Riverside Museum

It is a beautiful warm afternoon and I am in the hammock just outside the French windows. Our French guest Antoine is a pleasant chap but we are all feeling the strain of being on our best behaviour. On Thursday morning he witnessed a family "dispute" which ended up with David throwing his packed lunch into the hedge. Needless to say, Antoine's eyes were out on stalks as he watched this. David is spending the most time with Antoine and is finding him to be a bit demanding; Antoine gets bored easily and says so. He has outings with the school every week day but evenings and this weekend are spent with the host's family. I have already booked tickets for two football matches for him, they are going to a party tonight and I have booked a go-karting session for them on Monday evening, but there was a bit of a gap this afternoon so James and I took them to the new transport museum, now called the Riverside Museum, which is on the banks of the Clyde at Yorkhill Quay. It was extremely busy, but interesting to see the new building.  The trains, trams, cars, motorcycles and model ships were of course exactly the same ones that we have been visiting in the museum's previous locations all our lives! Antoine seemed to enjoy it and bought a postcard with bicycles on it for his Dad. Last night James and I found ourselves "home alone"; Ally is at a Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition, Jamie out with lovely ex-girlfriend Eleanor, and Davie and Antoine were at a friend's house. So we watched a film "Limitless" which I thought was excellent, a great idea and a fast-paced plot. The lead actor, Bradley Cooper, was really good too, I've seen him in "The Hangover" which was very funny.