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Tomorrow: Wardie Bay Litter Pick

FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER from 2 – 4pm

TONIGHT: A Nature Walk in Granton

A NATURE WALK

Walking along the beach; noticing what grows, flies and crawls, and the opportunity to sketch a design for your stitched contribution to the Granton Nature Map.

With Katie Smith from the Granton Community Gardeners and Tamsin Grainger, Community Artist

On Thursday 24^th September at 5.30-6.30pm

Meeting at Wardie Bay

Booking link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2001361358699?aff=oddtdtcreator

This is a Granton Nature Map event https://grantonnaturemap.org/ that is open to all – children and dogs welcome!

Granton Goes Greener: Beach Litter Pick this Saturday

With a bit of sunshine and warmer weather we are ready for our first BEACH LITTER PICKING event at Wardie Bay this Saturday between 11:30 -1pm!

This is a family friendly event supported by R2 project.

Any questions-email: anna@grantongoesgreener.org.uk

Outdoor experts name Wardie and Portobello beaches among the UK’s paddleboarding hotspots

TWO EDINBURGH BEACHES IN PADDLEBOARDING TOP TEN

Boscombe Pier has been named the best place in the UK for paddleboarding with a score of 9.73. Located in Bournemouth, the beach has an excellent water classification making it an ideal spot for paddleboarders.

With almost 1,700 hours of sunshine each year and an average wind speed of 8.63 m/s per 10m, the conditions are well-suited for getting out on the water.

Lessons and equipment are available at local rentals such as Sorted Surf School and there are several cafes and restaurants along the pier which are perfect for refuelling after a paddleboarding session.

Best paddleboarding spots in the UK:

Rank	Location	Local Authority	Country	Water classification	Average annual sunshine hours	Average annual rainfall (mm)	Mean wind speed (m/s) per 10m	Paddleboarding lessons	Paddleboarding score /10
1	Boscombe Pier	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	Excellent	1,694	919	8.36	Yes	9.73
2	River Dart	Devon	England	Good	1,729	901	8.35	Yes	8.82
3	Whitby	North Yorkshire	England	Excellent	1,567	906	9.41	Yes	8.73
4	Wardie Bay	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	Excellent	1,428	933	8.56	Yes	8.37
5	Cotswold Water Park	Cotswolds	England	Excellent	1,514	790	9.98	Yes	8.00
5	Marazion Beach	Cornwall	England	Good	1,753	1,003	8.50	Yes	8.00
7	Cullen Beach	Moray	Scotland	Excellent	1,455	1,005	9.73	Yes	7.55
8	Portobello Beach	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	Sufficient

River Dart follows in second place with a score of 8.82. With over 1,700 hours of sunshine each year, the area benefits from plenty of bright days which are perfect for heading out on the water.

The location also has relatively low average annual rainfall and a mean wind speed of 8.35 m/s per 10m, making for stable paddleboarding conditions. Paddleboarding gear can be hired nearby from providers such as Totnes Kayaks and Paddle Devon.

Whitby completes the top three with a score of 8.73. Known for its excellent water quality, it offers clean and safe water conditions for paddleboarders to enjoy. With mean wind speeds of 9.41 m/s per 10m, it is a great spot for those looking for more challenging paddleboarding conditions.

Visitors can hire equipment and lessons from local experts, including providers like the Whitby Surf School.

Edinburgh’s WARDIE BAY comes in a fine fourth and Portobello also features in the UK top ten, featuring eight on the list.

Sam Chadwick, author and outdoor enthusiast at GO Outdoors comments: “As the weather gets warmer, many are looking to go outside and enjoy the UK’s water.

“Paddleboarding is a fantastic way to experience the outdoors and there are several places across the UK to enjoy this activity, but safety is the most important thing.

“Since paddleboarding can involve being in deeper water, always wear a buoyancy aid no matter your swimming ability. Weather conditions can change quickly, and waters can rapidly become rough, so check the forecast before going out on the water. While on the paddleboard, keep the paddleboard leash securely attached to your ankle to ensure your board stays close by if you fall in.

