Blockade Photos

1 Aug 2007: Altogether nine people were arrested at Faslane South Gate this morning. Here are the six teachers who blockaded (three supporters were also arrested).

1 Aug 2007: Brian Larkin, a teacher and peace activist who was arrested at Faslane South Gate this morning said "As a teacher I believe it is my duty to help children learn to cooperate and to resolve conflicts without violence. But it is hard to teach peace when our government provides such a poor role model and relies on the threat of massive destruction for its own security."

1 Aug 2007: Three of teachers are from Germany, one from the US and the other two from the UK.

1 Aug 2007: We make it 18...

1 Aug 2007: Six teachers and their three supporters were arrested this morning for blockading the South Gate of Faslane.

Chris Bluemel, a music teacher and one of those arrested said "It is estimated that a replacement for the Trident nuclear weapons system would cost £76bn over its lifetime. Yet the UN estimates that just £8bn would be enough to provide universal primary education. As a teacher, I strongly believe that the latter would be rather more likely to increase our security."

30 July 2007: The Faslane Highland Games saw five arrests today when some of the participants in the final Tug Of Peace refused to move from the gateway.

30 July 2007: At the end of the Faslane Highland Games 2007 five people stayed in the road leading into the North Gate and were consequently arrested. Here is one of them with his arresting officers.

30 July 2007: At today's Faslane Highland Games, which were hosted by Assynt Peace Group, the final game was a Tug Of Peace. After a few minutes of pulling the rope in front of the North Gate the police cut the rope and some of the participants sat down for a rest. There were altogether 5 arrests.

30 July 2007: The teams were surprisingly even in terms of pulling. This the team on the north end of the gate. Pull for peace!

30 July 2007: The team on the south end of the gate can here be seen with their supporters encouraging them to pull harder.

30 July 2007: Is this the assistance arriving...?

30 July 2007: This game is usually referred to as Tug of War but given the nature of these particular games this was a Tug Of Peace. Here the two teams swiftly move across the gateway with the rope in

30 July 2007: Various attempts were made to toss this untraditionally floppy caber - here it is flying quite nicely.