I had suggested a walk round the Abbey in Paisley and Alex agreed.
Scamp gave me a lift to the station and I caught the train to Glasgow and met Alex at the bus station as usual. After we had our morning coffee we decided that the weather wasn’t looking great, but there was just the chance that it would improve in an hour or so, and it did, for once.
We got the train to Paisley and walked to the Abbey. We wandered around the building for a while, but there was a meeting of some group in the building and we both prefer empty spaces, without people wandering into shot, so we left them to it and headed for some lunch.
As usual we went to a wee cafe we’ve used many times before. The food is ok and fairly cheap, so it suits our purpose. From there we walked to the waterfalls on the White Cart Water, with the impressive Anchor Mill building in the background. The six-storey, red brick Anchor Mill was built in 1886 and was home to the largest thread manufacturer in the world, J. & P. Coats Ltd.
After we’d taken all the shots we wanted, just over sixty in my case and closer to seventy by Alex, we headed back to the station and caught the train back to Glasgow.
Getting into and out of Central Station in Glasgow is a bit of a mammoth operation since the fire earlier in the year. One entrance and one exit in the station that’s operating otherwise normally makes for a lot of congestion, but we should really be impressed by the amount of work that’s been put into getting this busy station operating at all!
We walked back up the hill to the bus station and went our separate ways. We’ve agreed the next venue will be in two weeks.
Meanwhile, Scamp had been cleaning and tidying some of the flowers and plants in the back garden and generally just getting everything ready for summer which, hopefully is just around the corner.
PoD went to the Anchor Mill with its surrounding waterfalls.
Tomorrow we have an almost empty day. I’m sure something will fill the space.