The Normandy Hotel Renfrew

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 ...

... really encouraging compliments. These comments were very motivational at this point because we had already been traveling so many consecutive days. He described to us some new methods to use and which methods worked best for us already. During this experience, I realized what a universal language sketching is. You can communicate with so many people no matter what language, age, race or culture. Everyone can see a picture ...

... checked back at airport but no comment made-told checke I'd filled and I believe he turned ignition on.I unfortunately did'nt keep receipt for fuel-payed cash.I mention this to warn other hirers.! I feel I've been scammed.Tend to use Avis because off AA discount-look at others in future ...

Today, I was planning to go to the youth hostel at the castle, but the Land Rover had other plans!!!

Oh dear, game over! I popped out to start the Land Rover this morning at around 9am and the engine was smoking like a trooper and sounding a lot worse than it normally does. I called the AA at around 10:00 and they turned up at at around 10:45 from a local garage. He told me that the engine is fairly terminal (piston problem ...

11th May 2008 I went to support my cousin - Bob - in his American Football match at King George 5th Playing Parks in Renfrew. This was the first time I'd seen this game, and I was shocked by the violence! I told my aunt and uncle if anyone hurt my wee cousin ...

... The School of Art was alright but it certainly wasn't worth the 6.5 GBP entrance fee. The building itself wasn't that great, though the tour guide couldn't stop going on and on about Mackintosh's brilliance. Before leaving, I needed to get my backpack from the gift shop. The girl commented - "You had the heavy bag, right?" Too funny - I guess it's that 1.5 L bottle of water I always like to carry with me. I wanted to check ...

... hear all the gossip - always good! Not sure I want to be the sensible grown up though! Allocation of duties Each of us is allocated cooking duties for a day in groups of 3 or 4 and we go shopping and then prepare breakfast and dinner and clean up on that day. The next day we then are on truck duty where we have to clean out the truck - this takes about an hour in the morning. We are then free for the rest of the week to relax and enjoy. It sounds like quite a ...

... beer. It was just the job. Keep me going till dinner at least. The Iranians I meet impress me with their openness, friendliness and passion for business. The young people are highly educated and equally highly motivated. There appears to be no dominance of women by men, and the girls speak freely and forcefully at the discussion table. They are trying very hard to adopt world class practices in Marketing, Production and Sales, but they are hugely frustrated by a stifling Iranian ...

... sheep too. That prompted me to get him a stuffed sheep to hang from the rearview mirror on our last day. The group I was with was great - 4 South Africans, 2 Kiwis, 1 Aussie, 1 Belgian and a young woman from Poland. Most are actually living and working in London. Having a fun driver and group that got along well made it a wonderful experience. Anyway, we went all around Scotland for 5 days seeing ...