We’ve arrived in Glasgow to begin a two week bike tour. Then we'll go on a two week bike tour in Ireland.
There are two halves of Scotland, the Highlands in the North and the Lowlands in the south. We will be in the lowlands, starting south of Glasgow and making an east – north - west route, ending in Edinburgh. We will spend a couple of days in England; our main objective is Hadrian’s Wall – quite different from Trump’s wall.
Click here to read about Hadrian's Wall.
The highlands and the Lowlands are different culturally and religiously (North is Catholic; south Protestant). The north speaks a lot of Gallic, the south English. You’ll find kilts in the north, trousers in the south.
Three fourths of the population is in the 75 mile corridor between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Here is a map of Scotland and another which shows our route. Click on the maps for a larger image.
Scotland is known for Scotch whiskey, distilleries, moody glens, golf links, kilts and haggis. Note that I don't like the first or the last of these items. Irish whiskey yes, but Scotch whiskey, no.
Scotland has 720 islands, most of which I assume are uninhabited. The country encompasses about a third of UK's geographical area but less that 1/10 of its population.
We went on the Glasgow's hop-in, hop-off bus today so we'll write more about it tomorrow. Also we had a great Italian dinner tonight about 2 blocks from our hotel. It was so good that we may go there again tomorrow.
It has been raining all day and the same is forecast for the next 13 days. Thirteen days riding a bicycle in the rain? We may need to find an alternative.
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