Day: July 16, 2013

Walkathon: seconds out!

CreweTollWalk

2013 WALKATHON SPONSOR FORM

The NEN Walkathon is just four days away now – I hope your rigorous training regime, like mine, is holding up in this tropical weather …

Another alternative route to consider:

THE TIPPLER’s TRAIL

Local legend Big Boab Baxter
Local legend Big Boab Baxter

I could regale you with the tale of the Boswall Battler – Big Boab Baxter, the barefist bruiser – but I will save that story for another day. Instead, here’s are the watering holes that make up the historic Tippler’s Trail:

Telford Arms, Telford Road

The Doo’cot, Ferry Road

Ferry Boat, Ferry Road

The Gunner, Pennywell Road

The Anchor, West Granton Road

For seasoned drinkers walkers you could add detours into Davidson’s Mains and/or continue beyond the Anchor to The Old Chain Peir and beyond … each tavern is a new adventure!

Cheers!

WALKATHON ROUTE

Walkathon Route Map 3

Letters: Winners and losers of the global race

Dear Editor

The repeated use of certain words and phrases, for example ‘let me be clear’, ‘openness and transparency’, ‘hub’, ‘flat-lining’ are very irritating; and ‘we must win the global race’, often repeated by David Cameron and most Tory politicians, is both annoying and dangerous.

Dangerous; when the state of the world needs nations to work together to solve problems of food production, fuel and energy supplies, diseases, protection of the world’s forests and climate change.

Dangerous; because ‘winning the global race’ means there are losers, creating disastrous unemployment, poverty and health problems.

There are many examples of companies engaged in the ‘global race’, making vast profits in one country, closing industries in others, showing little concern for people’s’ lives and wellbeing. The ‘global race’ does not exclude the working people of the UK from this exploitation.

A. Delahoy

Silverknowes Gardens