Back on the bike

Yesterday I finally got back on the bike.  Me and Karen cycled over to the Riverside Museum and had a wee wander round.  It's the first time in years that Karen's cycled on the road, so we cut through Bellahouston Park,   the quieter (dodgier) streets in Ibrox (on in particular along the back of the wee training ground is seriously dodgy), along Govan Road and over the Bells Bridge.
The dual cycle/foot path from the helipad to the museum could do with actually being finished.  There's a stretch of tarmac followed by loose gravel, then tarmac again.  Doesn't look nice for any tourists walking to the museum.

The museum itself is a pretty cool building.  Got a few dislikes about it as a museum though.  The cars up on 3 levels of shelving - you really can't get a decent look at the cars on the top two levels.  Another thing is that there's a lot of non transport items.  I'm probably wrong, but I thought this was the Transport Museum?  There's a lot of things that should probably be in the Peoples Palace.  If the remit of the museum is more than just transport, then fair enough, but that isn't made clear, so these exhibits seem a bit out of place.

I forgot to take a camera, and I hadn't picked up my phone when I left, so no photos.  Then again, it's an excuse to head over again.

I was pleasantly surprised to see there's a wee ferry running between the museum and Govan, and the river bus seems to be running again - we had to wait both going and coming back, for the Bells Bridge to swing into place again after letting the boat through.  Glasgow using the Clyde in the same way Paris uses the Seine, is long overdue.  There's a fantastic river that has plenty of tourist potential.  The riverside should be upmarket, not run down.