Glasgow; Saturday, 07 April, 2018

I had breakfast in the hotel and then headed over to George Square to pick up the open-top bus tour of the city…

I did a full circuit back to George square and then stayed on round to Central station where I hopped off and grabbed a quick lunch.

I then headed up into the station and picked up the train out to Gourock and changed there onto the ferry over to Dunoon.

By now the weather was deteriorating quite a bit and the light drizzle meant it was much more pleasant to sit inside, though the tinted windows of the ferry made the weather look even worse. It was still a pretty journey across the very end of the River Clyde and into the start of the Firth of Clyde – a couple of lochs emptying into the firth at this point helps to make the scene more picturesque.

Over in Dunoon I had a bit of a wander round, though the museum had closed just as I was arriving, so there wasn’t actually anything other than scenery to look at. However, I still had a wander around the town and the harbour and from the hill by the museum got some good photos over the river estuary and the Firth.

I headed back to the pier and caught the ferry back across to Gourock where the connection to the train back to Glasgow was slightly less seamless – the ferry timetabled to arrive 60 seconds after the previous train had departed.

Back in Glasgow I picked up train tickets for the following day and then picked up some things for dinner from a local supermarket before heading back to the hotel for a bedroom picnic and an early night