicked the car and a piece of the chrome trim ...Read More