Scottish Tour Guide's Blog

Glasgow Women's 10k

This evening, my theme is the recent Glasgow Women’s 10 k road race at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. This attracted over 12,500 participants.

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This morning I visited Glasgow Green to observe the 153rd Clydesdale ARC Summer Regatta on the River Clyde. This event took all day. Benefiting from the bright sunshine I was able to obtain some reasonable images and video clips, a selection of which is provided below.

This rowing club has a history dating back to 1857 and is open to enthusiasts of all ages.

Single Sculls

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This evening, my blog theme is Scottish lawn bowls. This is a very popular game, particularly with the more ‘mature’ section of the community.There are hundreds of bowls clubs in communities all around Scotland.

The game dates back to at least the 16th century and became increasingly popular in the 17th and 18th centuries with the first bowling club formed in 1709. The rules were codified in 1864 subsequent to which the Scottish Bowling Association was established in 1892 followed by the first National Championship in 1892.

The game is played on a square grass bowling green divided into 6 rinks. Bowls can be any colour and weight is maximum 1.50kg.

Participants can play as singles or in teams. Aim of the game is to get the bowls closest to the jack.

Elsewhere today:

• Have been finalising an extensive self-drive tour during May/June of England, Scotland and Ireland with a few formalities yet to complete.
• Submitted an outline itinerary for another self-drive tour of Scotland for later in the year.
• Responded to a couple of new tour enquiries.
• Posted information to my separate GlasgowAncestry blog on Morgan family history.

Weather in Glasgow was wet and overcast.