Holiday Inn East Kilbride

Travelled from Fife over to West of Scotland and Hamilton, just south of Glasgow.
Watched the game which Hamilton won 2-1 and really enjoyed the atmosphere. On the radio on the way home though learned that there had been fighting in the players tunnel after the game and the Police had been involved. Boys will be boys!!
Sat with the Hearts fans ... not happy! Team were poor and they can see their club is in decline!

After about a 4 hours drive we headed straight into Glasgow. Had a quick tour of the city and then a visit to the oldest Pub in Glasgow. On sitting down we soon realised we had just sat beside the village idiot! His conversation ranged from him being in a "Black hole" in and out of Hell, his skill at being a match maker and how "Men would hit their sons and their sons would hit ...

... we were drinking our coffee we decided to do a quick sketch of the train station. As we were sitting there a nice older man in a kilt caught a glance of what we were doing and invited himself over. He pulled up a chair and started to explain to us that he used to teach architectural drawing classes and now is a professional artist who gives presentations on his work. He asked to take a look of each of our sketchbooks and gave ...

... Apart from that can recommend Relais FRANCESCA in Piano di Sorrento.A super small hotel with parking -important in that area!Also close to train station for Sorrento,Pompeiietc.
P.S.DON'T plan to eat outside Pompeii site-take something with you or use cafe inside.
Cheers
John

... phones through to the AA and books a transporter to take me back to take me back to Nottingham (East Leake).

Tow truck 1, turns up at 11:50 to take me on the first leg of the journey home from Fort William to Stirling. This takes approx 3 hours and I get dropped at Stirling service station where I am supposed to be met by the next tow truck. It takes about an hour for the next truck to turn up. Which was arranged for 14:30

... necessities of morning: coffee and toilet. So all was good with the world once again.

Pedaling along it almost seemed like the hills would never end - all up and no down (sometimes leaving the coast is difficult). But finally it broke and we were able to start making some time. The goal was to get just outside of Edinburgh to meet Brian’s blacksmithing friend, but after ...

... after dinner we headed back to the flat for what they like to call pre-gaming (where you drink before going out, so it costs you less at the bar). On the way to the flat though many more people got invited and it turned into a full on party. This, for those of you who don't know me that well, is something i was not at all ready for and when complete strangers that no-one had invited came into my flat, i started to freak out a bit. They were all supposed to be going to the bar but some ...

... the truck would be shipped from Dili in East Timor to Darwin, the plan is now to ship the truck from Singapore and then have 2 weeks off the trip. We then meet the truck in Darwin. This will allow us to either lie on a beach or, as we are thinking of making our own way through Indonesia and flying to Darwin from somewhere closer than Singapore - maybe Bali or Flores. We kind of feel if you are going overland you have to go as far as possible on the ground and ...

... about. A great way to open your mind and really learn a little bit about other people and their way of life. It certainly gives you respect and understanding. I think this world needs a lot more of that. At least the museum was a small part of it. Then I wandered over to the Glasgow Cathedral next door which was huge and beautiful. Lots of stained glass, underground tombs and chapels for different saints. Cool. Then behind the Cathdedral on a hill ...

... based entirely upon my measly three days of residence in the city: - The stereotype holds true, and since I've been here the weather has been cool, grey, drizzly and foggy, with only one afternoon of sun. The average high temperature has been in the mid teens. - People drink a lot here, they do it every night, and there are more pubs than stoplights. Drunken Scots are loud and rowdy, which ...