After people drifted off in different directions we got a call in a nearby cafe to say that a bus had been stopped. 4 or 5 of us ran to find it and joined the handful of people who'd managed to block 3 delegates coaches at an intersection. The delay lasted perhaps 20 minutes when the police came and dispersed us. One guy was carried off, sitting, and presumed arrested. About 45 minutes later, however, as we were walking to the info shop after a breakfast in the cafe, this same guy called to us from over the road. He'd found a coach full of Gleneagles press and sat down in front of it. We went to the rear to prevent it reversing. The police came pretty quickly and moved us off; no arrests were made.

one of the dispersing groups of protesters encountered a busload of functionaries leaving from the sheraton. ten or so blocked the bus's progress and prevented it from backing up. by extreme luck, it was joined by two other busses. the blockade held for just 10-25 minutes, but some disruption was accomplished after all.

watch the newswire for more details.

Actually, after most people had dispersed from the protest, three buses full of delegates tried to make a quick exit from the Sheraton Hotel. Despite the buses taking different routes, they were blocked at a junction down Morrison Street.
Initially the buses (and following traffic) were blocked by four protestors and one dustbin, soon reinforced by a further 6 people.
Despite the presence of several hundred riot police in the area, the cops were very slow to take action. After 20-30 minutes, small groups of police pushed and chased the individual protestors off the road onto the pavement. One person was detained but subsequently released.
The delegates then managed to continue their journey to Gleneagles.

At risk of stating the obvious, they knew we were coming. I got there just after six and the place was already crawling with cops. Riot cops in their gear (albeit holding their helmets) were already stopping and searching people trying to walk on the same side of the road as the Sheraton. Apparently they were under orders to search any and all pedestrians under Section 60. I was directed towasrds the wall and told to wait. I was searched thoroughly. They frisked me and went through my bag. Given that I didn't have anything to hide I complied, although I declined to give them my name and address pointing out that I was not obliged to do so under Section 60.

The only point at which I raised any objection was when they took my wallet. I argued that as the point of Section 60 was to establish if those being searched are carrying weapons that didn't entitle them to go through my wallet. The cop doing the search didn't take so well to this and threatened to arrest me, telling me not to tell him what the law was. Given that I was pretty much on my own, there wasn't much I could do, so I conceeded the point and allowed them to look, having decided that it wasn't worth getting arrested over, although I'm sure I was in the right.

Search completed I and a few other were escorted accross the road and told to stay on that side where I met up with a number of further protesters. They didn't seem bothered by us forming up on the other side of the road and it took quite some time for a FIT team to appear.