A beautiful city.

I've lived in Glasgow all my life (a whole 18 years) and I'm ashamed to say that of all the places  recommended to visit in Glasgow, I've been to very few. I'd never even heard of the Glasgow Necropolis until a few weeks ago. Ridiculous, I know. I made a pact with myself that I was going to 'see Glasgow' while I'm still at university and studying, otherwise I'll grow up and move away and never have the chance. Last week I grabbed my new camera which has hardly been used and decided to do a bit of investigative journlism by visiting the Glasgow Necropolis. With the sun setting on a cold and windy day in March, the view from the famous Victorian cemetary was spectacular. It gives you a chance to think.

The Necropolis is right beside Glasgow Cathedral (which I have also never visited..) and over 50,000 people have been buried there. The main entrance to the cemetary is via a bridge designed by David Hamilton. His son James Hamilton is who the Heritage Loch in East Kilbride is named after. The bridge became known as the 'Bridge of Sighs' because it was part of the route of the funeral processions. Many tobacco merchants, scientists and other significant individuals of the Scottish Victorian era are buried here with monuments errected in their honour.




I only managed to have a brief visit of the Necropolis but there are guided tours available from January to July. With March's tour fully booked, I'm going to book a place on the April tour to learn a bit more about the famous cemetary that I have over looked my whole life but somehow facinates me. I know nothing about Glasgow's history so this year I'm going to do my best to learn as much as I can about it. Glasgow is a beautiful city with so much to offer that has been outside my doorstep for eighteen years and as of 2012, I'm going to allow myself to get lost in it.