Day 6 - On the train to Glasgow
Today was the day we'd earmarked for a trip to Glasgow. Just as well as it's rained heavily all day! We took the train from Helensburgh straight into the city centre - much easier than driving in.First stop in Glasgow was The Men's Store. This is a men's only "grooming salon". In reality this means girlie things for boys whilst still pretending to be all masculine so no one gets a complex. I'd promised Lee that I'd treat him to a proper wet shave with a cut throat razor, and whilst it would be tempting to have a go myself, I reckoned on balance it was probably better to pay a professional to do it instead!
We booked him in, and had a bit of time to kill so headed for Willow Tea Rooms. This is a complete Mackintosh jobbie again - he designed the exterior and interior. Downstairs is a really nice jewellers (but didn't quite persuade Lee I needed some diamonds!) and upstairs is the tea room.
A good cup of tea and cake was had (would be rude not to!) and then back out into the rain. Lee decided that we needed a PSP (translation for those over 40 - it's a handheld game / internet / mp3 gizmo) as this would a) enable him to test compatability for websites b) be useful as a wifi detector at work therefore c) would be tax deductable and the company could pay for it as a valid expense, oh and d) he can play a new Formula 1 game on it. Hmmmm. No comment.
We took Lee for his wet shave. Half an hour later he was shiny faced and smooth. A spot more shopping was called for, nothing very exciting though, and a quick lunch.
We decided to "get cultural" and visit an art gallery. So we got a map and found the Buchanan Galleries. Puzzlingly we couldn't find any art work - it turns out it's just a bloody shopping centre. Very misleading! We found their information desk, made ourselves look like really stupid tourists and then we then went to the Museum of Modern Art. What a pile of rubbish! We got as far as two galleries and then decided to give it up as a bad job. It was mainly pretentious, stupid, ugly rubbish - but what do we know!
But then we have no taste - a prime example is the trainers Lee nearly bought today.
So, a pretty uneventful day today. We were just grateful that Glasgow hadn't shut for the day! We are a bit tired now - probably after our exciting run yesterday, so we might go out to a seafood restaurant tonight or we might fall asleep on the sofa, it could go either way!
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