Coming and Glasgowing

Day: 183

Towns / Cities Visited: 115

Countries Visited: 23

Steps Taken Today: 13,377

Steps Taken Around the World: 3,066,710

We awoke to another cloudy day in paradise for the first slow day we’d had planned for quite some time, and as we were staying in a b&b for once, we aptly rolled out of bed, and headed down to breakfast. As could only be expected in a small farmhouse in rural Scotland, that involved a full Scottish breakfast, haggis and all, and a welcoming pot of tea, all served by the cheery little old lady who runs the place. The perfect way to start our low key day, if ever there was one. Fat and happy we gathered our things and bundled into the car. It may have been a quiet day, but we still had places to go, and as I’m sure you’ve gathered by now, our destination was to be Glasgow.

As would seemingly become the norm during our stay in this gorgeous part of the world, we were met during our drive with a pelting of rain, and it certainly hadn’t slowed much by the time we parked and jumped out. Being Sunday we were able to find cheap parking, but also soon realised that our intention to visit Glasgow Cathedral first up would have to be postponed as the morning service was still in full swing. Not to be deterred, and with the rain letting up a little, we decided that given we did not wish to disturb the living, we would spend a little time amongst the dead. Thus we wandered through the ornate gates, over the Bridge of Sighs, and to our…