Healing Power of Nature Words by Kevin Unitt Photos by Sarah Badman-Flook In my lowest life moments I’ve always managed to apply the belief that I can ‘walk walk walk until I feel well again’, so potent have I found physical activity in the great outdoors to be in terms of positive mental Clydesider Editor • Health & Wellness
Man and Nature Combine Words by Mary Irvine & Artwork by Anne Marshall I have often praised the high standard of talent prevalent in my locale but on a recent walk around Balloch Country Park I was put in mind of one more. Not an unsung hero by any means but, perhaps one unknown Clydesider Editor • Creative
For the Love of Scotland's Oak Trees Words and photo by Breeze Oaks have provided people with materials for so much over many, many centuries. Ships, houses, carts and wheels, furniture, fuel for stoves and warmth, to name just a few. Yet apparently most people in Scotland can’t identify an oak tree. This is a tragedy. Clydesider Editor • Environment
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
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
Little Faces Words & Photos by Katie Kennedy Hedgehog numbers in the UK have dropped from an estimated 30 million in 1950 to under 1 million in 2018, putting them on the UK’s endangered list. At Hogwatch Dumbarton, a rescue rehabilitation and teaching centre for hedgehogs, they are trying to change Clydesider Editor • Issue 26
