Spring Meeting - April 2008
Glasgow

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I do hope you will be able to come to Glasgow to join us for the Spring Meeting. As well as a fantastic scientific programme, Glasgow and the surrounding area has must to offer in terms of leisure and recreation.

Hopefully there will be time for you to enjoy some of this during the meeting itself and you may even wish to extend your stay! The centre of Glasgow, where the meeting is held, has a great buzz. It is now recognised as one of Europe’s premier shopping destinations. The restaurant and café scene is thriving with numerous informal eateries of all styles and types. Modern Scottish cuisine, Indian, Italian and Chinese – all tastes are catered for.

Glasgow also has many music and theatre venues and every week there is something worth seeing from rock or modern pop music at venues like The Arches or the EBC to classical and jazz at the City Halls and ‘old fruit market’. Again, there is something to suit all tastes. There are also regular opera, ballet and theatre performances in venues like the Theatre Royal. The Art Galleries and Museums in the City are fantastic and nearly all boast free entry. The Burrell Collection on the South Side of the City is worth a visit, set in woodland with an extraordinary collection of ancient tapestries, Rodin sculptures and impressionist art to name but a few examples. Alternatively, within the City centre itself there is the Gallery of Modern Art to tickle your visual imagination and other exhibition spaces such as architecture and design at the refurbished Lighthouse Gallery.

Within the surrounding area, some beautiful countryside can be reached in a very short time. The Trossachs and Loch Lomond are only 30 minutes away with opportunities for walking through the glens, climbing hills, cycling and mountain biking. The region has hundreds of golf courses. You could even have a trip ‘doon the watter’ on a boat on the River Clyde. Therefore, in Glasgow there is ‘something for everyone’. The locals are also incredibly helpful – you just need to look a bit lost on a street corner and half a dozen people will stop to help you with directions.

We hope you will take the chance to come to Glasgow and experience the City, to meet the locals as well as benefiting from the educational opportunities at the Scientific Meeting.

David J Stott
Professor of Geriatric Medicine

BGS Newsletter, March 2008
Issue 15 ISSN 1748-6343 15