“Even on warm days, deep water can be cold so always opt for a wetsuit to keep your body warm in case you fall into the water. It’s also important to stay within designated paddleboarding zones and be mindful of other people enjoying the water nearby.

“Always paddleboard with a buddy, let someone know your plans and expected return time and remember to only paddleboard within your capabilities.”

Covid Memorial art trail in Wardie Bay

Work is nearing completion on the creation of a Covid memorial art trail in the Wardie Bay area, designed to honour the experiences and resilience of the local community during the pandemic.

The art trail along McKelvie Parade is intended to arouse curiosity and invite those using the space ‘to pause and be present’.

The project, funded entirely by the Scottish Government and Greenspace Scotland through the Remembering Together initiative, is part of a national effort to reflect the diverse impacts of Covid across Scotland’s 32 local authorities.

Across Scotland, local communities have engaged with commissioned artists and creative organisations to develop unique memorials that capture the collective and individual experiences of the pandemic.

For Edinburgh, Greenspace Scotland has been working in collaboration with artist Skye Loneragan, supported by Artlink and the City of Edinburgh Council. The project has explored experiences of the pandemic, with the goal of highlighting the challenges faced by disabled people, while also celebrating their resilience and potential.

Culture and Communities Convener Val Walker, said: “Creating this Covid memorial pathway in Wardie Bay is an important step in acknowledging the shared experiences and challenges faced by our communities during the pandemic.

“This project provides a meaningful space for reflection for us all, and particularly for individuals with learning disabilities and their carers, who were disproportionately affected.

“Through collaboration with local artists and community groups, we are ensuring that these voices are not only heard but commemorated. This pathway will stand as a testament to the resilience, compassion, and strength shown by all during those difficult times.”

During Phase 1 of the project Skye, supported by artist Stewart Ennis collaborated with participants from the Maple Project and Lung Ha Theatre and reached out to the wider community through public interventions on the Granton Western Breakwater (Wardie Jetty).

Participants were invited to share their memories, thoughts, and feelings about the pandemic and to develop ideas around how we process loss and create spaces for people to come together and reflect.

The creative process focused on making sure the final art trail design was relevant, inclusive, and reflective of the varied experiences of the community. Concepts that emerged during the engagement phase include themes such as “getting away from it all but having somewhere to come back to,” “the tidal flow of the pandemic,” and “making hard things soft and rough things smooth.”

The art trail at McKelvie Parade is a combination of several interventions along the route that arouse curiosity and invite those using the space to pause and be present.

Art pieces have been created to reflect the tidal flow of the pandemic and include Leith West breakwater stones inscribed with words people told artists they would gift themselves if there were another pandemic (cash, giggles, music).

The trail is book-ended by halved stone boulders placed apart and includes a smoothed patch of stone seawall with the invitation ‘Lean on me’, poetry at the entrance to the Bay, a Someone Missing bench co-created with a wheelchair user who described feeling held if there were grooves in the pavement, and a Something Missing Half with 2m distanced Stone seed.

The trail includes twin milestone plaques that describe Time as a Feeling, and Distance as a relationship to friends and family.

Lead artist Skye Loneragan said: “Processing loss is so important. Covid often kept us (and still keeps many of us), at a distance with those we loved and might have been losing, or parts of ourselves we lost, or something and somewhere we love and might be unable to reach.

“This project deliberately seeks to work with people whose experiences are often excluded and I am always interested in how we can nurture our collective sanity, together, our interconnected well-being, through the huge diversity of life experiences that make up what is.”

Construction is expected to be completed today – Friday 4 April.

Record number of Excellent Bathing Waters in Scotland for 2025

In 2025 the highest number of Scotland’s bathing waters on record will meet the best environmental standards, with 87% achieving classifications of Excellent or Good. A further 10% will meet the Sufficient standard.

This reflects an ongoing positive trend for Scottish bathing water quality over the past decade since classifications were first reported against new Regulations in 2015. In 2015 there were 84 designated bathing waters, of which 17 were Excellent.

For the year ahead, Scotland will have 89 designated bathing waters, of which 50 are Excellent.

As Scotland’s principal environmental regulator, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) routinely analyse water quality at all of Scotland’s 89 designated bathing water sites during the summer months to protect human health.

