From Glasgow to Edinburgh
Route from Glasgow to Edinburgh
Today is the last day of our tour of Scotland, on which we want to drive from Glasgow to Edinburgh to spend our farewell evening there.
Riverside Museum
Since the route between the two cities is just around 75 lm long on the fastest route, we also have enough time to take a few detours.
The first of these “detours” takes us to a museum just a few kilometers from our hotel! More precisely, in the former “Glasgow Museum of Transport”, which is now simply called “Riverside Museum”.
The museum has exceptional architecture by Zaha Hadid Architects and engineers Buro Happold. It is located on the site of the former A. & J. Inglis Shipyard in Glasgow Harbour, on the north bank of the Clyde and near its mouth on the Kelvin. This location allows the historic ship SV Glenlee and other visitor ships to dock right next to the museum.
Entry is free and the collections are worth seeing in every respect, both in terms of the way they are presented and the exhibits themselves. All possible types of transport are shown, arranged by topic and accompanied by many explanatory texts or videos. Worth seeing!
From Glasgow to Edinburgh
Stirling Castle, Source: visitscotland.comThe route from Glasgow to Edinburgh takes us first north to Drymen, from where we take the A811 east, which takes us directly to Stirling. There we actually want to visit Stirling Castle, which is described by all travel guides as an absolute “must see” and a “castle of fate”.
So we go all the way up to the – of course – paid parking lot, where we apparently get hold of one of the last stand spaces. We cheerfully make our way to the entrance to the castle, which is very impressive from the outside.
Already on the bridge over the moat, a young but nice lady stands in our way and asks for our tickets – which of course we don’t have! Well then, she tells us with a smile, we can probably still go through the gate, but then it’s over without a ticket!
To save ourselves the inevitable shock, we don’t even ask about the price for a further tour after the gate. Well done! Of all the expensive sightseeing tickets, this is by far the highest priced, as we later find out.
Once inside the gate, we are not even allowed to take a look through the next gate at the castle courtyard – after all, we don’t have any tickets to take a look! In protest, we at least use the castle toilet and enjoy the view from outside the walls of the landscape outside the castle!
Last evening in Edinburgh
Ultimately we find ourselves outside the town on our route from Glasgow to Edinburgh, which we shorten a little in favor of a relaxed round of Schafkopf. In this way we get to Leigh, the port of Edinburgh, early in the afternoon, where we check into the Holiday Inn Express and play a few rounds of cards.
The royal yacht Britannia is almost opposite our hotel at anchor, which you can actually take as many glances at as you like – and all for free! Sure, the tour isn’t free, but taking a look from outside…
By tram We then drive to Waferly Station in Edinburgh, from where it is just a few meters over the bridge to the Royal Mile. After we were there about a week ago in the wonderful pub “No. 1 High Street “We ate very well, we want to repeat it and we won’t be disappointed. Both the food and the pale ale taste delicious!
Right next door, Live music is announced in the “Whiski Bar & Restaurant“. And really, the music is very alive! We are too, and in addition to the treat for the ears, we also treat ourselves to something for our well-being – which can be achieved by drinking exquisite liquids. And there are many exquisite liquid materials to discover in the store!
We later get an Uber to drive us home and decide that this evening has rounded off a wonderful tour together through the wonderful Scottish landscapes and pubs!