The success of the Christian Aid Bridge Walk would not happen were it not for the generous donation of time from the volunteers who make sure the walkers feel welcome and cheer them on.

Goosander on the Forth and Clyde Canal between Clydebank and Old Kilpatrick

View from the Kilpatrick braes looking down towards the Erskine bridge and the river clyde.

This fiddle band provided their services free of charge, having travelled all the way from Dunoon to entertain the returning walkers as they recouperated on the grass in the sunshine. Even after crossing the Erskine Bridge twice, some walkers started an impromptu ceilidh, as the band played a great selection of old and new songs. Press the PLAY button if you want to offer them a recording contract!

Caught this heron on a quick flight to another part of the canal today

A busy day as hundreds of walkers get ready for the start of the 25th Anniversary Erskine Bridge Walk at Old Kilpatrick, raising funds for Christian Aid.

Organiser Kathleen Leitch and a hard earned cup of tea in the very welcome warm May sunshine on the Old Kilpatrick side of the Erskine Bridge.

Guardian night assignment. Old Kilpatrick Parish Church. I didn't plan on the my night theme to be 'churches + graveyards' but after taking this shot I decided to go with it.

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Another splendid Chrysotoxum festivum – my second Scottish record for the year. This time it's a female – at The Saltings LNR, West Dunbartonshire. Jul 15 2011. ID is perhaps a little less clear-cut, but the bar on tergite 3 is definitely hooked towards the outer edge and it shows the yellow suffusion on the base of the wings that's mentioned in Stubbs. Let's hope it meets up with the male that I recently found in my Renfrewshire garden about six miles away!

A shipping sign on the Clyde, just under the Erskine Bridge.

Taking a break while trying to shelter from the wind

Two of the fundraisers reach the finishing line of the 25th Anniversary Erskine Bridge Walk in aid of Christian Aid at Old Kilpatrick.

Moorhen at Forth and Clyde Canal, Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire. Feb 18 2013

A family group reach the finishing post after an impressive walk across the Erskine Bridge from Old Kilpatrick to Erskine and back again, proudly wearing their medals as part of the Christian Aid Erskine Bridge charity fundraiser..

Ian chose a unique style of running apparel to cross the bridge 10 times. Watch out Usain Bolt! Congratulations on a fantastic achievement !

Goosander on the Forth and Clyde Canal between Clydebank and Old Kilpatrick

Walkers take to the bridge to start their first crossing of the Erskine Bridge from Old Kilpatrick to Erskine - and back! 25th Anniversary of the Erskine Bridge Crossing to raise funds for Christian Aid.