It was sunny once again as we took the train from Oban to Glasgow on Friday morning. We left our paniers at the Scottish Youth Hostel in Glasgow and proceeded to Gearbikes where Jo agreed to purchase back our bicycles. I would recommend anyone thinking of bicycling from Glasgow be in contact with Gearbikes. Jo said he currently had 18 bikes out on rental but our arrangement for 26 days to purchase end of season rental bikes (six months ago) and then sell them back worked out well for us. Here is Jo with the two of us.
At the top of Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow (close to our hostel) is a statue of Earl Roberts. He was an incredibly distinguished but also brutal soldier known as Lord Roberts of Kandahar. Many places and institutions named after him. He was born in 1851, took part in the Indian Mutiny and later the Boer War and was eventually known as "Commander in Chief of the Forces". He died in 1914 of pneumonia when at the age of 82 he was visiting troops in France during WW1. See: Lord Roberts of Kandahar.
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