Karen got in at 7:10am! Must be good nightclubbing in Glasgow. Sounds like she enjoyed herself, but ended up with 1 hour's sleep. Hey, you get that.
After breakfast we left our luggage at reception and Mum and Robert drove out to Johnstone St to visit Robert's uncle and auntie. They then did a trip to Lambhill to try to find the oak tree where Grandma's ashes are buried. Unfortunately neither of them knew what an oak tree looked like!
Karen and I tried to catch a bus from Byrnes Road to the Burrell Collection, but we didn't have much luck. Consequently we flagged a taxi down and got out to the Burrel Collection for £6.90. It was well worth it too. The collection William Burrell had amassed was truly wonderful. Ancient bronze age object, Greek, Cypriot, and Mycenae objects. Through to Chinese objects, tapestries from UK middle ages, beautiful furniture (oak tables etc), limestone doorways and windows. It was all set out marvelously. We saw Rodin's 'The Thinker'. A lot smaller than I thought it would be.
Caught a taxi onto Sauchiehall St for some shopping after that. The specialty shops are great and seem good value, but the department stores seem to be pretty much the same. Marks & Sparks had a great food hall. Lovely lunches you could grab.
Met Frank Allan for lunch and we wandered around with him for quite a while before we met Robert & mum back at Dalrymple Hall.
Packed all the stuff in and left for Loch Lomond. First stop - Alexandria Hospital where Margaret was being treated. Alas we overshot the hospital by half an hour, but once we got back to Alexandria we found that she had been transferred to Lochgoilhead. So, we headed to Aunt Nancy's in Lochgoilhead. Great drive in, over a pass with a single track road. Misty clouds hanging over the hilltops.
We actually drove up nearly every street in Lochgoilhead before we found Aunt Nancy's house. She has a great wee house.
Spent quite a lot of time talking then Michael turned up and we wandered over to Carrich to visit Roy & Margaret.
Her house is on the other side of Loch Goil up pasts a MOD base. Tridents often come in up the loch. Huge 10 room house looking out over the loch.
Margaret looks like her mum. Small features, same noes and eyes, her mouth is the same as mum's. It was nice to finally meet her.
Roy is nice. He's into diving and has a copper hard hat he is fixing up. I tried it on. Amazing. The lead weights are 90 pounds [40kg], and the shoes are lead too.
Wandered back to Lochgoilhead about midnight and went to bed not long after.
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