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Walking around Glasgow⤴

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I know that people have strong opinions about all of the building that is happening at UofG, but personally I love the juxtaposition of old and new buildings, and views like this one, with the tower behind the crane for the Keystone building:

The old and the new
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I had a meeting with a friend this morning, and after that I decided to walk down to Partick, do a bit of grocery shopping, and grab a sandwich for lunch.  I almost decided to walk down to the Riverside Museum and see the tall ship:

Tall Ship
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But instead of turning left I decided to turn right and sit down by the flats on the Clyde. Many gulls shouted overhead, and I was careful not to wave my food around:

Gull
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To the west the day looked sunny, and the Barclay Curle Crane was looking good:

197/365 Barclay Curle Crane
197/365 Barclay Curle Crane flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Over the water on the South Side, though, there were dark clouds looming:

Govan Old Church
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I checked my weather app, and it said there was no chance of rain, but I wanted to get home in time to catch the monthly Blogging Community of Practice, so I packed up my sandwich wrapper and headed back up to Partick to find a bus stop.

And waved goodbye to the Uni tower again.

Partick
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UofG Chapel⤴

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I was feeling pretty low yesterday, but it was a lovely day and I was glad to travel up to uni for a couple of meetings. As I got off the bus I stopped to look over the Kelvin at the UofG Tower

UofG across the Kelvin
UofG across the Kelvin flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Then walked up the path, past the caged  flowers 😉

Caged Campion
Caged Campion flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

At the top of the hill I made a diversion to look at the Lion and the Unicorn

Lion and Unicorn
Lion and Unicorn flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

And then, as I still had a few minutes before my meeting, I stopped at the Chapel to reflect for a few minutes

UofG Chapel
UofG Chapel flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

I’m not religious, far from it, but I remember bringing my parents here many years ago, and it helped to feel close to them yesterday.

UofG Chapel⤴

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I was feeling pretty low yesterday, but it was a lovely day and I was glad to travel up to uni for a couple of meetings. As I got off the bus I stopped to look over the Kelvin at the UofG Tower

UofG across the Kelvin
UofG across the Kelvin flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Then walked up the path, past the caged  flowers 😉

Caged Campion
Caged Campion flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

At the top of the hill I made a diversion to look at the Lion and the Unicorn

Lion and Unicorn
Lion and Unicorn flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

And then, as I still had a few minutes before my meeting, I stopped at the Chapel to reflect for a few minutes

UofG Chapel
UofG Chapel flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

I’m not religious, far from it, but I remember bringing my parents here many years ago, and it helped to feel close to them yesterday.