Ann trundled off to the airport to catch her flight.

I wasn’t feeling much better and decided to keep a low energy day. I eventually got moving and headed over to the Science Center, on the other side of the Clyde from the SECC and Moat House. I popped in on the SECC and saw the last remnants of the Teardown crew shutting up the con.

The Science center had a lot of neat toys to play with, demonstrating: human kinetics, optical illusions, electro-magnetics, the power of air, motion and time. There was some discussion of space exploration and what is going on in the field. Over all, a great place to spend the afternoon. I didn’t visit the planetarium as it wasn’t open.(I think)

And they had an IMAX theater showing “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and I went to see it.

Very Good movie. I thought Deep Roy as the Oompa-Lumpas was fantastic. A bit darker than the ‘Willie Wonka’ movie. I thought the opening was a bit like “Batman.” I liked how they extended the story line about Willie Wonka and his dysfunctional family. I suppose I shall have to read the book and find out what really happened.

After the movie I found the Glasgow Tower. I had been passing this tower all week on the other side of the river and wondered what is was. Turns out it is the tallest free standing tower in Scotland , 400 feet. And it can rotate 360 degrees on a 65 cm ball bearing, which is why it always looked subtly different every time saw it.

I was inside while it was rotated to face into the wind. It is shaped like an airfoil so they like to move it in increments to put the least stress on the tower. But they could move it in complete revolutions if they wanted to.

I took the ride to the top and got a bird’s eye view of the surrounding city. They also included an historical retrospective of Glasgow over the past several centuries. I thought it was a bit tedious, myself. Glasgow helped conquer germs and promoted clean water, as well as build a lot of ships and engines and pollute the environment.

From here it was back to CairnCross and a nearby Moroccan restaurant for dinner. I ran across a few fans as I passed by the Moat House but nothing was planned.

I ordered a lamb dish at the Moroccan restaurant and have now decided that I don’t really care for couscous. It reminds me too much of grits or something similar. But the meat was tasty.