Evacuation

I was driving along Brownside Road today on my way to Jackie’s when I saw a veritable peloton of cyclists whizzing past me in the opposite direction. They were all wearing matching outfits and travelling at speed. I only mention this because I have never seen such a thing in our area before. 

Anyway, Jackie and I popped over to Silverburn Shopping Centre to do a few errands, and then have a bite to eat. As we were eating our tasty lunch in Wagamama, the fire alarm went off and we had to abandon our meals and go outside. We could hear the sirens of emergency vehicles approaching, so, assuming that it was all due to a faulty fire alarm and that it would take a while for the place to be checked over, we just went back to the car. We headed for Pollok estate where we had a very pleasant walk followed by a coffee in the garden of Pollok House. It wasn’t until later that we heard on the radio and television news (on the national news no less!) that the shopping centre had been evacuated because people were becoming ill due to fumes issuing forth from the air conditioning! It was thought that they were paint fumes. No one turned out to be seriously ill I’m glad to say.