Got a second wind last night, and had a bit of a wander around the immediate environs of where we're staying. Wandered up Sauchiehall St, (a 'must do' in Glasgow,) and was impressed by the changes since our last visit three years or so ago. The city was decidedly decrepit and generally tattybogle then; whereas now, although it's still a bit rundown, there are decided improvements, and many buildings are enshrouded in scaffolding showing more improvements 'in progress'.
Glasgow was a very prosperous city in the 1800's and they built some extremely beautifully architected structures that only now are being restored.
Stopped in at a bar 'The Howlin' Wolf', aka 'Da Rum Ba', tried a gold rum on offer called Don De Jeremy...very nice; so had another.
Met the manager, 'Dick', a real bloody character; who has bones in NZ but he can't remember where. (?)
Back to the hotel, tried a couple of dark beers: 'Hobgoblin' (a bit on the sweet side,) and 'Dark Island'.
Both very palatable, and low alcohol.
So to bed and a full eight hours of sleep.

Wednesday 11th May.

Asleep by 9:00 last night, woke this morning around 5:30; totally refreshed after a good night's sleep.
Started prowling the pavements around 8:00; She wasn't going to let an opportunity like this escape her.
We did every mall, every gallery, (in Buchanan Galleries there was a structure that intrigued me; a clear plastic/pvc quonsett-type building 25ft x 12ft x 8-10ft high...housing Modelsown Cosmetics...would make a good growing-house,) and every clothes shop She could find.
I spent a lot of time sitting outside in the sun with a ciggie in my hand.
The Poms' traffic light system give an orange before the green for two seconds. the Kiwi, Aussie, and Yank systems don't. Our systems go straight from red to green. But their system also gives only a four second orange before the red; with others it's usually around six seconds.
Nett result is that there's virtually NO red light running that I saw after around three hours of observation.
(Although She didn't do all the shopping: I bought me a decent sized beer handle and a pair of braces (suspenders) from Watt Bros.)
Back to the hotel around 2:00...that shopping thing is hard work to me.