Well. The BBC have a piece on the eco-village outside Stirling. Apparently riots in Stirling. Burger King and Pizza Hut get smashed windows. The M9 seems to have been blockaded; various other blockades have apparently been attempted, some successful. Including blocking and unblocking of the A9. BBC timeline. Indymedia timeline.
Apparently the protest march in Auchterarder to somewhere not particularly near Gleneagles has been called off by police, although I'm sure that BBC story said "March will go ahead" when I looked a few minutes before. I'm sure all those who have made it as far as Auchterarder will do something. Calling off a march at the last minute sounds a sure-fire way to turn a possibly rowdy march into a clash with the police instantly, although I don't know what sort of people, and how many, are there. Perhaps it's being called off so that the police can stop people moving towards Auchterarder, turn back buses etc. (it does seem that they are doing so).
My favourite picture so far is here.
Update: I find it amusing that there are protest blockades and police blockades... and when the police removed one blockade, it became a police blockade for the best part of an hour...
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