In tandem with environmental monitoring, SEPA work with operators and stakeholders across the country to direct action, including millions of pounds of investment, to improve bathing water quality.

For the 2025 bathing season Scotland’s bathing water classifications will be: 

50 (56.18%) Excellent
27 (30.34%) Good
9 (10.11%) Sufficient
3 (3.37%) Poor

Classifications are calculated at the end of the bathing water season using data from the previous four years. They apply to bathing waters for the duration of the following season.

Ruth Stidson, Principal Scientist for Bathing Waters at SEPA, said: “The highest number of Scotland’s bathing waters rated Excellent or Good for 2025 represents tangible improvements following more than a decade of targeted investment and ongoing work with Scottish Water, land managers and stakeholders to improve our water environment.

“Scotland’s bathing waters monitoring programme has significantly expanded since it began in 1988 and has helped identify pollution issues so crucial improvement measures can be implemented and pollution reduced at the source.

“Protecting and improving our bathing waters is crucial for water users, local economies, and communities. While we celebrate the improvements made so far, we are not complacent. We will continue our work to ensure these improvements are sustained and where necessary further improvements are made, so people can enjoy our bathing waters now and in the future.”

Acting Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy Gillian Martin said: “I am pleased to see an increase in the number of our bathing waters achieving the highest classification for bathing water quality, with 87% achieving Good or Excellent water quality status.

“We continue to see the benefits of our continued investment in protecting and improving bathing waters across the country, and targeted work in priority catchments.

“However, there is still work to do to ensure that all designated bathing waters meet the required standards. We want to make sure that as many people as possible can enjoy our bathing waters, which is why we continue to work closely with SEPA and Scottish Water to monitor and improve water quality.”

Reducing rural diffuse pollution – a success story for Scotland

SEPA’s ongoing work with Scotland’s farming community to reduce the risk of water pollution from rural diffuse pollution has contributed to improvements in bathing water classifications over the past decade.

This has been particularly apparent in regions such as Ayrshire, where improvements required by SEPA have included increased slurry storage, fencing, alternative sources of livestock watering, and the planting of riparian “buffer zones” to move farming activities back from watercourses. Many of these measures have been supported by Scottish Government funding.

Some of these improvements take time to translate into water quality improvement, however quantifiable improvements to the water environment are now being evidenced through water sampling data in recent years.

Stephen Field, National Rural Unit Manager at SEPA, said: “Since 2012, SEPA have worked with land managers across 14 priority catchments where rural diffuse pollution was impacting bathing water, providing regulatory advice and requiring improvements in livestock and slurry management.

“Many rural land managers have since implemented measures over and above minimum regulatory requirements to address pollution issues arising from their farming activities. As a result, we’re seeing increasing evidence of bathing water quality improvements in these catchments.

“We’ll continue to engage with land managers and other relevant parties within the priority catchments to promote the importance of maintaining regulatory compliance to ensure bathing waters are maintained at a high standard.”

Tackling further impacts on Scotland’s bathing waters

Over the past decade, SEPA have ensured Scottish Water investment has been targeted to drive major improvements in water quality at locations that were not meeting the Sufficient standard.

Ayr (South Beach), which has now achieved four successive Good classifications after many years of Poor classification, has benefitted from significant sewerage system upgrades delivered by Scottish Water alongside investment by Scottish Government and the farming community to reduce rural diffuse pollution.

Microbial DNA source tracking analysis tools developed by SEPA has confirmed that bacteria from dog fouling and from gulls can also pollute our bathing waters.

Visitors can reduce this by picking up after their dog and not feeding gulls – human food is unhealthy for them and encourages unnatural behaviours.

Finally, our Scottish climate impacts water quality. Heavy rain can wash contaminants off both rural and urban land, together with overflows from sewage systems in affected areas. As such, bathing is not advised during, or 1-2 days after, heavy rainfall due to the risk to bathers’ health from short term water pollution.

At 30 bathing waters, SEPA make daily water quality predictions and display these online and on electronic signs at beach locations.

Three bathing waters will have a Poor classification in 2025; Kinghorn (Harbour Beach), Lower Largo and Fisherrow Sands. SEPA are creating and implementing improvement plans at all these sites.

