Guarding the Leven Words & Photos by Harvey Smart It’s an overcast, warm and muggy day and the River Guardians volunteer group is down at the Millburn burn, a tiny stream running down from the hills above the Vale, through Renton, before entering the Leven just behind the Vale Academy. At first Clydesider Editor • Environment
Full Circuit Words By Layla Blackwell & Photos by Charlie Sherry At the age of 28, I used thirty seconds of bravery to change my life for the better. Feeling suddenly anxious, I paused outside the gymnasium. The sound of voices and rolling wheels made me doubt the plan. I took a Clydesider Editor • Accessibility
Keeping Well in WD By Sam Paton, Dreamcatcher Lady This year we asked local therapists and well-being experts to share some simple tips and techniques we can all try at home. In this first column Sam Paton provides a beginner’s guide to meditation. Even You Can Meditate Some of the things I often Clydesider Editor • Health & Wellness
Welcome to the Knowes (knowes – Scots: a rough hilly area) Words & Photos by Sam Gibson The Hardgate (or Faifley) Knowes consist of a rocky ridge which runs through Hardgate between the Faifley housing estate and Hardgate Golf course. Perhaps the terrain gave the name to Hardgate itself as it was once on the main road from Old Kilpatrick to Clydesider Editor • Heritage
Village Church Saved by its Community Words by Harvey Smart Photos Courtesy of the Kilmaronock Old Kirk Trust Nestled along the historic route connecting Balloch and Stirling, an 1800s church sits on the Lowlands-Highlands fault line. The surrounding land, older than the church itself, contains ancient gravestones dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries, and Clydesider Editor • Community
VeteranAshTree Story of a Native Tree - The Magnificent Ash By Breeze Balloch Castle Country Park is a place of great beauty and natural wonders. I believe it hosts the most magnificent ash tree in the most stunning location in Scotland. This ash is hundreds of years old and although it has stood on the lawn exposed to dozens of Clydesider • Environment
