22nd June 2006: Glasgow
Day out round Glasgow Green today, with a bit of kite flying thrown in
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People's Palace
Inside the Winter Gardens - bit of lunch before we start
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People's Palace
The Doulton Fountain - the largest terracotta fountain in the world (five tiers, 46 feet high and 70 feet across the base)
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People's Palace
The Doulton Fountain
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People's Palace
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People's Palace
the fish, the bell, the tree and the bird ... ;)
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People's Palace
and Winter Gardens
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People's Palace
and Winter Gardens
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People's Palace
and Glasgow Green
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Glasgow Green
Lassoing the Seagull was the easy part, it's stronger than it looks ...
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Glasgow Green
a kite actually flying, more unusual a sight than you'd think ;)
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Glasgow Green
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Glasgow Green
McLennan Arch and Collins Fountain
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Glasgow Green
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Glasgow High Court
Seeing the outside is fine thanks ;)
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Mercat Cross
Showing that Glasgow has the right to trade too :)
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Mercat Building
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Tolbooth Steeple
Unfortunately all that's now left of the Tolbooth
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St Andrees in the Square
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Glasgow Barrowland
... "you dancin'?"
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The Barras