December 2010: Dusk, Dark and Dawn

Welcome to my wee photoblog on Glasgow, where we feature the  joys and unjoys of walking and cycling through a fascinating, beautiful and often badly run city. For the blog's origin and an alphabetical list of posts  see the 'Introduction' post  -

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/introduction.html

This is a wee collection of pics of half lit or dark Glasgow in December 2010

Hillhead, Glasgow Uni on right; fingers of late light

As observed in earlier posts,  Glasgow has some fine light shows in the evening; this is the view down Gt Western Rd at Kelvinbridge during this cold month

Hope St: late afternoon

Garnethill from Renfrew St; see
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/garnethill.html

Cowcaddens from Renfrew St; see
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/cowcaddens.html

Sad cold dog in Gt Western Rd

Looking down Wishart St from Alexandra Parade, Royal Infirmary on right: Cathedral and Necropolis  down there. See
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/necropolis.html 

A deserted Alexandra Parade in the crepuscular light; more snow coming

This dental surgery in Alexandra Parade is seeking to re-gather NHS patients - not much market for private dental care in Glasgow's east end in December 2010 

Another sad cold dog outside Alexandra Parade Co-op (a shop not overstocked with fruit)

The Pavilion Theatre

Argyle St. See
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/glasgow-cross-trongate-and-argyle-st.html

St Enoch Shopping Centre, always pretty at Christmas. See
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/st-enoch-centre.html

Queen St Station, early morning

The Golden Jubilee Hospital car park, Clydebank (this and next pic actually taken November )

The Clyde at Clydebank, Renfrew the other side. See
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/11/welcome-to-glasgow-2-yoker-rd.html
There have been ferries round about here since the days locals spoke Gaelic and called Glasgow 'Glaschu', the 'Dear Green Place - since at least the 14th century. Boats of all sorts go past here: pleasure boats, sewage boats, and 1800 years ago you could have sat here and watched Roman patrol boats and trading vessels from all over go by.