The three masted barque Glenlee was built on the River Clyde in 1896. Her maiden voyage took place on 13th December 1896 when she sailed to Liverpool to load general cargo for Portland, Oregon, for where she set sail on Christmas Day 1896. The Glenlee went on to circumnavigate the globe four times under the British flag, including fifteen navigations of Cape Horn before being sold to the Spanish Navy in 1922 for conversion to a sail training ship. The Glenlee was bought by the Clyde Maritime Trust in 1992 and re-patriated to the River Clyde the following year and is now berthed at Glasgow Habour.

Aboard the Glenlee

Looking aft from the Fo'c'sle

Inside the cargo hold, down below the water line.

A frontal view of the Glenlee.

I met my friend Alasdair MacCaluim for lunch. As I had mentioned in a previous thread, Alasdair works as a Gaelic Officer for the Scottish Parliament. Here he is seen with an article which he wrote for the Gaelic section of The Scotsman newspaper (the lower article) entitled Shangai'd at Glenrothes - Nazareth Live. This is thought to be the first time a rock band review has been published in Gaelic in a natonal newspaper.

Glasgow Harbour's main landmark is the iconic concert hall, or auditorium, often nicknamed the armadillo. The model train show was held in the adjoining Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (the shed to the right of the auditorium).

A side view of the armadillo, from the ramp leading to the train station.
That's all folks!