July 23, 2012
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(written on 11 March 2013)
It was an early morning train back to Preston - fortunately leaving from Blackpool North station (just five minutes from the B&B) and not Blackpool South (about 45 minutes' walk) as was mentioned on the ticket I had initially purchased. In Preston I had time to have a coffee before boarding a Virgin Pendolino train that was taking me all the way up north, to Glasgow. Once more it would have been a wonderful opportunity to see the landscape of Northern England, Dumfriesshire and Scotland's central belt... but once again my seat had no view whatsoever. It was rather frustrating to just be staring at the inside of the train as it sped to Glasgow Central Station.
As I walked out of Glasgow Central, I felt great - back in Scotland! Always a super feeling... but I can't say that Glasgow's weather greeted me cheerfully. After some very nice days in Blackpool, the rain that came down heavily in Glasgow, did not seem very welcoming. Judge for yourself with the above picture of Buchanan Street, Glasgow's main shopping street. But soon enough I was in the Buchanan St underground station and on an Inner Circle train headed out to Hillhead station and then a short walk on to Colin and Andy's house. Andy had woken up after a night shift while Colin was at work, so it was with Andy that I walked into the west end for an afternoon coffee and then we returned home to prepare dinner. Because Colin is working tomorrow as well, we stayed in tonight but that was just perfect, just as the meal that Andy had prepared which, among other things, consisted of spring rolls and a salad with some edible flowers that tasted surprisingly nice!
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