Science, History, Transport, Street Art, and Curry in Scotland’s second city.

GO. Transpennine Express held a sale giving away tickets for as little as £1 one way to a lot of destinations across their network. With the added bonus of kids paying half price, this meant we were able to secure return tickets from Preston to Glasgow for… wait for it… a total of £5. Five quid! The train itself was fine - you always have to accept with trains there can be crowding, delays, and grumpy travellers not moving from your reserved seats - but we were lucky to have two smooth journeys.

We have a travel bag full with games which changes every time (more here), which was great for the train, especially with table seats booked We also took a picnic for the trip - plan ahead and save the inevitable costly visit to a train station M&S Food or other pricey outlet.

STAY. We stayed at the Clayton Hotel Glasgow, booked through Hotels.com on this occasion. Even during half term this fantastically located, central hotel was only £100 for the night. It has a nice feel about it, and is within walking distance of everything in the centre plus easy transport links to everywhere else. The bar area is great for relaxing in the evening with a game or two of Uno.

EAT. There is a fantastic range of places to eat in Glasgow, from traditional Scottish to upmarket Indian and everything inbetween. After visiting the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, we dived into the highly recommended Mother India’s Cafe for lunch. This was absolutely fantastic food and value, although not the biggest of menus. On our wander towards the next stop (the Transport Museum), we passed the amazing looking Tantrum Doughnuts and dived in for some cracking desserts. In the evengin we kept it simple with a bit of fast food - after a long hard day you sometimes can’t beat a quick and cheap meal before collapsing into bed.

DO. When we arrived we heading straight to Kelvingrove Museum - which is like a mini Natural History Museum. It’s a nice museum with lots of stuffed animals and dinosaur models on display - probably about an hour’s worth of a visit and good for kids. From there it was a 20-30 minute walk, for some fresh air after lunch, to the Riverside Museum. This is a great Transport focussed museum where we spent a good couple of hours enjoying the huge range of displays before heading to get a metro back into the centre.

Day 2’s activity was the Glasgow Science Centre - a large museum with some great spaces for kids and adults to enjoy. There was plenty to do here for a few hours, and we all really enjoyed it.

The Street Art in Glasgow is fantastic. There are a number of Apps which can guide you around - and you can also do your own research and plan a route. We have found Street Art Cities one of the best and it does include quite a few free cities to explore.