BRIDGE BLESSED

A new footbridge crossing the River Carron was officially opened on June 19. The bridge connects the communities of Langlees and Bainsford to the south with Carronshore and Carron to the north, and is near Falkirk’s major visitor attraction, the Kelpies.

Falkirk Presbytery Clerk, the Rev Andrew Sarle, was invited to participate in the opening ceremony by blessing the bridge, adapting the words used by the Very Rev Dr Derek Browning to bless the Queensferry Crossing last year, and poured a small amount of water from the River Jordan into the Carron from the middle of the new bridge.

Picture by Lisa Evans, Falkirk Council

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