Wednesday 31st July 2019
After breakfast at the hotel we took our luggage to the car and popped into next door grand central station for a few photographs. We have been watching a programme on BBC Scotland called “Inside Central Station” which is all about Glasgow Central Station so wanted to see it for ourselves.
We didn’t have chance to see that much of Glasgow itself but before we left we went to GSC, to go up the Glasgow Tower. The tower is 127meters tall (523 steps), weighs 500 tonnes, free standing and can be turned by 5 able bodied people, from the top you have 360° view over the Glasgow and the Clyde. It holds the world record for the tallest fully rotating freestanding structure in the world.
We grabbed a sandwich at the cafe to take with us, I had a travel sickness tablet and we headed to Wemyss Bay to catch the ferry across to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.
By the time we got on the ferry it was starting to rain and we were surrounded by thunder and lightning all the way across. It didn’t take too long to arrive in Rothesay, just over 30 minutes.
It was only a couple of minutes from the ferry to the apartment booked for a couple of nights. We met Lesley at the apartment. From the lounge we can see out over the sea front and where the ferry comes in and out. There is a CoOp downstairs which will be useful.
We went for a walk in the evening, though it was still a bit drizzily, most places were closed but there are quite a few places to eat. Gavin went for an Indian take away and I had chip shop chips which we both took back to the apartment and ate watching the ferries coming and going.