Glasgow

We arrived in Glasgow yesterday after a long bus ride through the western highlands of Scotland through to the Isle of Skye. Again we had beautiful weather - I am not sure I would want to be in this part of the world in the middle of winter!



To get back to the scottish mainland we caught the ferry from Skye to Mallaig. We drove beneath Ben Nevis past Glen Coe and along the banks of Loch Lomond (some of you might recognize that name from the song).



We didn't see much of Glasgow itself until this morning. Like Edinburgh it has a lot of old stone and brick buildings so not the prettiest city. There is a lot of building being done around the city and cleaning up of buildings. Again I don't think it would be a pleasant place to live in the middle of winter.






We are currently on the ferry crossing the Irish sea to Belfast. This ferry makes the NZ interislander look like a dinghy - it has a couple of restaurants, shops, cinema, gaming lounge and even a spa on board! The crossing takes nearly 3 hours and we are lucky to have another lovely day to do it.