Strathclyde Mounted Police
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Strathclyde Mounted Police
Image: © Andy Farrington Taken: 18 Mar 2012
Horses and riders on parade by Mount Florida Railway Station at the top of Bolton Drive. The 2012 Scottish League Cup Final at Hampden Park will be finishing in less than 15 minutes and a crowd of nearly 50,000 football fans will have to managed to get them all home safely. I'd been taking pictures in nearby Cathcart Road and unfortunately the group had lined up in front of my vehicle preventing an early escape from Glasgow before the hoards of fans. A quick word with the commander luckily revealed that the troop would be on their way in a matter of minutes and I got away before the crowds.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.826112
Longitude
-4.260707