Northward: Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Glasgow was pretty fun last night. I had thought of it as being a useful night's stopover en route to the Highlands, but in the end I went out until pretty late, drinking and dancing and being silly in a pub called the Park Bar, where a band from Inverness called Northward were playing. Several Scottish women saw me watching the band and asked me to dance, which I attempted to do. They all knew step dancing, with actual named dances, none of which I knew, but I tried my best, much to the amusement of the crowd. My cheap hotel, booked at random, turned out to be in an area called Finnieston, right near a large park, and, Glasgow University. The pubs were full of uni students and middle class locals, as well as a few tourists. I enjoyed the night out. It made a change from Ireland, where I did not see people dancing to the trad music, but instead sitting with respectful attention. Not so Glasgow, where the band played loud but pretty meaningless dance tunes and everyone swooned about giggling. Including me. 

Also, posting a few shots of birdlife and wildlife I have seen of late, on beaches, ferries, docks, and the like. 

I am in Arrochar now, a Highlands town in Argyll. I'll post about that in a bit in I don't fall asleep. I climbed most of a mountain today so I am a bit shagged.