Friday 18th September 2009 - Around and About

Glasgow is pretty well signposted:
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It's well spaced out (because they thought it was going to be huge), with splendid new library, a small Town Hall, and its own fleet:
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It has, of course, a Centennial Park, and a pretty welcome. Some of the original town is still there. As is one of the original parks:
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It was hard to find the James River. I had to go all the way to Natural Bridge Station, cross the river, drive along the other side, and eventually pretend I was going to rent a canoe (I figured they must have some access to the river). But it was worth the effort:

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Glasgow also has, rather surprisingly, what I'm told is the biggest carpet factory in the world under a single roof:

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