Govan armada sets sail
May 7, 2010 by localnews
The VIP visitors sit in front of the winners of the boat building competition. They are from left: Daniel McMillan, David Walker (13) Ross Fraser (6), Jude Thomes Fraser (4), Ciarra Jones (8)
Boats of all shapes and sizes set off from the River Clyde at Govan on Sunday 2 May in the first armada to leave these shores in generations.
The craft had been created by local children in a series of fun workshops using re-cycled items and had been led by artists from Atypical Root, a public Art Trail which was part of the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. With free burgers from the Riverside Community Hall, the Fire and Rescue Service and local Councillor Shaukat Butt, the whole mission was given a blessing by the newly appointed Bishop Greogr Duncan, of the Scottish Episcopal Church before setting sail. The boats were taken out into the Rivr Clyde by a vessel from the Fire and Rescue Service personnel who had the job of placing them in the water. Each boat has a message attached. The hope is that anyone finding one of the craft will contact the organisers www.atypicalroot.com But since the children themselves, and the adult art tutors, parents and friends were not allowed down to the riverside because of the state of the derelict land, it is indicative of how inaccessible the riverbanks are.
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