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ooooh, nice things........ I'm tempted!

30C in Glasgow! The roads will be melting. I hope the good weather continues for the games.

Icecreams, softdrinks......... and IrnBru!

:-D

I remember the ice-cream vans that came around when I was a child (left Scotland when I was 12), we were lucky to get a cone, but the adults got a special... and I'm thinking the name isn't PC these days..... a choc-coated wafer with marshmallow on one side, a plain wafer on the other, vanilla icecream inside......... it was called "A Black Man" ! If it's still sold, what's it called now?

You're probably too young to remember, I must ask OFITG. :-)

:-D 3.55am here.......... my eyes are itchy, but I'm determined to stay awake

LadyScozz......And a few wee things for the weans too

http://www.tartanplus.co.uk

Edit:
Forgot to tell you... it's 30 degrees today in Glasgow (86F)
How many ice creams and soft drinks will be sold today?

Glasgow is always buzzing, so it must be humming :-D

I hope the shops have big store-rooms. It will be difficult for small cafes, imagine how many soft drinks they will be selling, and that's just one item!

Touristy stuff? Thinking back to when I was looking........... I wanted small things, so that I could get something for "everybody at home" that wouldn't take up much space in my suitcase. The most difficult was finding things for babies........ I would have loved a few tartan bibs :-) :-D

Insomnia has struck again..........but I started feeling sleepy about 30 minutes ago....... now I'm making myself stay awake so I can watch the opening ceremony..... two hours to go............. that's a lot of FreeCell games lol

Glasgow is "Buzzing" LadyScozz,
Things you don't hear about?

OH's nephew owns a Scottish Gift shop in the city centre which we expect, should do really well during the games
It's just a small family run shop but during the next few weeks, all the stores in Glasgow City Centre have delivery restrictions in place.
One delivery only per week/ between midnight and 4am only/ and all deliveries must be completed within 30 minutes!
He has no idea what will be the best seller, or what he should stock-up on, but the same restrictions also apply to the much larger outlets like Debenhams, M&S etc.

By the end of the week, the shops will be empty of stock!

Nudging :-D

Don't want this thread to get lost!

I'd love to hear stories from Scots, about what's going on in Glasgow during the Commonwealth Games...... stories those of us not in the UK probably won't hear about.



:-)

On radio Clyde last week, everyone was talking about a huge crowd of peoplein George Square, Glasgow.

Aha, so that's it

!https://www.youtube.com/user/irnbru

What a wonderful trip, Glasgow Lass.

Why people spend hours at Airports and in planes when they can see so much of their own Country, baffles me.

Rab C Nesbit, Foggy - just one of the many different aspects of Scotland>

Scotland at its best.

Rab C Nesbit :-D :-D

GlasgowLass <3 I am not normally given to jealousy but reading about your wonderful trip did make me feel a teeny weeny bit envious as I have always had a great love of the Western Isles :-)

Scotland at its best:

A few years back, we had friends from Australia come to stay with us for a few weeks
During their stay, we were able to show them round various parts of Scotland, and even visited places on our own doorstep that we just never got around to.

After they left, OH and I realised that there are so many places in our own country that we have never visited ourselves
We decided to take less holidays overseas and spend time here instead.

We have just returned from one of the best trips ever!
Island-Hopping ---Western Isles

Set out from Glasgow to Mallaig where we took the ferry to Skye.
After a short stay, we took another ferry for a 3 night stay on Harris.
From this base we toured Harris and Lewis and the highlight was an incredible day trip to St Kilda ( how those people lived!).
We left Harris and yet another ferry took us to the island of Berneray.
We drove down through N.Uist, Benbecula, S Uist and finally to Eriskay where the next ferry took us to Barra and Vatersay where we stayed for another couple of days

We returned earlier today after a 6hr sailing from Barra to Oban.

The scenery, the beaches, the wildlife and... the sunshine were wonderful.
"Yours Truly" even climbed to the top of Ben Heaval... highest hill on Barra.

We are already thinking of where to go on our next trip!

Odd thing re that Border.....

Mr Salmond and his party insist that with an Independence, there would still be free movement between Scotland and the rest of the UK
After all, there are no borders between Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland.

However...
The White Paper, states an independant Scotland would wish to introduce alterations to it's current immigration policy.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but, if Scotland has a different immigration policy to the rest of the UK.... that would mean borders??

I was wondering when the new Water Cannons might be put into use.

JK Rowling has been invited by Boris Johnson to test them on the England/Scottish border (wherever that is!) - with barrels facing north or south - I know not.

I suspect her answer will still be 'no'.

On the subject of the Yes/No Independence Campaigns, the three main UK political parties, Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democrats, say they are all united behind the "we are all better together" message - I find that amusing because they all dislike each other :-D

Referendum 18 Sep:
Everyone is entitled to their own view on the Yes/No Independance campaign

I found this today and think it is extremely well written and thought provoking.

http://www.jkrowling.com/en_GB/#/news-events

Go J.K !

My son in laws 22nd great grandfather is John Bunyan
and Jane Austen is his 19 th cousin x amount of times removed,
he goes way back to the English Kings and there he was thinking
he was descended from a long line of Scots :-D

I've been looking (again) at the file I was sent (about OH's nephew's partner's family).

We're related on her father's side (going back to Robert The Bruce)........

Her mother's side goes back to William The Conquerer!

Wrong spy Scozz :-D

But if you blinked you would have missed him :-D :-D

I think I spotted him at the Caleigh :-D

My OH was an extra in that film :-D

I've just spent nearly two hours watching "Local Hero" on my computer :-D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh0ja-BTpbk

Great film...... even funnier now, over thirty years later.... it was made before pc's & mobile 'phones that we take for granted these days.

:-D