Glasgow

Our overall impression of Glasgow is that it's a bit grubby and disproportionately bogan. That might be a bit coloured by our visit(s) coinciding with a couple of football matches including the Scottish Cup final. You can feel the energy here though with a lively music and pub scene.

The number one "things to do" consistently throws up the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. We spent a couple of hours there and rate it as one of the best visits we've had to attractions of this type. It's an eclectic mix of exhibits that somehow works ranging from gumboots fashioned to look like a dog, to Salvador Dali, to Van Gogh, to stuffed animals, to hanging Spitfires and an Organ recital on the side. Kiwi and Kakapo were amongst the taxidermy items. It's worth a look.

To satisfy our need to walk we followed a guided street art trail. There's a lot to see as you zig zag across the city visiting all the nooks and crannies. We also felt compelled to support the live music scene by joining the Spiders on Mars, a David Bowie tribute band, who played at The Ferry which is a permanent restaurant / music venue docked on the Clyde. We got soaked on our way back to the hotel which is a pain as we fly to to Dublin first thing packing wet clothes.

The weather has officially turned with rain forecast for our visit to Ireland.

My corkscrew didn't make it through the Glasgow airport security. I won't draw any conclusions from that. No matter, it was redundant.

No visit to Glasgow is complete without seeing Billy. There were two murals dedicated to him on our tour

Gumboot art

A scene from Trainspotting (not fair; that was based in Edinburgh not Glasgow)

Police keeping  a close eye on a gathering of Celtic United supporters. Vicki was concerned one of them might step on the unattended dog poo lurking right next to then.