This post was written by Liz Stewart, a member of the public Local volunteers are needed in North Edinburgh on Tuesday 26th July to help remove the invasive species weed Himalayan Balsam, helping to conserve Scotland’s native plants, including blu…
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Work in progress this morning at the Ainslie Park stop-entrance on the redline (ferry road) tree felling and general tidying going on so watch your speed, slow down and ensure the workers have seen you before passing.
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The Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s annual Open Day is on Saturday 16th July at their workshop, at Hawthornvale at the eastern end of the Ferry Road path (red line). There’s a full programme of activities, including free workshops, opportunities to…
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I have been thinking about this for a while now: How do I get access to the canal from where I live? I could cycle along the canal to work every morning if I only had access. I live right next to the canal which is great as it involves having a gr…
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Yesterday the fifth Edinburgh Canal Festival and Raft Race took place. I was very lucky to observe the slow row to Tollcross with currach, the narrow boat Zazou Edinburgh & herd of kayaks on their way to town from my window. Zazou was very proud t…
+ READ MOREIt’s the 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences this week in Edinburgh (11th to 16th July) hosted by CORE – Creative Research into the Environment. There are two public events in the conference. From their programme: Mon 11 July …
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First of all, credit where credit’s due. The clever headline above is not mine, but ‘borrowed’ (with the kind permission of) Graham Main, whose City of Edinburgh Libraries blog on books about cycling encouraged me to pen this, so that any “innertu…
+ READ MOREThis post was written by Emily Dodd, a member of the public What happens to our rubbish when we chuck it? Starting at Powderhall Waste Transfer Station, travel from bin to bucket-lorry, from claw to compactor, from train to tipping on the journey …
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This Saturday’s Canal Festival might just put you in the mood for more boat festivals in Edinburgh, but don’t worry, there are more to come. On the last weekend of July (30th and 31st) we have Rowporty’s Portobello regatta all along Portobello bea…
+ READ MOREIt’s all go here, getting wee boats ready for the water for Saturday’s Canal Festival in Lochrin Basin, Tollcross from 11am. For a reminder of activities and entertainment on offer, and what is behind this festival, have a look back at some previo…
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