The weather was quite iffy in Gartmore, as it had been for the last few days in Scotland. So hiking up a mountain and getting sucked into a bog was not the order of the day. I mean, who wants to get sucked into a bog? So we drove a couple of miles to Aberfoyle, the local tourist trap, and had a walk for a few miles round there. It was damp and woody, and uppy and downy. Here's some thistles, they are the national flower of Scotland, nice.
Walking in the rain was no fun, so we drove back tae Glasgae, and went to the Glasgow Science Centre. We went in expecting a science museum, but it turned out to be a science experience centre for kids, like the basement of the actual Science Museum! So we went straight back to the entrance and asked for a refund, and whoopee they gave us one! On Pacific Quay outside of the Science Centre the Waverley was docked. It is the worlds only sea-going paddle steamer, a beautifully preserved ship which is seventy years old. I took a group of school children on the Waverley when it visited London in 1985, when I was a science teacher. I met Anneka Rice on board when she was a kids TV presenter, I mix so naturally with the rich and famous. Did I tell you about me and Rick Wakeman?
After that it rained again, several times. We dropped the car off at Europcar (in the rain) and got a taxi to our next AirBnB which is in the basement of Fortrose Mansion overlooking a cricket ground in the West End. 
On the recommendation of our hostess Christine we went for dinner at Roastit Bubbly Jocks Bistro on Dumbarton Road. The food was modern Scottish, and by 'eco was it good. It also gets the prize for the daftest name name for a restaurant.
I devoured and thoroughly enjoyed:
Whitebait and tartare sauce
Six hour slow roast beef with roast veg and Yorkshires
Mango cheesecake with mango sorbet
Orange dessert wine
It was the best meal we have had in Scottyland. The chef, Frank, was a very genial and good humoured and had very very good taste in music. He had a great playlist going on his music system, every tune was a goody. All in all it was the edible highlight of our trip north.
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