28/9/19 - Glasgow's Necropolis Walk and Babbity Bowster

Distance - 4.5 Miles
Geocaches - 3
Walk Inspiration - 40 Town and Country Walks in Glasgow - Walk 3



The start of a 3 city mini tour of Scotland, with a promise of no Still Game Live spoilers in any of my blogs.

There will be walking, geocaching and Good Beer Guide Pub Ticks.   If we were feeling particularly brave, there could have been a visit to Glasgow's oldest pub.

Not a Good Beer Guide Tick but is the Oldest 

The first place of interest on our walk is Glasgow Cathedral and Necropolis, where there appears to have been a competition for the most ornate monument.   Easy to spend a couple of hours wandering around here, not least because there are fine views over the City to the surrounding countryside.

Glasgow Cathedral

One of many monument photos

Unusually for one of my walks, the refreshment stop is mid way through the walk.   There are 22 GBG ticks in the City and I am keen to make a dent.   First some wonderful street art and then a perfect first tick at the Babbity Bowster.

Splendid Street Art

Proof that I did spell it correctly

You are never sure what you can expect when you go through the doors of a new pub but a full on orchestra pausing so a gentleman can perform a solo ballad was rather unusual.   A hush descends as he starts the first verse and I have to resort to ordering a half of cloudy apple and a Fyne Ales Jarl through the power of mime.

Important to always show respect.

Over the weekend, we talked to a number of Glaswegians who all held this place in massive respect.  From the Parkhead season ticket holder called Tony who used to call in on the way back from the game to another Parkhead season ticket holder call Tony who had his first ever Guinness in there.  Bizarrely, neither of them had heard of the Pot Still, which we will come to in a future blog.

3pm on a Saturday Afternoon in the Babbity Bowster

Full on view, with the GBG Past and Previous advetrtisements

On with the walk and its a tour of Glasgow Green, preparing itself for the Great Scotland Run and a walk along the banks of the Clyde for the 2nd Cathedral.

Glasgow Green Fountain

Along the Clyde

Cathedral #2

Handily enough, the walk heads back into the City Centre - where a Virtual Geocache teaches us a Glasgow tradition that all monuments must wear traffic cones on their heads.   Even the horses.

Wellington's Horse