9 Jun 2023 – up early, cab to airport- fly to Scotland!
Arrived in Glasgow to beautiful sunshine – and our driver said it had not rained for three weeks – also expected to be “hot” tomorrow – 23C (~74F) – so continuation of the weather we have had, and warmer than we planned clothes for. Our Airbnb booking this time is an amazing room in a gorgeous house that was at one time a very stately private home.
Right on a main bus route, it’s easy to jump on for trip into the Royal Mile historic area, and to do a little wandering in search of food and beer.
Not much on for today – knowing we have a tour booked for tomorrow- so selected a pub on recommendation to an acquaintance back home, and visited The Last Drop – so named because it sits very near the open square site of public hangings in the 17-19th centuries. decor decidedly grim – noises on the walls and light fixtures, and stories on the walls of some who met the hangman.
Strangely coincidental- especially given the ancestry-hunting nature of this trip – this last wall recounts the 1828 murders by, and subsequent hanging of, a William Hare – Hare being the name of my maternal grandmother from Australia. Hmm – relation?