At Lower Largo, Scottish Water has had an on-going programme of work since the bathing water was designated for 2022 to understand the impact of their wastewater systems and identify improvements required.

At Kinghorn (Harbour Beach), SEPA are working with operators and businesses to reduce pollution in the Kinghorn Burn which discharges into the bathing water, while at Fisherrow, SEPA are considering appropriate next steps after a single high result this summer skewed the classification to Poor this season.

Full list of 2025 classifications

Aberdeen – Excellent
Aberdour (Silversands) – Excellent
Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands) – Excellent
Achmelvich – Excellent
Anstruther (Billow Ness) – Excellent
Arbroath (West Links) – Good
Ayr (South Beach) – Good
Balmedie – Excellent
Barassie – Good
Brighouse Bay – Good
Broad Sands – Good
Broughty Ferry – Excellent
Burntisland – Good
Carnoustie – Excellent
Carrick – Excellent
Coldingham – Excellent
Collieston – Good
Crail (Roome Bay) – Excellent
Cruden Bay – Excellent
Cullen Bay – Excellent
Culzean – Excellent
Dhoon Bay – Sufficient
Dores – Good
Dornoch – Excellent
Dunbar (Belhaven) – Sufficient
Dunbar (East) – Good
Dunnet – Excellent
Elie (Harbour) and Earlsferry – Excellent
Elie (Ruby Bay) – Excellent
Ettrick Bay – Excellent
Eyemouth – Sufficient
Findhorn – Excellent
Fisherrow Sands – Poor
Fraserburgh (Philorth) – Excellent
Fraserburgh (Tiger Hill) – Good
Gairloch Beach – Excellent
Ganavan – Excellent
Girvan – Sufficient
Gullane – Excellent
Heads of Ayr – Good
Inverboyndie – Good
Irvine – Excellent
Kinghorn (Harbour Beach) – Poor
Kinghorn (Pettycur) – Good
Kingsbarns – Excellent
Kirkcaldy (Seafield) – Excellent
Largs (Pencil Beach) – Excellent
Leven – Good
Loch Morlich – Excellent
Longniddry – Good
Lossiemouth (East) – Excellent
Lower Largo – Poor
Lunan Bay – Excellent
Lunderston Bay – Good
Luss Bay – Sufficient
Machrihanish – Excellent
Maidens – Sufficient
Millport Bay – Excellent
Monifieth – Excellent
Montrose – Excellent
Mossyard – Excellent
Nairn (Central) Good
Nairn (East) – Good
North Berwick (Milsey Bay) – Good
North Berwick (West) – Good
Pease Bay – Excellent
Peterhead (Lido) – Excellent
Portobello (Central) – Sufficient
Portobello (West) – Sufficient
Prestwick – Excellent
Rockcliffe – Good
Rosehearty – Excellent
Rosemarkie – Excellent
Saltcoats/Ardrossan – Excellent
Sand Beach – Excellent
Sandyhills – Good
Seacliff – Excellent
Seamill – Excellent
Seton Sands – Good
Southerness – Good
St Andrews (East Sands) – Excellent
St Andrews (West Sands) – Good
Stonehaven – Good
Thorntonloch – Excellent
Thurso – Good
Troon (South Beach) – Excellent
Wardie Bay – Excellent
Whitesands – Excellent
Yellow Craig – Sufficient

Hastings family ‘heartbroken’ as mum Jenny lost in Wardie Bay

Former Scotland rugby star Scott Hastings has confirmed his wife Jenny has been missing since disappearing while wild swimming at Wardie Bay on Tuesday afternoon.

HM Coastguard was alerted to Jenny Hastings’ disappearance shortly before 3pm but despite a swift and thorough response by emergency services she could not be found. The search was stood down on Tuesday evening.

Jenny Hastings has struggled with her mental health for a number of years and police are treating the incident as a ‘high risk missing person case’.

A statement issued on behalf of the family says:

The Hastings family are absolutely heart broken.

Jenny and Scott have a huge following of friends from all walks of life including those that work in the media and we ask that at this moment in time we are allowed to grieve privately with family members.

