HG Clyde South bank walk - 23rd June 2012

[Vinegar Tom]

Looking forward to it. The BBC website weather forecast does contain the word "brightness" ( plus a few other less encouraging words )

[Monument]

Rain is an excuse to take on refreshments, I suppose.

[Guacho]

The Canal walk was supposed to be pi**ing down as was the Clydebank trip. Got the sun block for tomorrow

[Josef]

It's a tad damp, but so what?

See you all there.

[Sharon]

Hope you all have a good walk. I saw the sun for a second a moment ago, so it's up there somewhere!

[HelenD]

Sorry, can't make it. Couldn't decide which umbrella to bring.

[Guacho]

A few hardy souls made it.


P6230060 by guachglw, on Flickr

At Paisley Rd Toll

[Vinegar Tom]

Hardy? Foolish? Can't decide

Another cracking day out. Thanks again to Mr top ten!

[old jock]

Aye +1 to VT

First half was a little damp. But after a refreshing foaming ale (I owe you one Joseph) we all sorta dried out and carried on.

Rest of the day was great thoroughly enjoyed it informative and with a great bunch of folk.

Big thanks to the Doctor now coming in on a bullet at number 10 and rising fast (hopefully).

Just to cap it all a boiling Clyde and a seal what a day, see you all on the next one.

John

[Monument]

The big fat seal was a highlight for me too

And it was great to get down to Govan graving docks, I had been meaning to visit there for ages. Also really enjoyed the tour of Govan Parish Church, and the stones were amazing. There is a lot of history in that little spot.

Thanks Ronnie, and Jenny (for the warming beverage at half time).

[Vinegar Tom]

Here are my pics from yesterday:

Turned out that some nice people wanted to march through our meeting point ( and we were not arguing ).

01 rainy parade by vinegartom40, on Flickr

The sluice gates were open due to the heavy rainfall. If you look at the large versions you can see a lot of debris like footballs, bottles , dead bodies etc.

02 tidal weir by vinegartom40, on Flickr


03 flotsam by vinegartom40, on Flickr


04 late arrival by vinegartom40, on Flickr

Around by the court and Carleton Place

05 Harry Worth by vinegartom40, on Flickr


06 warning 2 by vinegartom40, on Flickr


07 about to go on fire by vinegartom40, on Flickr

In Tradeston. This was the factory of Blacklock and MacArthur where my grandfather worked as a cooper:

08 blacklock and macarthur by vinegartom40, on Flickr


08a blacklock and macarthur by vinegartom40, on Flickr

More Tradeston

09 Smith Mirilees bike shed by vinegartom40, on Flickr


10 west street by vinegartom40, on Flickr

Clydeside:

11 Right in the middle of the squinty bridge by vinegartom40, on Flickr

The end of STV’s timeline for some reason:

12 waste of time by vinegartom40, on Flickr

Benchmark on the Grand Ole Opprey:

13 grand ole benchmark by vinegartom40, on Flickr

Old glass (mostly) in the lovely Old Toll Bar. Thanks to Josef for insisting we go in!)

14 3 old and 1 yagermeister by vinegartom40, on Flickr



15 victorian glass by vinegartom40, on Flickr

Bank detail from another era:

16 Corner by vinegartom40, on Flickr




17 door by vinegartom40, on Flickr

The mystery object on Govan Road. We thought it was probably tram related and that it probably has its own HG thread:

18 mystery object by vinegartom40, on Flickr


19 mystery object by vinegartom40, on Flickr


20 mystery object by vinegartom40, on Flickr

The Graving Dock and a few bricks:

21 graving docks by vinegartom40, on Flickr


22 gravey dock by vinegartom40, on Flickr


23 graving docks 2 by vinegartom40, on Flickr


24 brick by vinegartom40, on Flickr


25 buccleuch by vinegartom40, on Flickr


26 electric cable on a capstan by vinegartom40, on Flickr


27 gilmour and co by vinegartom40, on Flickr

Govan Old Parish Church


28 Strathclyde Warrior by vinegartom40, on Flickr


29 the govan stones by vinegartom40, on Flickr

[Lucky Poet]

[...]the lovely Old Toll Bar.

Too right it is. I like it in there, though I've never seen more than half a dozen people in it, including me and the bar staff.

I rather wish I'd made it along, but glad a good time was had.

[Guacho]

The red-brick building no-one knew was Centre St telephone exchange

http://www.derelictglasgow.co.uk/dereli ... hange.html

[Denham]

Great pics Dave .

Sorry I couldn't make this HG Walk. Just back from Blackpool last night.

[hound dog]

Great set of pics Dave - glad the 2nd half was drier than the 1st