In 1838, an argument raged between a Mr Wallace who lived downstream of Blantyre and with Messrs Henry Monteith & Co, the owners of Blantyre Mills. The problem was that Monteith had fully dammed the Clyde, by upgrading the weir and suddenly downstream, where once had hundreds of years of Salmon thriving, were now suddenly […]
How about this for a great photo! Derek McSwan took the picture at the David Livingstone Bridge last month. Fish have been abundant in this part of the river for many centuries. Did you know, during the early 1700’s, long before the construction of Dales Blantyre Works Mills, a previous dam had been built on […]
My brother Ivan took this photo earlier this afternoon at Blantyre Weir. Whilst our walking, he observed salmon leaping out the water. He grabbed his camera and took this photo of a fine, mature salmon, nearly 2 feet long , jumping clear out the water. Good evidence of Salmon returning back to The Clyde at […]
Gerry Chambers sent in this cracking photo adding, “Hi, the Clyde at the the David Livingstone Footbridge was teeming with running salmon, like this jumper, yesterday afternoon. They were trying to negotiate the weir in their efforts to get upstream. Thought your readers might like to share how awesome nature is on our doorstep.” Brilliant photo! […]