For the time being we request that you hold off from messaging us directly and/or posting on any social media until further news.

We know that you all care for us deeply and as soon as we hear any update from the police we will advise you accordingly.

We miss our Jenny. She leaves a gaping hole in all our hearts and hope that she is returned to us safely so that we can celebrate her remarkable life.

Scott, Corey, Daniel, Kerry-Anne & Ian

Check the weather, check the water urges SEPA

Water quality information at your fingertips as Scotland’s bathing waters season begins

98% of Scotland’s designated bathing waters meet water quality standards.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) are encouraging visitors to “check the weather, check the water” via SEPA’s bathing waters website before heading to one of the country’s designated bathing waters this season.

Scotland has 89 designated bathing waters around the country, from Dunnet in Caithness to Brighouse Bay in Kirkcudbright, and 98% will meet or exceed the Sufficient classification for 2024, with 84% achieving the higher standards of Excellent or Good.

Last year Scotland started the season with the highest number of bathing waters ever, after the designation of Wardie Bay in Edinburgh and the re-designation of Fisherrow Sands in East Lothian. In 2024 the country starts with the best water quality on record as both begin the season rated as ‘Good’.

The full list of bathing water classifications is available on SEPA’s website.

Check the water

The season begins on the 1^st of June and runs until the 15^th of September. During this time, SEPA’s specialist teams will be checking the water by collecting and analysing around 1,500 water samples from all designated bathing waters. These provide regular water quality information which is published on online.

The results also form part of the four-year rolling data set that determines the classification for each bathing water every season.

SEPA’s website and electronic messaging signs, which operate at 30 bathing waters, are updated at 10am every day with real-time water quality predictions. Although generally of a high quality, the bathing waters can be affected by heavy rain and results can be accessed at sepa.org.uk/checkthewater so people can check before they travel.

SEPA can also make people aware of any abnormal pollution events that may impact water quality via this page, as well as using the network of electronic signs and physical signs posted by local authorities and other partners at all other beaches.

Check the weather

While sunny weather always draws more people to bathing waters, it’s important to not just check the weather on the day you go. It is recommended that users do not bathe for one to two days after heavy rain – and beaches with SEPA electronic signs will warn against bathing when poor water is predicted.

Our climate impacts on water quality, and heavy rain can wash contaminants off both rural and urban land and can cause overflows from sewage systems. These overflows prevent systems being overwhelmed with rainwater and backing up into homes and businesses.

Altogether the combination of water quality predictions and information about abnormal pollution events shared by SEPA, plus awareness of recent rainfall events and the potential impact allows people to check the water at any bathing water they plan to visit to make an informed decision whether to bathe or enjoy on-land activities.

Ruth Stidson, SEPA’s Principal Scientist for bathing waters, said: “Scotland has the highest ever number of designated bathing waters, with the best water quality since 2015, when tighter standards first came into force.

“We know there’s many physical and mental health benefits of being outdoors and beaches can offer great spaces for that. They are regularly used by coastal communities, as well as by groups for water-based activities. Scotland has a mixture of urban and rural bathing waters, and many are accessible by walking or public transport, often making them a budget-friendly option. Visitors often plan a whole day around being at the water, which can also benefit local economies.

“We encourage everyone planning to visit our beautiful bathing waters this summer to check the weather, check the water before they leave for their day out and ensure they have the best information possible to enjoy their time in our stunning Scottish environment.”

Mairi McAllan, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy said: “We now have the highest number of designated Bathing Water sites ever, with 98% of Scotland’s bathing waters currently achieving the bathing water quality standards and 84% being rated “good” or “excellent”.

“However, we are not complacent and we continue to work closely with SEPA and Scottish Water to monitor and improve water quality on our designated beaches and in our designated lochs.

“We want to ensure that as many people as possible are able to continue to safely enjoy them throughout this summer and beyond and I would encourage everyone to make use of SEPA’s resources and information to help make an informed decision about where and when to bathe.”

Protecting and improving water quality

SEPA’s monitoring data provides crucial evidence to drive investment and improvement in both rural and urban areas. We regulate and work with businesses, farmers and land managers across the country protect and improve water quality. This approach will continue to deliver real progress in the coming years for the future of our water environment.

