***Rootschat meet - Glasgow - 13/14 October - ****

[mitchell]

Thanks Margaret,

Hope that you all have a great time on the 13th too 

Elaine

[Blondie1]

We will raise our glasses too have a good time we certainly will

[teap78]

  sorry folks but i wont be able to make it as my family commitments just wont allow it. but will be thinkingof you all have a grt time 

Colette

[sarah]

Whohooo not long to go now !!! It sounds like a very interesting day we have planned for us all to enjoy 

Looking forward to meeting you all at the Weekend.

Sarah and Trystan

[madpants]

Sorry, I'm not able to go family commitments etc    Hopefully next time, have a wonderful time everyone 

[julianb]

Rootschatters meet – Glasgow 13/14 October

I hope you too are looking forward to our Rootschatters meeting in Glasgow.  I anticipate this will be my final post before the meeting – I am unlikely to be in Rootschat after tonight (Wednesday) until after the meeting.  I will be sending a PM to anticipated attenders about contact arrangements/emergency message arrangements.

Orientation

The advice about staying over and orienting yourself to Glasgow - travel, vernacular (!) etc is here: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,232013.msg1238707.html#msg1238707 and still stands good.

The Saturday Programme

1030 - 1300  - The People's Palace and Winter Gardens, Glasgow Green

There is no exact starting time - I just ask you to find me or another willing volunteer in the Winter gardens café.  You will however be expected to have fed and watered yourself before we leave at 1300 hrs.
 
1300 -1330 Walk to Provands Lordship, Castle Street

(There is an alternative attraction over the road - St Mungo museum of religious life and art; the cafe is based there)

1415-1430 Walk to Buchanan Street subway station

1430-1445 Subway to Hillhead

1445-1500 Walk to Glasgow University for the Hunterian Museum, University Avenue

The Hunterian provides a range of the things you expect in museums, including the Kelvin and Hunter displays.  Close by is also the Mackintosh House (£3, £2 concessions)  and the Hunterian Art Gallery (free).  There's a cafe in the Art Gallery and also at the nearby University Visitor Centre

1700 End of the "official" programme for the day

The Saturday line-up – Rootschatters expected to attend

Polldoll (+OH)
Pels
apanderson
joekar
daval57
mongoose2
gjil
janglaschu
firecrates
redkop
grumpyblondie
mitchell + sister
LA Blue (possibly)
Sarah (possibly)
Trystan (posibly)
aspin (possibly)
Ann Baker
julianb

Getting to the People’s Palace

First Bus Services: 16, 18, 40, 61, 62, 64, 203, 263
Nearest Train Stations: Belgrove, and High Street (10 mins); NB: Queen St and Central (25 mins)
Nearest subway station: St Enoch (25 mins)

There is free parking nearby and designated disabled driver parking to the side of the main entrance

Getting home from the Hunterian

By train : Underground station, Hillhead.
By bus : Strathclyde Buses, Nos. 44, 59, from University Avenue to City Centre
By car : The University is signposted locally. Parking within the grounds is permit only. Free parking along Kelvin Way; pay-and-display in University Avenue and adjoining streets; disabled drivers within University grounds by arrangement.  Map of the area is attached.

The embarrassing bit – what is it going to cost you?

All attractions are free, unless otherwise shown in the programme (eg Macintosh House).  You’ll need to fork out for any fares (including the subway from Buchanan Street to Hillhead).  Food and drink is over and above.  No-one will frown if you bring your own sarnies and a thermos.

Weather

Glasgow, as it is on the west coast, is reasonably mild.  The forecast (on Tuesday night) for Saturday is cloudy, temperatures ranging from 11 degrees Celsius at night to 14 degrees Celsius during the day – with a light wind.  My advice is to bring a light waterproof or brolly just in case.

Photographs

There may well be a clamour, from Saturday evening, on the Rootschat boards, to see photos of the meet.  If you do not, in principle, wish to be shown in any photos on the boards, then please make it clear to any photographers among us at the time snaps are taken. 

Wear your badge!

Please wear a badge of some sort that helps identify you.  It will also be a good ice breaker with your fellow Rootschatters.  If you don’t wear one, don’t be surprised if you are ignored all day. Ideas on a badge -http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,104049.msg411757.html#msg411757.

Saturday evening

Some of us are staying over Saturday night.  Decisions about where to meet up in the evening will be taken late afternoon.

The Sunday programme

The weather forecast is better for Sunday (at the moment anyway) which bodes well for a (voluntary) Sunday morning exploration of the Glasgow Necropilis.  We are aiming to start (meeting at the gate behind St Mungo’s Museum of Religious Life and Art) at 10.30 am, and finish by 1 pm.


Looking forward to seeing you all in Glasgow.

JULIAN

[Blondie1]

Thanks for all the instruction  can't wait to meet everyone

val

[daval57]

I'm still going.  Looking forward to seeing everybody.
Believe it or not, despite living in Glasgow my whole life, I've never been to Provand's Lordship.
Passed it every day on the way to school from age 11 to 17 as well.
See you Saturday.
Dave

[daval57]

Further to Julian's PM with contact details, if you want another number please PM me.
As I live in Glasgow, it might be useful to have a local contact.
I'm happy to let anyone that is coming to the meet have my number.
If you send me a PM I can answer - it'll save me the time going through the list.
Dave