Fish Ladder

Today I made an expedition to Milngavie to go to the bank and the pharmacy. There was an impressive amount of water coming over the weir and the fish ladder on the Allander Water. This is the start of the nine mile Kelvin Walkway to the River Clyde. A short way upstream is the start of the West Highland way, 96 miles of long distance footpath to Fort William. 

Migrating salmon and sea trout travel each autumn from the sea by way of the River Clyde and Kelvin to the Allander River to spawn. Before the construction of the fish ladder in 1999, their progress was obstructed by the weirs built for the corn and paper mills in Milngavie. The paper mills also heavily polluted the river water. Both mills finally closed in the late 1950’s. 


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I din't walk further than back to the car today!