January
Clean Up
Sat 3rd January 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at Ha’penny Bridge House, just outside the west end of the Botanic Gardens, off Ford Road. Or cross the Botanic Gardens Bridge and turn left along the walkway.
We usually finish around 12
February
Clean Up
Sat 7th February 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at Ha’penny Bridge House, just outside the west end of the Botanic Gardens, off Ford Road. Or cross the Botanic Gardens Bridge and turn left along the walkway.
We usually finish around 12
March
Clean Up
Sat 4th March 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at Ha’penny Bridge House, just outside the west end of the Botanic Gardens, off Ford Road. Or cross the Botanic Gardens Bridge and turn left along the walkway.
We usually finish around 12
April
Clean Up
Sat 4th April 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at The Snow Bridge, near Kelvingrove Museum.
We usually finish around 12
Invitation from Cardonald College art and design students
Wed 9th April 3.30 p.m.
This is the second year of the students’ visit to the Kelvin to develop textile designs. FORK members are invited to visit the College on Tuesday 21 April at 3.30 pm, to see the students’ portfolios and have tea and cakes. We will also be selecting a design to have made into a fabric to raise funds for FORK. If you would like to come, please contact Sally Johnston by Wednesday 15 April (Click to reveal Email address). (Visitors will have to arrange their own transport.
Childrens Outdoor Adventure Club
Starting 25th April
Steven Findlay is developing a Children’s Outdoor Adventure Club starting on 25 April based in Dawsholm Park.
May
Clean Up
Sat 2nd May 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at Ha’penny Bridge House, near Kelvingrove Museum.
We usually finish around 12
A walk by the Mill of the Upper Clyde
Sat 9th May 10:30 a.m.
Following the Kelvin mills guided walk in January, Friends of the River Kelvin have been invited by Clydesdale Mills Society to join them for a guided walk through the Falls of Clyde gorge.
June
Clean Up
Sat 6th June 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at Snow Bridge, near Kelvingrove Museum.
We usually finish around 12
FORK Photography Competition 2009
Sat 6th June – Final date for submission
Click Here for more details of the competition
FORK Gala 2009
Sat 13th June 11.00 a.m.
The FORK Gala this year will be held on 11th June this year
July
Clean Up
Sat 4th July 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at City Council Depot, Kelvingrove Park, Just off Kelvin Way
We usually finish around 12
August
Clean Up
Sat 1st August 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at Ha’penny Bridge House, near Kelvingrove Museum.
We usually finish around 12
FORK Canoe Safari and Dinner
Thu 11th August
The chance to undertake a journey via canoe along the coast and over to one of the Volcanic islands on Loch Lomond, whilst others may want to visit Luss village, View the ancient Celtic masonry in the parish pilgrimage centre or to undertake a short walk amongst the surrounding countryside. [more]
September
Clean Up & Barbecue
Sat 5th September 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at Ha’penny Bridge House, just outside the west end of the Botanic Gardens, off Ford Road. Or cross the Botanic Gardens Bridge and turn left along the walkway.
We usually finish around 12
Barbecue at 6:30 – please bring your own food and drink.
BEASTIES OF OUR RIVER
Meet Louis Kitchen . . . and let him introduce you to some of the smaller inhabitants of the Kelvin
As an apprentice in the field of riverfly study, I have something of an interest in the beasties of the freshwater environment. And my local river, the Kelvin, is certainly an interesting one. The continuing effort to clean up our river is reflected in the increasing biodiversity around, within and beneath the water. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) continuously monitors our watercourses, and the general trend for the Kelvin is one of marked improvement. So when I discovered FORK I was keen to get involved and become a part of this improvement, perhaps bringing a little entomology in with me. Local people can play a role in supplementing the SEPA monitoring programme. As people who spend a lot of time around the Kelvin, we are in a unique position to identify reductions in biodiversity, a good sign of pollution incidents, as soon as they happen. We can identify a crisis and give the relevant authorities a chance of minimising damage. FORK already does an incredible job of improving our river, but with a basic knowledge of aquatic life we can further our efforts to protect one of the best natural resources the city of Glasgow has to offer.
Hopefully you’ll be hearing a lot more about this, but as a taster I’ll be giving a practical introduction to the invertebrate life of the Kelvin at the next clean-up on 5 September. Whether you’re interested in discovering another dimension of the river, or just like playing with bugs, come along and find out more.
October
Clean Up, AGM & Barbecue
Sat 3rd October 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at Kelvinbridge Subway Station, Great Western Road.
We usually finish around 12
Followed at 12.30 by AGM and barbecue at Ha’penny Bridge House
FORK Autumn Canoe Safari
FORK in association with our resident Eco adventure outfit Wild by Nature will be running An Autumn classic canoe safari on the 8th October 09. Read More»
November
Clean Up
Sat 7th November 10.30 a.m.
Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!
Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.
Meet at Kelvingrove Park at War Memorial (park entrance at Kelvin Way Toilets and over main Bridge)
We usually finish around 12
There’s also a barbecue after ever clean-up
Donation for burger or bring your own free. Volunteers can order at 10:30 burger/sausage/veg burger/tea/coffee to be served at Ha’penny Bridge House 12:30
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