All Rights Reserved ‘Artists’ Impression’ ‘Artists’ Reserved Rights All VILLAGE © Glasgow 2014 Limited/Commonwealth Games Federation. Games Limited/Commonwealth 2014 Glasgow © energy company and will generate sustainable energy. sustainable generate will and company energy River Clyde River Ordnance Survey © Crown copyright 2014. All rights reserved. rights All 2014. copyright Crown © Survey Ordnance The wind turbine that stands at Propellor Pount is part of a collaboration between the city and an an and city the between collaboration a of part is Pount Propellor at stands that turbine wind The V ATHLETES’ ROAD ANCOUVER the 5.5 km trails offer a spectacular panorama of the city beyond. city the of panorama spectacular a offer trails km 5.5 the Pedestrian concourse & general surface general & concourse Pedestrian course for riders. Set against a backdrop of ancient woodland, steep slopes and wide open spaces, spaces, open wide and slopes steep woodland, ancient of backdrop a against Set riders. for course WESTLAND DRIVE WESTLAND venue makes the most of the varied terrain of Cathkin Braes Country Park to provide a challenging challenging a provide to Park Country Braes Cathkin of terrain varied the of most the makes venue Mountain Bike competitions and have been created in collaboration with expert designers. The The designers. expert with collaboration in created been have and competitions Bike Mountain DUNCAN trails Water Located on the city’s south side, just 15 minutes from the Athletes’ Village, the trails will host the the host will trails the Village, Athletes’ the from minutes 15 just side, south city’s the on Located Mountain bike Mountain DANES DRIVE DANES A Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails are an exciting new addition to Glasgow’s sporting landscape. landscape. sporting Glasgow’s to addition new exciting an are Trails Bike Mountain Braes Cathkin VENUE Clyde Gateway Clyde Green space Green Roads Athletes’ Village Athletes’ Golf Course Golf Cathkin Braes Cathkin A C rails T Bike Mountain THKIN ROAD THKIN Cathkin Braes Cathkin Energy Centre Energy Venues Leisure Centre Leisure Loop Parkland Cuningar River Clyde River Wind Farm Wind Station Cathkin Braes Cathkin Dalmarnock DALMARNOCK ROAD DALMARNOCK Scotstoun Sports Campus Sports Scotstoun Bridge ood W Big Smart woodland illage V ’ Athletes Building Water & Water General surface General Road Road Country Park Country Cathkin Braes Cathkin Sports Stadium Sports ell W Seat s ’ Mary Burnside Cathkin Braes Cathkin Glasgow Subway station Subway Glasgow s ’ Mary Queen ARDENCRAIG ROAD ARDENCRAIG Queen Railway line and station and line Railway A728 Cathcart Cambuslang SPRINGFIELD ROAD SPRINGFIELD Games Route Network (GRN) Network Route Games Marathon route Marathon VELODROME Road cycling route cycling Road elodrome V Golf Course Golf and Blairbeth SOUTHBRAE DRIVE SOUTHBRAE Arena Sports & SIR CHRIS HOY CHRIS SIR & SPORTS CAMPUS SPORTS BIKE TRAILS BIKE Langside LEGEND 9 EMIRATES ARENA ARENA EMIRATES 9 1 SCOTSTOUN 1 6 CATHKIN BRAES MOUNTAIN BRAES CATHKIN 6 LONDON ROAD LONDON ood W Glen Pollokshaws West Pollokshaws Pollokshaws East Pollokshaws 14 A728 Barry Buddon Shooting Centre Shooting Buddon Barry Mount Florida Mount 13 HAMPDEN PARK HAMPDEN Royal Commonwealth Pool Commonwealth Royal 12 Strathclyde Country Park Country Strathclyde Rutherglen Shawlands 11 5 Tollcross International Swimming Centre Swimming International Tollcross A730 M74 10 Celtic Park Celtic NEW inluding Athletes’ Village - - Village Athletes’ inluding 9 Emirates Arena & Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome Hoy Chris Sir & Arena Emirates Crosshill 8 NEW Glasgow National Hockey Centre - - Centre Hockey National Glasgow Crossmyloof 7 Glasgow Green Glasgow AND ATHLETES’ VILLAGE ATHLETES’ AND 9 Queen’s Park Queen’s EMIRATES ARENA & SIR CHRIS HOY VELODROME HOY CHRIS SIR & ARENA EMIRATES 6 Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails Bike Mountain Braes Cathkin 5 A74 Hampden Park Hampden Maxwell Park Maxwell 4 Ibrox Stadium Ibrox Corkerhill A728 3 Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre Bowls Lawn Kelvingrove 2 Loop SECC Precinct & SSE Hydro SSE & Precinct SECC Cuningar Dalmarnock Bridge 1 Smart Dalmarnock Scotstoun Sports Campus Sports Scotstoun HOCKEY CENTRE HOCKEY M74 GLASGOW NATIONAL GLASGOW VENUES SIDE SWIMMING CENTRE SWIMMING custom-built. 