Only 24 hours ago I got back from Glasgow - a lovely evening drive, and into the early hours, and a chance to stop at my favourite motorway service area.


Glasgow is a city of contrasts - the "ancient and modern" - it seems especially noticeable there.


Here's a further example - the very old and the ultra-new.


You've probably guessed from the last few blogs - I was in Glasgow to run a Python Training Course there.


(written 2010-05-16)

 Z202 - Just Pictures
  [3713] Verticals ... last month - (2012-04-29)
  [3678] Potteries and Staffordshire in the Sunshine - (2012-04-01)
  [3655] Sights and scenes - more London trip pictures - (2012-03-16)
  [3616] Bus top - colours of London - (2012-02-17)
  [3562] Christmas Day - for unique pictures - (2011-12-26)
  [3473] Picture - Havant Station at Dusk - (2011-10-11)
  [3356] Holiday patterns - just the art, not the content - (2011-07-13)
  [3350] A set of pictures without point - (2011-07-08)
  [3289] New Camera - very first picture, and next from first films - (2011-05-14)
  [3241] Spring in the countryside near Melksham - (2011-04-10)
  [3220] Panasonic Lumix TZ20 - (2011-03-28)
  [3195] Sunny day - Clanger and Picket Woods, Shearwater, and Westbury - (2011-03-06)
  [3101] The week before Christmas - (2010-12-23)
  [3096] Contrast in pictures - (2010-12-20)
  [2989] Oddballs in Plymouth - (2010-10-08)
  [2914] Older picture. - (2010-08-10)
  [2888] Recent Pictures - (2010-07-27)
  [2819] Some more pictures ... - (2010-06-19)
  [2760] Views of Scotland - (2010-05-11)
  [2756] Same subject - different pictures - (2010-05-09)
  [2677] Blowing out the winter cobwebs - (2010-03-14)
  [2611] Sunday Evening, City of London - (2010-01-31)
  [2582] Starting to arrange the picture library - (2010-01-16)
  [2553] On a short walk from home - (2009-12-27)
  [2549] Christmas Day ... - (2009-12-25)
  [2518] Through the arches - (2009-11-29)
  [2464] Beauty in pictures - (2009-10-20)
  [2412] Autumn Fruits and Bristol Old Station - (2009-09-20)
  [2404] Low Sun - Autumn is here - (2009-09-13)
  [2298] Melksham Carnival Parade - the people - (2009-07-19)
  [2266] Travelling - (2009-07-02)
  [2202] Bright Colours - (2009-05-26)
  [2168] In honour of the photograph, I present ... a walk from Reybridge to Lacock - (2009-05-10)
  [2146] An evening excursion to Devizes and Avebury - (2009-04-30)
  [2140] Beware - giving copyright away when you upload a picture - Dogs Trust - (2009-04-25)
  [2121] Out in the Vale of Pewsey - (2009-04-07)
  [2101] A B C D of GA and TN - (2009-03-23)
  [2098] A room without a view - (2009-03-22)
  [2093] Leading Lines - (2009-03-20)
  [2034] Through Snow and Flood to Linux and Tomcat - (2009-02-10)
  [2006] Contrast - (2009-01-23)
  [1986] Walk to Bowerhill - (2009-01-10)
  [1981] Bitter cold - (2009-01-07)
  [1931] Frosty Morning, foggy evening - (2008-12-08)
  [1919] Transition - (2008-12-03)
  [1854] Three Seasonal Pictures - (2008-10-25)
  [1838] Oxford in Pictures - (2008-10-13)
  [1818] Icelandic Badge - (2008-10-01)
  [1770] 3 hours from Milton Keynes - (2008-08-24)
  [1740] Vertical London - (2008-08-06)
  [1620] Norwich and London - (2008-04-23)
  [1546] The geometry of East London - (2008-02-19)
  [1489] Pictures of December - (2007-12-30)
  [1400] Dark Dawn - (2007-10-22)
  [1398] Someone else's wedding - (2007-10-21)
  [1392] Autumnal lighting on a London trip - (2007-10-15)
  [1234] A review of a week and a trip to Brugge - (2007-06-16)
  [1233] Horses of Brugge - (2007-06-15)
  [1216] Five of the best - pictures from London - (2007-06-03)
  [1172] May day 2007 in pictures - (2007-05-02)
  [1162] Cheddleton, Staffordshire - (2007-04-26)
  [1152] Course, right place, right time - (2007-04-17)
  [1099] Passenger flows - (2007-03-04)
  [1064] Light and shadows at Beach - (2007-02-04)
  [1005] Stirling at night - (2006-12-23)
  [958] Plain Ole nice pictures - (2006-11-30)
  [870] Autumn comes to Wiltshire. - (2006-09-17)
  [786] First Light, Bootle Docks, Liverpool - (2006-06-29)
  [772] Training in Liverpool - (2006-06-21)
  [713] Pictures from my travels - (2006-05-07)
  [708] Linescapes of Mull - (2006-05-03)
  [625] February pictures - (2006-02-26)
  [557] A new sign - (2006-01-07)
  [548] San Francisco - (2005-12-30)
  [416] Mixing up swallows and martins - (2005-08-16)
  [412] Bristol Balloon Festival - (2005-08-13)
  [365] Letterbox Pictures - (2005-07-01)
  [360] Spring turns to Summer - (2005-06-26)
  [298] Sharing pictures of Wiltshire - (2005-05-02)

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