Edinburgh Day 16

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Edinburgh Day 16 – Day Trip To Glasgow

It’s our final full day in Edinburgh before heading back to London. Around noon, Ian and E take the bus to Waverley Station and board one of the regular fast trains to Glasgow. They spend the rest of the day exploring Scotland’s other major city on foot and via the underground. Highlights include the Riverside Museum, the Clyde River, Glasgow University and the Glasgow Botanic Garden.

Riverside Museum

Ian’s maternal great-grandfather, James Haig, was a Glaswegian saddler who immigrated to New Zealand in the 1880s.

River Clyde

Unversity of Glasgow

University Museum

Glasgow Botanic Garden

Carlton Court, the street where Ian’s maternal great-grandfather, James Haig, lived with his parents before he left Glasgow for Australia and New Zealand in the late 1870s to early 1880s. Few if any of the buildings of that era are still standing today.

James Haig (1857-1909). See his family tree here: https://nzfamilyhistorysearch.co/projects/haig-maccallum/haig-kerr-family-tree/

Carlton Court is relatively close to the central city and only a short walk from the south bank of the Clyde, where several bridges cross the river.

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