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Foolishly thought I could cycle beside the Clyde from central to crowne plaza. Directed to narrow pavement, up and down affair full of Peds. Opted for road instead, will try Southside on way back.
Think we are quite fortunate in embra to have what we do from my current perspective.
It's all relative, gembo!
When riding to the SECC area from GLQ, I used to hammer along St Vincent Street and go left at Minerva St, and take the elevated fibreglass box bridge over the Clydeside Expressway.
Now I generally bimble down Buchanan St to the Clyde, and ride along the Broomielaw and Anderston/Lancefield Quay, but sometimes I use the Clyde walkway even though it's a bit fiddly in places.
As an interesting diversion on your way back, gembo, why not take a left at the Kingston Bridge and follow the cycle path to the Bridge to Nowhere Somewhere, over the Expressway and then over the M8, as then you can go straight along Waterloo St to GLC. It's almost certainly slower than going left at Brown St and then along Argyle St to Hope St for GLC.
I had the displeasure of trying to drive from Hampden to Buchanan Galleries on Saturday. While spending half an hour searching for an exit from the maze of closed roads with only a single diversion sign at the start I was baffled by how many 5 lane wide roads haven't even been given a token red stripe at the side. Quite baffling and made me glad I don't have to visit more often.
I went over bells bridge to the Southside of the river and followed the railings at the water's edge. This was stopped by a pointless fence but I could see a couple out for a walk on other side of fence so went up on to the paisley road then back down. Had nice chat with couple but they were lost, encountered another pointless fence and then back up to paisley road then back down to water side until reached the humped back bridge and crossd to north side and then straight up to central station. Caught slow train but came off at Kirknewton for a wee birl home, by the way big man. Oh no one day back home and it is pure dead brilliant by the way big man for the rest of the night.
Think the Southside river fences were to prevent burglaries. Not so good when the north side path is closed possibly for the commonwealth games
I think it's a section beside some private houses near the Quay cinema which is fenced off.
I tried various bits of infrastructure earlier in the year when I was cycling into town from Barrhead. After a few days I went back to the road which was simpler, more pleasant and faster.
Bridge to nowhere is fun for the view of the motorway but I don't use it much.
Yes folds that bit fenced off and indeed the bridge earlier you cannot get under it. Because of another fence.
The actual bridge to nowhere as you know had an office built on it but the bridge to nowhere is the footbridge over the M8 that connected Anderston to town centre, so a bridge to somewhere that has become known as bridge to nowhere.
Opinions vary on what counts as a bridge to nowhere. Some people claim that the Charing Cross one was meant to have building on it. It's hard to see how a road would have gone on there as it ran into the side of Brentford Nylons in Sauchiehall St… well it did 40 years ago.
Getting from Central to the river probably means using the west bound lane from Gordon St at the front of the station then Waterloo and south on Wellington/ Robertson St. I'm pretty sure there is a compulsory left at the end of Robertson St but you could cross the road and use the pavement/bus lane thing.
West on Waterloo to the new name contested bridge might have been better. At the west of the bridge you'd need to go back to Argyle St and then the centipede. There should be another bridge over the expressway but it was shut the last time I checked.
At least Glasgow has an underground. Even if it is a bit wee. Also a very good suburban rail network, mostly electrified too. Pity about the great big motorways on stilts though.
Google says Waterloo St. new bridge, along side the north of the Expressway and the centipede. Second choice is Union St, Jamaica St and then west along the side of the river.
The night The Clash played the art college I found a chair from the art school on the footbridge that connects city centre to Anderston, not a Rennie McIntosh chair dinna fear big man.
PRESUME THERE WAS A party on at st Vincent crescent, now tht is a lovely street, used to end at SSEB where believe it or not you had to go to pay your electricity bill. I lived on maryhill road so nowhere near the bridge to nowhere special but at least somewhere. St George's X near where they built the art shop which might be a bike shop now?
The bridge to brentford nylons was just a structure over the M8 but it sat there from maybe 1960s to 1990s, this pure dead brilliant bit of info I am making up by the way big man but came as huge surprise when built offices on it. For reasons tht are inexplicable I used to drink Pernod in the baby grand? Maybe as it was a pub hidden in concrete built where the bridge could have swung down towards the M8? or maybe i thought I was Arthur Rimbaud?
The bridge to brentford nylons was just a structure over the M8 but it sat there from maybe 1960s to 1990s, this pure dead brilliant bit of info I am making up by the way big man but came as huge surprise when built offices on it.
Aye, I remember it before it had the offices on top. The original bridge to nowhere.
My only experience of cycling in Glasgow to date was Good Friday, en route to Loch Lomond.
I was actually quite impressed with some bits of infrastructure, although - like Edinburgh - it's not fantastically joined up.
I came in via Baillieston and Shettleston to the new velodrome and then on down London Road. There are sections of London Road that actually have properly segregated cycle lanes. I was so surprised I almost swerved to avoid the first one I came across. Much better (although short sections) than anything comparable in Edinburgh. I wonder if this is something to do with the vicinity of the velodrome?
Thereafter the Clydeside shared path was a doddle to get through and out of the City heading West.
All much easier than I'd anticipated.
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