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
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
Gardenening Through COVID Gardening Through Covid by Andy Devine The Bellsmyre Community Garden team adapted to the pandemic challenges and continued to thrive under the guidance of Martin Love and Pat Lally. They were just about to launch their spring plant sale in March 2020 as the first lockdown started and moved this to an online Clydesider • Environment
Conversations With Nature by Johnny Dale I feel nature and being outside watching the wildlife out in the garden or on my walks has helped me a lot during these unprecedented times. I have to admit I loved last year’s lockdown. Not from the point of many people losing their lives, but Clydesider Editor • Environment
