I teamed up with Maryhill Health Centre’s arts strategy team to offer some health and wellbeing guided walks.On Friday 27th January we set off to explore the hidden beauty of the Forth and Clyde Canal by the Maryhill locks and local walkways, looking back at postcards and photographs from the Maryhill Burgh Hall archives.

After a short walk along the canal, we headed back to Maryhill Burgh Hall for a creative arts workshop. Using photography that was taken by previous workshop participants we created our own postcards to be exhibited in the health centre.

Maryhill’s story begins with Mary Hill herself, who inherited the Gairbraid Estate from her father, Hew Hill. When she sold the land to allow the canal to be built, she did so on the  condition that it be named after Mary. We wrote to Mary to let her know how things have changed.

All set for a few weeks off focusing and making, I set off to Cove park in December for a self-funded residency as part of their bursary scheme for winter residencies. Unfortunately I had to cut it short... managing only one night! But still, here are the fruits of my one day of contemplation!