Monday 30th July - Glasgow - Doon the Clyde & The Riverside Transport Museum

Monday 30th July

Cloudy with sunny spells - cool

Glasgow - Doon the Clyde 
& 
Riverside Transport Museum, 

This morning, as it was a nice day, we decided to walk down the Clyde Walkway to the Riverside Transport Museum - about an hours walk, but passed some interesting buildings and bridges on the way. Here we are at the beginning of our walk on a nice morning.:

The Clyde Arc - nicknamed by the Glaswegians "The Squinty Bridge"

And some really interesting buildings.

 "The Armadillo". It was going to have an official name, but again the locals got in first.

... and this, that looks like the aliens have landed The Hydro

Across the water we could see the Science Museum and the Tower that can revolve a full 360 degrees depending on the wind direction

... and just underneathe the Waverley Paddle Steamer (?). We were thinking of doing a trip down the Clyde in this but it meant a whole day just on the boat so took a photo instead:

Finally we got to the Riverside Transport Museum - in itself interesting as a building

First we had to have a sit down and something to eat.

The inside we found all sorts of curiosities:-

A BMW - true!

Del Boy's car from "Only Fools and Horses"

A beautiful old Rolls Royce Phantom

and head on:

A huge steam locomotive from South Africa

... inside the cab

Out at the back was a fully restored Tall Ship "SV GlenLee" anchored by the Museum. Here it is reflected in the glass windows.