I ALWAYS love this time of year. There is something about mid-February where the light gets a little bit brighter and possibility blossoms. It is still winter, yet the promise of spring is palpable.

I could feel it on my run last Sunday morning. A circular route that began at Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow and headed west towards Thornwood, passing Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, a bustle of brunch-goers in the West End, then on through Partick towards the Clyde Tunnel.

After crossing beneath the river, it was back to the city centre, travelling east on Govan Road, picking out landmarks and counting down the miles.

Past the tree-lined perimeter of Elder Park. The dark, deep waters at Govan Graving Docks. The jaggy needle of the Glasgow Science Centre Tower and the space-age silver hump of the neighbouring IMAX Theatre.

Then onto the Squinty Bridge over the Clyde and finally into the stretch past Anderston Quay and along the waterfront at the Broomielaw.........

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