Photo: William Wallace and his memorial in the background
Photo: Glasgow's premier museum , beautiful architecture
Even though the buildings have been cleaned, they used to be "3 shades of grey and one shade of black", there is still a different feel to this city. Business and new enterprises are being established to regenerate the city, which once used to have over a hundred shipbuilding companies and train locomotive builders. These have now all closed down and the industrial city must change. We met Julie and Neil after not seeing them for 4 years. We had some delightful times recalling at the memories we had shared with them in the 5 weeks we had spent in China together. It was a great 2 days. We appreciate the fact that the drove up for 4 hours from England to meet us. We went with them out to Stirling. Braveheart fans will remember Wallace and Robert the Bruce country from the movie. The castle was smaller than Edinburgh, but still impressive. All the old history lessons returned as we were reminded of Oliver Cromwell's successful attempt to take this castle and how the disoraganised rabble toppled the English Forces. The climb up the 288 stairs or thereabouts was definitely worth it for the information and the views. A Scottish guide told us that it wasn't really fog that we could see, it was more a heat haze, or maybe dust. Well it was 23C and the local lads were wandering down the mall with their tops of as it was soo hot and a lot of the locals were also sunburnt.
Photo:The Textile Mills at New Lanark at Lanarkshire. John Owens was a forward thinking man and gave rights to his workers particularly the children. He was the first to introduce healthcare, education for children, accommodation for the workers, safe conditions and the forerunner for trade unions.
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