Trade you
Thursday 28 September
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Glennis cooked Bill and I a big breakfast, then it was off to the first of two Rotary meetings of the day. We were being hosted by two different clubs – Charing Cross and Kelvin – and Charing Cross had their meeting at lunch. Because it was a lunch meeting, we did our “Express†performance to keep it short.
After the meeting, Stuart (president of the Kelvin club and Thorns’ host) took Thorns, Bill and myself to the Trades House in Glasgow. This is the second oldest building in Glasgow that is still used for it’s original purpose (the oldest is a cathedral). The purpose is to be a place where tradesmen to meet and discuss and learn a trade. There are fourteen trades represented, but don’t quiz me on them (cooper is one).
We went back to Stuart’s house to relax for a bit before the evening meeting with the Kelvin club. We had the pleasure of meeting his wife Mary, and one of his daughters, who is a dentist, dropped by also. She had some suggestions on places where people our age might want to go while in Glasgow, but we don’t have time to go this trip. Means I’ll have to return at some point.
The Kelvin meeting was enjoyable – they have a small club and are pretty lively. Our presentation went well, too. They are hosting an Ambassadorial Scholar (Rotary funds school for a year in a foreign country) from Rawanda named Jeannette. Since I would be at the university she was studying at tomorrow, we made plans to have lunch.