This isn't really about The Merchant City, although we did spend a pleasant afternoon there. It's more about trying to settle in to some sort of retirement regime - if that's the right word. It's just over two months since I retired and a month for my wife. I have noticed that days can drift … Continue reading glasgow’s merchant city
(beyond 3) Time to count the cost of our Liverpool break TravelTrans Pennine Express - Glasgow to Liverpool return£110.60AccommodationBooking.com£276.00Dinner MondayLa Famiglia£55.00AttractionMersey Ferry and Open-top Bus Tour£44.00Lunch TuesdayRevolution, Albert Dock£21.89Dinner TuesdayChamber 36£65.00AttractionCavern Club (£10 entry + £10.70 refreshments)£20.70Lunch WednesdayWilliam Gladstone£30.61Dinner WednesdaySo Salsa - Castle Street£44.00Travel (Megabus)Back-up for rail strike (not used and no refund)£28.00 Total cost: … Continue reading how much? Liverpool
(beyond 3) each generation, as it comes along, finds Beatles music out for themselves, and I'm grateful for that George Martin day 3 - Liverpool You don't get much for a fiver these days. But a fiver gets you in to the world famous Cavern Club. You won't get better value than this. It's open … Continue reading the cavern club
(beyond 3) Don't let the sun catch you cryin' The night's the time for all your tears Your heart may be broken tonight But tomorrow in the morning light Don't let the sun catch you cryin' Gerry Marsden The Mersey day two - Liverpool Early(ish) rise for us. 8am and it's still pretty overcast. It's … Continue reading life goes on day after day
(beyond 3) I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night. Lady Gaga If these are prawns, I can't imagine what size the lobsters might be. day one - Liverpool Late afternoon arrival in Liverpool, we were in our … Continue reading perfect polpette
Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation Over many decades, Sir William Burrell built up a huge, diverse collection of objects from across the spectrum. He gifted this to Glasgow in 1944. There is a huge … Continue reading the burrell collection
A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. In modern usage, it is a metaphor used to describe an object, construction project, scheme, business venture, facility, etc. considered expensive but without equivalent utility or value relative to … Continue reading the pub that chose the wrong name
(beyond 2) Time to tot up the cost of our Fife break. EV ChargingInstavolt (Rosyth)£7.00EV ChargingChargeplace Scotland (Anstruther)£3.31EV ChargingChargeplace Scotland (St Monans)£2.92AccommodationAirbnb£583.54Lunch Monday (Culross)Red Lion Inn£28.00Attraction TuesdayScotland's Secret Bunker£29.90Attraction Tuesday (T-shirt)Scotland's Secret Bunker£14.00Lunch Tuesday (Anstruther)Anstruther Fish Bar£9.40Attraction WednesdayCambo Gardens£14.40Lunch Wednesday Cambo Gardens£26.90Lunch Thursday (Elie)The Ship Inn£68.59 Total cost: £787.96 Number of nights: 4 Cost per … Continue reading how much?
(beyond 2) St Monans is named after St Monance who was killed by the invading Danes in 875. Traditionally St Monans was a fishing village but now, due to it's picturesque merchant housing and history, it's a great place for tourists. Taken from the sign on the walk to the windmill, via the tidal pool … Continue reading saint killed by invading danes
(beyond 2) I suspect that if you asked a hundred people to describe paradise, you would get a hundred different answers, but thanks to the Persians we have a word history answer available, regardless of your beliefs, or lack thereof. Paradise is a walled garden. wordfoolery.wordpress.com day three - Cambo Gardens There's not much you … Continue reading paradise
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