Jim Byrne - 4 Country & Folk Songs Reader Recommendations - 4 Country & Folk Songs Review by Mary Irvine I’ve just finished listening - again - to an EP of four new songs from accomplished singer/songwriter and ‘Bankie’, Jim Byrne. Four very different tracks. Most people will relate to the theme of loss and remembrances in ‘The Yellow Clock’, the theme of true love Clydesider • Creative
Linnvale Litter Pickers Linnvale residents are calling time on litter bugs and turning their community into a haven for wildlife. A spring litter pick as the country eased out of lockdown saw 30 residents collect waste along Strauss Avenue and beside the canal. The group has since cleared the Linnvale roundabout and teamed Clydesider Editor • Environment
Grey Heron With Fish Walk This Way - Walking With Nature by David Crawford Like everyone else I never knew what lockdown would actually mean for us all. I work for Youth Football Scotland and overnight all football was indefinitely cancelled. On my lockdown walks, I would carry my camera and started to photograph the birds. As well as enjoying this Clydesider • Issue 18
Alexandria Goes Green Community groups in Alexandria are on a mission to create a green heritage corridor through Alexandria. The initiative will see a community orchard, raised beds, flowers and soft fruit areas planted to create a green space from the Fountain to the tow path. There are also plans for a parklet Clydesider Editor • Community
Lonesome Dove Reader Recommendations - Lonesome Dove Book Review by Gary Cameron I would like to recommend to other local readers the most enjoyable and utterly captivating novel I have ever read. It is called Lonesome Dove and is written by Larry McMurtry. It is a western, based in the late 1800’s and has a stellar cast of Clydesider • Entertainment
Canal Life Canal Life by Chris McCaughey The Forth & Clyde Canal starts (or ends) its 35-mile journey across Scotland in the village of Bowling, running alongside it is Sustrans Route 754 towpath, which continues on to Loch Lomond. They are outside spaces once used for commerce, now re-designed to encourage active travel and Clydesider • Creative
