Monday - Glasgow Worlds

Scottish tip of the day... Bacon buddy! Close but it's actually bacon butty or butties. See... some of the great things we can learn in Scotland! Lol
 

I made these this morning for breakfast and they were great!

 Band practice was scheduled for 9:30 and everyone gathered at the entrance to get instructions on the morning.  The Pipers headed off to tune up under the cover of James Goold Hall... yes it was raining.

The drummers took a practice over by the local pub before forming up to run through the music.

 Wait a minute... I see the sun!!! Yes it's breaking to the blue here in Scotland! Look a parade! people dancing in the streets... well not quite but close!!

I also walked over towards the Hospital grounds that is home to the Glasgow Cathedral for a quick look about.

Glasgow Cathedral

Glasgow Cathedral

 After band practice we met up with Shelley, Doug, Chelsea , Austin and little London and walked over to RG Hardie with a stop at the National Piping Center along the way.

To avoid the cracking and loss of pipes in Africa, these rare metal pipes were constructed. They are heavy!

Next up was R.G. Hardie & Company Ltd to look in their store... well it turns out they don't have a store... but after working our way through the back entrance and chatting with staff we had a mini tour of the facility from Field Marshal Montgomery piper and Managing Director Alastair Dunn. 

On the way to R.G. Hardie and Company

Kelly checks out the workmanship.

Engraving CNC machine

Shelley, Alastair, Austin, Chelsea, London and Doug outside the shop.

We took some pics of the engraver machine in action and then received some nice hats and umbrellas for stopping by. We also took a photo of the the Hardie descendants and found out where and when FMM was practicing this week. I feel a field trip coming up! (It's published in a brochure.. so no secret!)

We stopped for a geocache on our walk back to the main pedestrian walkway Sauchiehall street. Some light shopping then off to the iron horse pub for lunch and a pint.

We walked down to George Square to see some bands performances and met up with Barb & Dave Hennigan. As we strolled down the street we quickly lost everyone so we headed over to  George Square to watch the last of today's bands perform. It was the Grade 2 St Andrews band from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺  BTW Sounding very nice!

St Andrews PB

 Some of the many great buildings along our path today.

 We stopped at Aldi and picked up some basics.. salt & pepper, chicken for dinner and more bacon... you never have enough bacon it seems!

Back at the dorm I had a nice little nap and awoke to a small social in full swing in our kitchen. Paul heard from the airline about their bags & drum as they tried to call him all day. It does help to have your phone turned on!! Bags are in Glasgow and slated for deliver tonight!! He is looking forward to the underwear change... and so are we!

While waiting for Paul's luggage to arrive we stopped by the pub and had a pint. Jacquie Troy-Carter and little Iona were there along with J.W. & Louise Troy. The highlight was watching the Inverary & District Drum Corp go through their practice. Very nice unison and tempo... top notch!

I texted with my son Kris in London and sent various video clips (via drop box) to him as close to live as possible. He enjoyed the show from his pub seat in London but you could tell he so wanted to be here with his band.. Soon!!

Inverary & District Drum Corp goes though their paces

Dinner out with Sue & Paul LeBlanc and son Ajay at the Amore Italian restaurant...  had a very nice meal then as we were leaving Paul's phone rang with news of his luggage. We high tailed it up to the office but no sign of the gear. About 10 minutes later the driver arrived and the relief on Paul's face was evident. He was very happy to see that underwear!!

 We headed for bed exhausted once again.