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Topic: The Hill House & Kelvingrove.
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18/10/2021 at 10:53am
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Just packing our bags and heading off to Helensburgh for a few days.
We've booked a nice B&B, so we're leaving the van behind and travelling by car. We've been planning to visit Charles Rennie Macintosh's house (The Hill house) for ages and it's open again now.
Also hope to travel into Glasgow by train and visit the Kelvingrove Art gallery and Museum. It's close to the site of this COP26 climate conference, and I hear that roads round it will be closed from this Saturday - a week before the conference.
Unfortunately the weather forecast isn't great, but it will be nice to have a break.
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18/10/2021 at 1:13pm
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Enjoy your break.
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24/10/2021 at 9:31am
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Thanks for the info, Fiona. We had decided to take the train into the city so we bought off-peak returns (£6.70) to Partick, and then a bus to Kelvingrove. (free with our bus passes).
Kelvingrove was a disappointment. Some of the exhibits were closed off and we weren't especially interested in some others. There was little more than a 'nod' to Macintosh & MacDonald.
Hill house on the other hand, is a real gem. Plenty of knowledgeable guides and informative text in the various rooms. It was bitterly cold walking round the cage, and I admit I'm not one for heights, but it really is a must if you visit.
We weren't taken by Helensburgh, but found some good restaurants. Saw plenty of motorhomes heading up to Loch Lomond. Dread to think what it might be like in summer!
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24/10/2021 at 1:45pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Capt Lightning on 18/10/2021
Just packing our bags and heading off to Helensburgh for a few days.
We've booked a nice B&B, so we're leaving the van behind and travelling by car. We've been planning to visit Charles Rennie Macintosh's house (The Hill house) for ages and it's open again now.
Also hope to travel into Glasgow by train and visit the Kelvingrove Art gallery and Museum. It's close to the site of this COP26 climate conference, and I hear that roads round it will be closed from this Saturday - a week before the conference.
Unfortunately the weather forecast isn't great, but it will be nice to have a break.
We'd been hoping to do the same things after spending a mid-week break at a hotel on Loch Awe, but unfortunately the pandenmic started during our holiday, so we had to come home. We're now planning to book a mid-wek break in Glasgow when things return to some normallity.
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24/10/2021 at 4:06pm
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Fiona, we didn't go to Kelvingrove especially for Mackintosh, but were still disappointed. We didn't want to venture right into Glasgow, but maybe one day we will. Interestingly he lived at one time in the same part of Glasgow (Denistoun) as my great-grandparents.
LlaniDavis, I should have said that the Hill house was not Mackintosh's own, but was a commission from Walter Blackie, the publisher. It's well worth going to see.
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