Sunshine on Speirs Locks

Wasteland next to the Glue Factory, on Farnell Street.

It was a beautiful, sunny day for a walk around Speirs Locks. I went along to enjoy the various activities taking place as part of a fun day which involved GAMTA, The Glue Factory, Scottish Opera, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, National Theatre of Scotland, and the Forth and Clyde Canal.

There were a range of artists showing of their crafts and artworks in the Glue Factory's Bazaar. I bought a poetry book as a momento of the event. People gathered together to get involved in knitting, crocheting, dancing and mask making.  Guerilla gardening was promoted with seed bombs given away for free.  Next to the Glue factory, a wasteland area was transformed for an outdoor arts activity on the Vikings.

The walled garden and bothy project.

Further down the street, it was amazing to find a walled garden being created.  It is known as the Bothy Project and plans are being developed for a performance space. The organisers were gathering people's views on ideas for events and activities that would be supported.

Walking along the canal to a cafe for a snack, I found queues waiting for a boat trip. There were pirates aboard the boats on the Canal and people seemed keen to join them for an adventure.

 View of the Forth and Clyde Canal's Boat Trip

My afternoon ended at the former Whisky Bond to view an art installation and I discovered that this is being refurbished to become the new home of Glasgow Sculpture Studios.

Useful links:-

The Bothy Project - www.thebothyproject.org

The British Council - http://www.britishcouncil.org/scotland-science-spiers-lock-regeneration-project.htm