Blackpool to Glasgow + Wanderings

We said farewell to Blackpool today and headed towards Glasgow.  I was asked by a friend who shall remain nameless why we were going to stay in Glasgow. I can reliably say he is a little biased.

The drive up form Blackpool took 3 hours on the M road which was boring, but Lorraine did capture some great shots to get the feel of the land. 

We arrived at our destination which can I say Lorraine should be absolutely proud of, we are staying in an authentic castle/former manor house that has been restored and made into a hotel. Not quite the feel of Elm Grove, but absolutely sensational.  Our room overlooks a running stream which is quite loud if you open the windows.  The room itself is stunning, we have a chandelier, an extremely lavish bedhead and drapes framing our window.    The castle is also filled with antiques, oil paintings, opulent wall paper, chandeliers and I can go on and on.  You have to see the photos because my description does not do it justice.

We were lucky to be able to check in early and then headed into Glasgow itself. At first we thought it was a dead town.  We had visited the People's Palace which was surprisingly and unexpectedly great. Then we decided to wander and try to find the building murals, in particular the one that features Billy Connolly.  We also wanted to visit George's Square.   After the Palace we headed for the city centre and some form of life.  We soon found out why the town was dead, everyone was at George's Square, well the football fans were, 6 hours before kick off and they were already drinking and chanting, check out the video, it was an awesome feeling.

We continued wandering and accidentally (on purpose) stumbled across the Billy Connolly mural, that was it for Lorraine, she was happy, time to go home now.  We took a wander back to the car via the picturesque Glasgow Green park which is behind the Peoples Palace.  It was beautiful and serene and again, not a lot of people.

Back to the castle for a rest and dinner tonight.

We would like to stay another night but we also have plans for areas north (Loch Ness) so need to say good bye tomorrow sadly.

P.S. It appears we have booked ourselves a luxury castle.  We had dinner tonight which we thought was in the dining room.  As we were deciding on a table the maitre'd advised us that we start in the lounge room with drinks and canapes before being seated for dinner.  We were ushered into the lounge room which had an open fire and our drinks order was taken.  We were then served beautiful canapes.  I can't describe them so check out the photos.  Yes we photographed the meal because it was too beautiful and we excused ourselves with the wait staff. Our dinner order was also taken whilst we were in the lounge.  We were eventually seated in the dining room.  Our table overlooked the garden and we had candlelight.  We were waited on hand and foot.  Take a look at the meals we were served, not only were they visually stunning, they tasted amazing.

Whilst we were at dinner, the staff turned down our bed, put chocolates on the pillow and we had little white mats with a pair of slippers each placed on either side of the bed.  The lamps were turned on and because they have red shades, they have a very romantic glow.

What a beautiful place to stay, thank you Expedia!! 

2019-09-19 - Blackpool to Glasgow + Wanderings
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