8 NEW have been have as stated Those games. TOLLCROSS INTERNATIONAL TOLLCROSS SOUTH All venues have been refurbished for the for refurbished been have venues All 11 Dumbreck Bridgeton Shields Road Shields M8 GAMES West St West CELTIC PARK CELTIC COMMONWEALTH COMMONWEALTH Bridge St Bridge Kinning Park Kinning marathon and road cycling road and marathon Cessnock Start and Finish for the for Finish and Start THE 2014 THE GLASGOW GREEN GLASGOW 10 Carntyne RING ENGINEE A8 Cardonald River Clyde River IBROX STADIUM IBROX Ibrox M8 7 Bellgrove END Argyle St Argyle St Enoch St EAST Duke Street Duke 4 High Street High Anderston Glasgow Central Glasgow & SSE HYDRO SSE & SECC PRECINCT SECC 2 Exhibition Centre Exhibition Buchanan Street Buchanan Alexandra Parade Alexandra St Queen Govan Charing Cross Charing BOWLS CENTRE BOWLS KELVINGROVE LAWN KELVINGROVE 3 COUNTRY PARK COUNTRY 12 STRATHCLYDE Cowcaddens BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT THERE BIKE TRAILS BIKE 13 CATHKIN BRAES MOUNTAIN BRAES CATHKIN Ainsley_237-240 21/2/2005 5:43 pm Page 240 IS THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE PEOPLE 6 St George’s Cross George’s St POOL Partick BEHIND THE SCENES. Kelvinhall Livingston ROYAL COMMONWEALTH ROYAL MAP EXTENT MAP A814 This map tells the story about the infrastructure and the civil engineers Haddington responsible, who will ensure that the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth SPORTS CAMPUS SPORTS Acknowledgements Games are a success and that they benefit the city’s people long after the SCOTSTOUN Working with people who are not onlyevent colleagues has butfinished. friends as well added to the whole enjoyable 1 experience of putting this book together. So,a massive thank you to friends Orla Broderick and Debbie Falkirk Major for their creative energy. I could not have done it without you guys. To Lorna Brash for all her attention to detail in the studio.To foodIt photogr is testamentapher Juliet to Piddington how rewarding for more delightful a career sensif inerou civils engineering can be and Kelvinbridge moments. To all the team at BBC Booksinforms,especially young Rachel C opuspeople,my edito aboutr, who the gently routes persuades in to me the profession. It is Inverkeithing to get the bleedin’ thing done ..., mya commissioning resource for editor learners,, Nicky Ross, teachersfor allowing and me to parents. indulge GLASGOW myself sometimes with the occasional oxtail recipe, and Isobel Gillan for her design work. Hillhead Berwick END Dunfermline Thanks also to my agents and friends at JHA, www.os.co.uk/glasgow2014 North my caring wife Clare,Ordnanceour Survey great and kids the Jimmy and Maddie, OS Symbol are registered WEST and Oscatrademarksr, it’s of time Ordnance for Survey,walkies! Kirkcaldy the national mapping authority of Great Britain. The Random House Group Limited supports Ordnancethe Forest Survey Stew © Crownardship Council® (FSC®), the leading international forest certification organisation. All our titles that are printedcopyright 2014. on Greenpeace All rights reserved. approved FSC® certified paper carry the FSC® logo. D12205_0514 Our paper procurement policy can be found at www.randomhouse.co.uk/environment Buckhaven Dunblane Leven Kinross Published by BBC Books, BBC Worldwide Ltd Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane Hyndland London W12 0TT First published 2004 Callander Reprinted 2004, 2005 (twice), 2006, 2007, 2008 Copyright © Ainsley Harriott 2004 The moral right of the author has been asserted GAMES Cupar All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced Auchterarder in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisherJordanhill ,except by a reviewer, who may quote brief Andrews St passages in a review COMMONWEALTH ISBN:978 0 563 487 56 2 f f Crie With thanks to Denby for the loan of items for photography 14 Photographs by Juliet Piddington © BBC Worldwide Ltd 2004 THE 2014 THE River Tay River Recipes developed and written in association with RING ENGINEE Orla Broderick and Debbie Major SHOOTING CENTRE SHOOTING Showing additional venues additional Showing BARRY BUDDON BARRY Commissioning Editor:Nicky Ross OVERVIEW MAP OVERVIEW Project Editor: Rachel Copus Copy Editor:Trish Burgess Recipe Analysis:Wendy Doyle Ashfield Cover Art Director:Pene Parker Designer: Isobel Gillan Production Controller: Kenneth McKay Food Stylist: Lorna Brash Props Stylist:Victoria Allen Set in Bliss Colour origination and printing by Butler Tanner & Dennis Ltd.