After yesterday’s failure to find a suitable rain jacket, today we were venturing into Glasgow to cast my net wider.
First stop was Tiso, but there wasn’t much I was willing to shell out money for, but I did have other possible places, so we went up Sauchiehall Street to the rather posher Nevisport where the bloke who was serving got all technical and explained the difference between all the jackets and also talked a lot of sense. Although the jackets he was selling were expensive, I could understand where my ideas of a waterproof, breathable jacket with lots of pockets was a pipe dream, rather than a practical piece of kit. It looks like I have to be more realistic in my search.
I thanked him and wandered down to Blacks. Once upon a time it was a very well thought of walking and climbing sports shop, in fact we still have a tent and flysheet deep down in a cupboard that we bought in Blacks many years ago. For a while there it was a bit nearer the GO Outdoors type of shop than the Nevisport, but although it is a bit more cut price than quality, it’s moving up in the world again. I saw a few jackets that might just work. I’ve given up on the possibility of lots of pockets, but now want at least a double skin jacket with a decent wire framed hood. Colour is immaterial! We had a look in the smaller Tiso in the centre of town, but they had a very limited range, so we went for lunch.
We went to Wagamama, after the success of Izakaya I wanted to compare it to Wagamama’s version. There was no comparison. Izakaya may have been expensive, but the flavours they put into a bowl of beef stock were miles ahead of the watery taste of Wagamama. So disappointing. Scamp also said her curry was a bit tasteless too, so it my just be that particular shop that’s worth avoiding.
Got the bus home and I went walking in St Mo’s with the A6500 and the 70-180mm zoom lens. It’s a strange combination of the big lens with the small sensor, but it just seems to work. Got a nice PoD of a male damselfly backlit so the head and mouth parts of the insect almost seem translucent.