Red skys in the morning, sailors take warning. The first named storm of the season, Ali, was crushing Northern Ireland and headed for Scotland. Wind speeds on the Tay bridge in Dundee topped 100 mph. This beautiful morning became seriously windy although without as much rain as I expected.
Now that a second fire which destroyed the Glasgow School of Art and the CR Macintyre collection closed Scott St, Garnett might be the steepest road in Scotland. Handrails to help you navigate.
A few minutes after the rainbow the view from my hotel room changed to something a bit more ominous
I’m guessing that’s St Andrew in the steeple seen above
The Glenlee, a 3 masted barque, was built out of steel on the Clyde in Glasgow in 1896. After serving for nearly a half century in Spain as a training ship she was saved from the scrap heap and totally rebuilt in Glasgow where she is one of 5 remaining floating Glasgow built sailing ships in the world
I always try to take few minutes to walk along the Clyde when in the city but as the rain & wind kicked up the Riverside Transportation Museum was a refuge
A 1934 Bentley
Reproduction old-timey street
An impressive motorcycle collection
A family of traveling circus performers certainly traveled in style
Cable car
A 1922 Beardmore Precison 2 person sidecar
A 1900 Argyll Voiturette 2 3/4 hp
1908 Argyll 14/16
1915 Arrol Johnston 15.9 Tourer
Pop an electric motor into this 1971 AC 3 wheeler and you’d have a grand city car
In 1993 & 1994 Graeme Obree set record in cycling. He designed many of his own bikes and on the top one he claimed his aerodynamic position was the best that could be achieved
Clydebank Distillery
The Clyde was deceiving. The wind was over 40mph
Meaning the observation needle was closed again. Someday I hope to see Glasgow from the top as it always seems too windy when I’m here and it shuts itself off if the speeds increase over a safe limit.
The dome of the Glasgow Gurdwara Sikh Temple glowed in the brief sun
The Mitchell Theater. I would have loved to seen the inside
The restoration of Kate Cranston’s tea room on Sauchiehall St is nearly complete
Seriously burned in 2014 the Glasgow School of Art was nearly rebuilt when fire struck again this past June destroying the building again and many of it’s neighbors.
As debris began to hurl across streets and trees and branches shut roads I decided it was smarter to stay in my hotel room with the wind howling through leaky windows than risk being hit wandering about.
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There was a red and white Austin Healey in one picture. In mint condition, those go for well over $100k. All those pictures and I pick out the ‘70’s era British convertible. That’s about right. Interesting museum.