Ten years ago today, #Glasgow had its own #sailing#flotilla up the river Clyde as part of the 2014 #CommonwealthGames. In a few moments a flotilla will go along the Seine to get #Paris2024 underway!
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@obantimes They are Chinese junk rig schooners, the one with red sails and blue hull is probably Kokachin, currently in Oban. Beautiful boats, thanks for sharing!
@TheScotsman Major #sailing events are implementing extensive environmental safeguards to protect local wildlife - the recent #NewZealand#SailGP cancelled a day’s racing due to a dolphin sighting. But get the balance wrong and these events and the £/$ the generate will be spent elsewhere.
If you visit Pollok House and are a member of the National Trust for Scotland, make sure to ask for your free parking ticket at reception saving you £5.40.
#PollokHouse#PollokPark#BurrellCollection#freeparking
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@P1c22_23 Thank you Mrs Watson and all the teaching and support staff! Lucy’s had a blast. Hope you have a great last day tomorrow and a well deserved summer holiday. Can’t believe that’s P1 over already! Roll on P2!
When the #Clyde was the #Monaco of the north and #sailing was the #Formula1 of its day; and how a new clubhouse at Rhu could help revive the fortunes of #Scotland’s oldest yacht club.
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Fun fact: if you were to tow #CalMac’s under-construction #GenSannox ferry to #Monaco today it would be the most expensive vessel in the marina, costing more than superyachts Lionheart and Hampshire III owned by billionaires Philip Green and Jim Ratcliffe!
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Below are the two most important metrics of our time. Top: the decline of biodiversity between 1970-2018. Below: global temperatures between 1850-2022.
Scotland’s oldest #sailing club, @RNCYC, unveils plans to safeguard its future with a new, purpose-built clubhouse at Rhu Marina in #Helensburgh.
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