Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

[rustyrider]

One thing that'll never ever stop in Glasgow is folks pullin yer leg.

That was 20 odd years ago when the Gorbals was, allegedly, a no-go area even for the locals.

I was on Glasgow Green during the time trials (forget what day, they've all merged into one!) and seeing how cautious the riders were going over the shiny paved areas around the Peoples Palace, I hate to imagine what it was like for the road race in the torrential rain.  I watched quite a bit while having my lunch in Subway on Sauchiehall Street (as it was just around the corner from my hotel) before heading off the Hampden for the closing ceremony.

I'm not really into any form of sport that doesn't involve an internal combustion engine and don't do walking (that's what the internal combustion engine is for), don't do hills (as I'm from Cambridgeshire where we don't have any), don't do public transport and don't like getting wet.  As I walked bloody miles, up and down some ridiculously steep hills, travelled everywhere by either number 2 bus or the media shuttles and got absolutely soaked more times than I care to remember, I still can't understand why I enjoyed myself so much.  There definitely is something special about Glasgow.

I did see a black Boxeye Fazer parked by Blythswood Square a couple of days ago.  Anyone we know?