The Michty Helen

The first bit of video has surfaced from Saturdays's NothingAboutUs event. Colin Speir's fine short film of the GalGael trebuchet in action is here

Moment of the Day

The Trebuchet team see Colin Begg's Charm Offensive ammunition for the first time and talk 'deep payload'

Meanwhile in PlanningWorld

t s Beall (standing left) explains the intricacies of Risk assessments to (from left) Rico Buonaccarsi, Colin Begg, Ed Whitley, Grant Leckie and Tom Manley.

talking through the day with the project crew (apparently attack could come from anywhere) - note the Trebuchet folk have wandered off to play with the model catapult....there is always one (!)

Something about 'Nothing' in the Evening Times

'Nothing about us...' was featured in this article by Deborah Anderson in the Evening Times yesterday (that's our trebuchet in the background!)

"A Govan Armada will be taking over the River Clyde this weekend as part of a major public art event. Events will be held to link up both sides of the river and get communities involved in their heritage. Govan will be bombed with messages delivered by two medieval siege catapaults, or trebuchets. St. Kilda mailboats and a soundscape of sea shanties will also be some of the attractions at Saturday's event.  Even extracts from Upper Clyde Shipbuilder's hero Jimm Reid's speeches will be broadcast across the water."

Trebuchet

Calculation is the order of the day in Trebuchet World at the moment....the finger belongs to Grant Leckie our trebuchet expert and the man who put the 'art in artillery' (via Tam McGarvey)

Rico our main man on the trebuchet build is sounding confident about the prospects of a test firing on Tuesday....good news