Up at 7am for coffee and breakfast. The morning band practice commenced once a suitable area was found. The pub patio made for a good central location as student exams were taking place in other areas. Several times through the various band tunes then the band was cut down and the MSR was played numerous times through. Slowly coming together.
J.P. Troy arrived along with Leanne and they went to work within minutes of dropping their bags. JP tuned the pipe section and the sound was coming in nicely. The drum section played without the lead tip so it was a slightly different ensemble sound. Once Kris arrives on Wednesday that dynamic will change and the drum corp and band will only sound better.
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| Gord Magee tunes the drum section. |
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| Piping duo Shelley & Kelly |
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| Full band goes through some tunes. |
The band "broke off" which simply means they were done for the day and everyone went off to various destinations in the city and elsewhere.
Kelly and I took a stroll over to the Glasgow Cathedral and on up to the Necropolis and the huge cemetery with it's amazing headstones & crypts all aligned in neat rows.
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| Glasgow Royal Infirmary |
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| Glasgow Cathedral |
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| Necropolis |
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| More graveyard views |
We came down off the hill and headed towards George Square so Kelly could swap out a shirt that was the wrong size. This was quickly done so we headed to Waxy O'Conners for a late lunch with Sue, Paul, Ajay and his coworker from Victoria, Reid.
After a nice lunch we walked down Buchanan Street towards the River Clyde.
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| Walking the shoreline of the River Clyde. |
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| Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral |
Our walk took us over to the site of the World Championships in Glasgow Green. This was being transformed into a huge venue with fencing, seating and portable buildings all being constructed in anticipation of the opening. Look that Ice Cream truck has Sliders! Kelly was in her glory!!!
We went around the outskirts and found our way into the Peoples Palace. It contains a Museum & Winter Garden and is next to the Doulton Fountain
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| The People's Palace |
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| Inside the Winter Garden |
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| Doulton Fountain |
With tired feet we headed back towards the dorms and went by the Talbooth Steeple at the base of High Street.
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Stopped at Aldi for some additional supplies and then a short hike up to the dorm. We have now completed the hiking portion of the day and have switching to the fluid replenishment portion 😄 Lots of great conversation, history and band stories etc now ensued.
Dinner was chicken with potatoes (& pepper), veggies and a great salad... all deliciously prepared with minimal equipment on one of the worlds smallest stoves!
Band stories continued and then it was time to retire for the night. Kris is now back in Calgary and will return later tonight on a YYC-LHR flight. We hope to see him in the late afternoon tomorrow after his train journey north.
