Excellent mural on Ingrams street

Found on my footsore walk back from
Glasgow cathedral through the Merchant district.

The Glasgow necropolis

Suitably spooky. Very few burials after the early C20th, just a couple of Great War memorials engraved on the family plinth from Ypres and the Dardanelles. A who's who I expect of the city merchant class hoi polloi in Glasgow's heyday as an Industrial Revolution powerhouse.

Wellington in his signature Glaswegian hat

In the old merchant district of Glasgow.

Not so honest

High tea at the Willow Rooms, one of apparently 2 competing businesses. For the price, the servings should have been twice as much. I'm a connoisseur of high tea, and the one I had at the Surfrider in Honolulu was far superior in terms of service and quality. I'm glad I saw the actual tea room fixtures in the Kelvin Grove museum. The alternative "Mackintosh at the Willow" which goo maps initially sent me to was possibly better. Still enjoyable as my last restaurant meal in Scotland.

From the well curated Charles Rennie Macintosh collection

"Honesty" (1893) by the MacDonald sisters. I appreciate the multiple meanings of the title.

Detail from an Avril Paton watercolor (1993)

One of the many objects in the art gallery that appeals. I found the museum's special displays manageable and well curated. This is a refurbished Glasgow tenement during a rare snow storm.

Friday May 31 Glasgow

The very good Kelvin Grove museum, 15 min walk from Acorn Hotel. Free entry with recommended donation of 5 pounds, plus a free organ recital at 11am. Later tuna sandwich and tea in the cafe.