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Glaswegians

Published on 29 March 2014

scottish-badger:

Ok, so everything you need to know about Glasgow you will know from this statue.

This, my friends, is the Duke of Wellington statue in Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow and yes, he has a traffic cone on his head.

Now let me tell you: I have lived in Glasgow for 18 and a half years and not once have i seen this man without a cone on his head.

It has been removed so many times by the council, but somehow it always seems to get back up there. And its not a small statue, its pretty fucking big, so whoever keeps on putting up there, is a determined wee fucker.

It has become a national symbol for Glasgow, cause it’s just the epitome of Glaswegian humour and they even painted the cone fucking gold for the Olympics.

And a few months ago the council said they were going to raise up the statue, so people couldnt put the cone on. And let me tell you: it was fucking pandaemonium about Glasgow, it was as if world war three had broken out. There were Facebook pages and protests and petitions and all sorts to keep the cone on.

So long and short of it, is that this stupid statue and its stupid cone is all you need to know about Scots, in particular Glaswegians, cause we can’t decide whether we want to rule our own country or not, but if you fucking dare try to take the cone off the Duke of Wellington’s head, there will be a nation wide outrage and Glasgow’s own version of Les Mis will happen, I ain’t fucking kiddin!

Delays…

Published on 9 February 2014

On my previous Scotland trips, MegaBus used the ferry to cross the Channel. That usually worked out pretty well, sometimes we were even able to catch an earlier ferry, resulting in a considerably shorter travel time!
Apparently it is now customary at MegaBus to use the Eurotunnel for daytime crossings. So far my experiences with the car train have not been favourable: delays of at least two hours! And if I am to believe some of the bus drivers, these delays happen more often than not!
I hope MegaBus will keep the interval between the arrival of the buses from Brussels, and the departure of the buses to Scotland at least three hours, preferably even four, otherwise the risk of missing my connection might just become too big…

Back on the Bus

Published on 9 February 2014

Well, that’s it, I boarded my MegaBus Gold, a real one this time. Not a lot of space, as you can see, but comfortable enough to sleep. In theory at least, because the movements of a bus are quite a bit more unpredictable than those on a sleeper train…
Now I’ll just have to hope there will be no delays and I’ll be able to catch my next bus in London.
Good night!