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GRAHAM McTAVISH, ACTOR
CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
The Glasgow Phoenix Choir would normally prepare a short season of Christmas concerts. Sadly, that’s not to be but they have an online concert of videos involving music from previous CD recordings, including a specially recorded multi-screen video of Schneewalzer – a favourite with audiences – involving their very good friends of Whitburn Band. www.phoenixchoir.org
DRIVE-IN SHOW
This new Drive-In Christmas Show for families will take place on The Crichton grounds in Dumfries over two weekends. The hour-long live spectacular will feature well-known faces playing favourite panto characters. The show can be viewed from the safety of your own car.
Today and tomorrow & December 19 with performances at 12 noon, 3pm and 6pm, Tickets from £8, The Crichton, Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4TA
BRIGHT SHADOWS: SCOTTISH ART IN THE 1920s
This exhibition is timed to mark 100 years since the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, showcasing more than 35 artworks selected from the City Art Centre’s own collection of fine art. The exhibition features artists such as Dorothy Johnstone, Eric Robertson and William Wilson, as well as the Scottish Colourists S.J. Peploe and JD Fergusson.
Mon-Sun (excluding Tue and Wed) throughout December. Free, City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE
BREAKFAST WITH SANTA
The popular event from Dobbies is back. Enjoy breakfast as a family with Santa, including fun activities and a gift from Santa. Families will be seated and served at their own table.
Today and tomorrow & 19-20. Meal prices from £8.99. Dobbies Inverness, Inshes Retail Park, Inverness, IV2 3TW
SANTA ON THE BUS
Santa on the Bus is an annual festive event run by the Dundee Museum of Transport, where children and adults can meet Santa and explore the museum.
Today and tomorrow. Tickets from £8. Dundee Museum of Transport, Unit 10 Market Mews, Market Street, Dundee, DD1 3LA
CHARLOTTE COHEN
Community Woodland, with a couple of intriguing outdoor artworks, returning to the main Helix Park area along the Forth & Clyde Canal.
The canal at present ends abruptly close to the Kelpies but there are ambitious plans to restore the final link, taking it out into the River Carron and thus to the Firth of Forth as it did when it opened 200 years ago.
This is called the Queen Elizabeth Canal and I am quite sure the Kelpies would approve of it, providing as it does yet another link between the past and the present of this fascinating area.
ROUTE Map:
ROGER SMITH
Distance: 3.5 miles/5.5km
Approx Time: 1½-2 hours
Start/Finish: Falkirk Stadium (GR: NS907807)
Information: See www. thehelix.co.uk and www. falkirkcommunitytrust.org
Note: When you enter the Falkirk Stadium car park, turn immediately right and park in this area. The path to Helix Park is signed at the north-east corner of the car park. Route: From the car park, cross the road at the lights to enter Helix Park. Follow the signs up past the Lagoon and Great Lawn, turning right to walk through the wetland. Cross another road and walk up beside the canal to see the
Kelpies. Walk right of the sculptures, pass the marina office and cross the canal at its outlet. Turn left and follow the twisty path towards Langlee Community Woodland, walking beside the
River Carron for some distance before swinging left into woods. Pass the Human Star Clock and at a junction, TR to see Love and Kisses. Return to the junction and TR on a rougher path. At the next junction keep ahead on a tarmac path just outside the woodland. When this ends TR on a small road. Cross the main road and walk down Abbots Road. TL on canal towpath. Follow canal to Lock 3, cross and walk back through Helix Park to the start.
First published in 2017.
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