ORGANISERS of the Chain of Freedom have issued an update to grassroot activists taking part in the event on October 19.
the group cannot use canal tow paths linking West Dunbartonshire with the EdinburghOrganisers say that despite being in touch with Scottish Canals since January 2023, the group have only just been “advised that we are forbidden to use the Union Canal” for the event.
On Tuesday night, the group emailed “every person and every group” who had chosen the Union Canal route as their preferred section. A post updating members on the event’s Facebook page does state the event will still go ahead despite the change of plans.Organiser Wilma Bowie wrote: “Regardless of extensive and exhaustive negotiations, Scottish Canals have stated that the ‘Union Canal’ is unfit and unsafe for the public to use, under the Chain of Freedom Scotland’s capacity and volume of supporters, notwithstanding being informed that ‘thousands of public uses of the canal on a daily basis’.
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