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I once staggered out of the Art School, a nightclub which sits at the top of this hill, and accidentally managed to pick up a bit of speed while walking down towards Sauchiehall Street (this photograph doesn't do justice to just how steep this hill is, but anyone who knows it will understand what happens when you pick up speed on it.) Despite my best efforts to slow down, and the generosity of a man who was walking up the hill who stuck his arm out for me to grab, I was running at full speed towards the bottom. I thought that I might be able to keep my balance if I kept running straight while I slowed down again, but that plan was thwarted by a passing taxi. It didn't hit me, but I had to swerve quickly. I was thrown off my feet and forward(!) rolled across the road, landing outstretched in front of the brightly lit window of the kilt shop you can see on the right hand side. My jacket and trousers were ripped and my glasses had been thrown off my face, but most worrying to me was the fact that the D700 was on my shoulder the whole time. Miraculously, and a testament to the incredible build quality of the camera, it came away with only a few scratches.

Another time, the one working brake on my bicycle snapped while I was cycling down the other side of the hill. My thought process probably went something like "Ach, what a nuisance... hang on a minute, this could be dangerous...oh fuck, I'm going to die!!" Flying towards West Graham Street, a fairly busy road on which an uncontrollably speeding cyclist might be killed by a passing car, I had no choice but to turn at full speed into some railings, which ruined the front wheel of the bike, as well as my right foot and trainer which got caught under it. A motorist who saw it all got out of his car and helped me up.

I've moving away from this area at the end of this month. I'll miss being right in the city centre, and only a stone's throw away from Nice'n'Sleazy, but I won't miss walking up and down this bloody hill.

Glasgow, 2011.

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