Got a good night’s rest last night. After breakfast I headed down Byre’s Road to the Botanic Gardens. Flowers were nice and they have finished Kibble Palace (a greenhouse there) it is beautiful in there: lots of plants, statues and a gold fish pond.

I went to worship at Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church. The churches in the Westend were having a joint service today so I didn’t get to go to Wellington where my family attended while we lived here. I did get to see several of the folks from there though.

Here’s some pics of Kelvinside church, Kibble Palace and the University from Sauchiehall Street (I think).

Arrived in Glasgow this morning.  Felt surreal to walk in the neighbourhood we lived in.  I worked in the library for a while getting all my crucial copying done and then checked into the Alamo Guest House.  It’s just across from Kelvingrove park where I used to take my daughter to play and feed ducks and pigeons.

I haven’t seen much outside of a bus or library since I’ve been here so I browsed around Kelvingrove museum for a little while before heading back to the library.  The museum was closed the whole time we lived here so it was good to get to finally check it out.  I didn’t take time to do anything but talk a quick walkthrough, but it was very impressive. 

Here’s a few pics from the day:

This is the lion and unicorn staircase we told everyone about that visited, at the time they were under big protective boxes — you can see them now.

Here’s some of the ducks at the park, they’ve added some sort of reed and mud duck habitat thing to the pond:

Kelvingrove Museum:

The uni:

Finished today at the National Library, I’ll be heading for Glasgow tomorrow. It’ll be nice to see familiar faces and be back where we lived for awhile.

Another exciting day of looking at old books. I did pick up some fish and chips for supper and snapped a few shots on the way home.

Arthur’s Seat:

The National Archives of Scotland:

Well more of the National Library of Scotland.  I overslept and headed straight for the library and spent all day there again.  I did take time to pop by Argos for an alarm clock.  I walked back to Leith and took a few photos on the way.  BTW some of the shots on flickr have map button under them, you can see where they are in the city.

Here’s another shot of the castle.

One of the ubiquitous Edinburgh pipers:

A statue of Sherlock Holmes:

Here’s pic of the park just in front of the guest house I’m staying at, there was a cricket match on:

Not a very exciting day, I did get a good bit of crucial research done.

Hard time adjusting to the time zone, not helped by the fact that the sun isn’t setting until about 9:30. Spent all day at the National Library of Scotland.

On the way back to Rutherford House I stopped by Greyfriar’s Kirk. Although it was the site of the signing of the Covenant in 1638, it’s probably best known for the story of Greyfriar’s Bobby. Maybe Disney should do a movie about Covenanters.

Wandered around the church yard and found a monument to some of the minister’s I’ve been studying, thought that was neat. Here’s a shot of the castle from the cemetary.

Noticed that the scaffolding was off the front of St. Giles’ Kirk, looks good.

I was checking out the library here at Rutherford House, was surprised to find an old Cumberland Presbyterian book up there: Doctrine and Genius of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church by A. B. Miller, 1892.

I’ve made it to Scotland. Had a great flight and have walked around Edinburgh today trying to stay awake so I can adjust to the time change. Beautiful day, sat in Prince’s Street Gardens and had an Icecream Oyster and an IrnBru. Unfortunately my camera batteries were dead so I’ll post some photos tomorrow — hope the weather’s as nice. I’m staying at Rutherford House in Leith, nice setup have broadband connection and access to an excellent library.