TCV projects in the Greater Glasgow area

TCV continues to work across the Greater Glasgow area and these examples of other projects demonstrate the range of work we deliver with local communities, volunteers, and partners.

These projects have been carried out during the time we have been working on the Bio-Enhancement Programme and have provided our staff and volunteers with valuable experience and skills which we can bring to Bio-Enhancement Programme priority sites.

Carbeth – TCV volunteers with the improved path, complete with drainage culvert. Kelvin Walkway – TCV volunteers improving path bank with willow spiling.

CARBETH

In partnership with NatureScot and Paths for All, TCV worked with the Carbeth Hutters Community to repair parts of the John Muir Way that were suffering from poor drainage, leading to pooling of water and large areas of deep mud. We also worked on an informal link between the West Highland Way and the John Muir Way, in a steep section of grass path being rutted by mountain bikes and running water.

Over 15 days, TCV volunteers: • Used tracked dumper trucks and moved 32 tonnes of stone • Compacted the path surface using a vibrating plate • Dug in the culvert pipe and learnt how to construct water bars • Trained in upland path construction by professional path worker Angus Turner • learnt the ‘leave no trace’ method using moss, turf and leaves to blend the new path into the landscape

KELVIN WALKWAY (JOhn MUIR Way lInk 1)

This was a section of the John Muir Way Link 1 identified by Paths for All as requiring some maintenance. This section of riverside path was very overgrown, narrow, and winding with overhanging trees. In February 2022 we cleared and widened this section of path. Erosion had collapsed the path verge and would have soon caused damage to the path. Willow spiling was used to slow down the flooding and repair the bank.

• 650m of path maintenance • Riverbank repair