More transport stupidity

[dc]

I have managed to make it to Stobhill by way of the bus now, janimoon’s info was very helpful; I don’t think I would have got the right stop without it. However, there is a substantial bit of hill between there and the hospital, and as I thought my father wouldn’t really be able to cope with it. (This must be one of the highest hills in Glasgow, possibly the highest; today, the tops of the four high blocks of flats janimoon mentioned were hidden by cloud today.)

The buses which actually go into the hospital though: as I have said before, there are only two and they stop just after 5pm; I discovered today that one of them does not run at all on a Sunday. How bloody stupid is that? Do SPT think no one needs to visit hospitals on a Sunday? Or that everyone who does is young and fit enough to walk up that hill? They certainly can’t assume everyone has a car: the last time I saw the statistics, Glasgow had the lowest per capita car ownership of any UK city — not surprising, really, because it is quite a compact city with very good transport on the whole. This, though, is very poorly thought out.

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Highest point in Glasgow

[janimoon.livejournal.com]

Yes, hun, you were on the highest point in Glasgow - there is actually a marker in Springburn Park. Of course, who else but Glasgow City Council would build 30-floor flats there? What fun we had on the 19th floor on a windy night - you could feel the sway, the lampshade would swing and if you went and looked in the toilet, the water would be sloshing back and forth. We were there for 10 years and Vari was born there - the views were amazing and as a result I was totally underwhelmed by the London Eye.

Re: Highest point in Glasgow

[tanngrisnir.livejournal.com]

I thought it must be, unless there were a higher point on the South Side. (Couldn't think of one, though.) It did strike me as an odd place to build flats; and for that matter, the whole design of that bit of road is a little odd. If I were in charge of building there and had decided to put up some flats of some sort, I would have also put in some sort of viewpoint — that view to the west and north is stupendous.