Communities and visitors can help to protect our water environment, including beaches and bathing waters.

Visitors are encouraged to bag and bin dog poo, bin litter or take it away, and avoid feeding gulls as that can attract them to areas in higher numbers.

Every year Scottish Water teams deal with around 36,000 blockages, costing customers about £7 million annually, and around 80% of those are caused by people flushing the wrong items down the toilet – particularly wet wipes – or pouring fats, oil and grease down the sink. These meld to cause blockages in the sewer system and can contribute to spills of pollution into the environment.

Professor Simon Parsons, Director of Environment, Planning and Assurance at Scottish Water said: “We would echo SEPA’s call for people to check the weather and the water before swimming at a designated bathing water.

“Scottish Water is committed to continuing to support the protection and improvement of Scotland’s rivers and coastal waters and we are very pleased that almost all bathing waters meet or exceed the “sufficient” classification and that 84% are “excellent” or “good”.

“We check almost 500 of our assets before and during the bathing season to ensure they are delivering the level of service we expect.

“We look forward to playing our part in ensuring bathing waters become destinations for people to enjoy Scotland’s fantastic coastal waters.

“Scottish Water has invested £2.7 billion in improving and maintaining the country’s public drainage system and infrastructure over more than the past decade to help improve our waters.

“Our Improving Urban Waters Routemap, which supports the national River Basin Management Plan objectives (92% good water quality by 2027), commits us to additional investment of up to £500m to further improve water quality.”

Full list of 2023/24 classifications

Aberdeen – Excellent
Aberdour (Silversands) – Excellent
Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands) – Good
Achmelvich – Excellent
Anstruther (Billow Ness) – Excellent
Arbroath (West Links) – Good
Ayr (South Beach) – Good
Balmedie – Excellent
Barassie – Good
Brighouse Bay – Good
Broad Sands – Good
Broughty Ferry – Excellent
Burntisland – Good
Carnoustie – Excellent
Carrick – Good
Coldingham – Excellent
Collieston – Good
Crail (Roome Bay) – Excellent
Cruden Bay – Excellent
Cullen Bay – Excellent
Culzean – Excellent
Dhoon Bay – Sufficient
Dores – Sufficient
Dornoch – Excellent
Dunbar (Belhaven) – Sufficient
Dunbar (East) – Good
Dunnet – Excellent
Elie (Harbour) and Earlsferry – Excellent
Elie (Ruby Bay) – Excellent
Ettrick Bay – Good
Eyemouth – Sufficient
Findhorn – Excellent
Fisherrow Sands – Good
Fraserburgh (Philorth) – Excellent
Fraserburgh (Tiger Hill) – Good
Gairloch Beach – Excellent
Ganavan – Excellent
Girvan – Sufficient
Gullane – Excellent
Heads of Ayr – Good
Inverboyndie – Good
Irvine – Good
Kinghorn (Harbour Beach) – Poor
Kinghorn (Pettycur) – Good
Kingsbarns – Excellent
Kirkcaldy (Seafield) – Excellent
Largs (Pencil Beach) – Good
Leven – Sufficient
Loch Morlich – Excellent
Longniddry – Good
Lossiemouth (East) – Good
Lower Largo – Poor
Lunan Bay – Excellent
Lunderston Bay – Good
Luss Bay – Sufficient
Machrihanish – Excellent
Maidens – Sufficient
Millport Bay – Excellent
Monifieth – Good
Montrose – Excellent
Mossyard – Good
Nairn (Central) Good
Nairn (East) – Good
North Berwick (Milsey Bay) – Sufficient
North Berwick (West) – Excellent
Pease Bay – Excellent
Peterhead (Lido) – Excellent
Portobello (Central) – Sufficient
Portobello (West) – Sufficient
Prestwick – Excellent
Rockcliffe – Good
Rosehearty – Good
Rosemarkie – Good
Saltcoats/Ardrossan – Good
Sand Beach – Excellent
Sandyhills – Good
Seacliff – Good
Seamill – Good
Seton Sands – Good
Southerness – Good
St Andrews (East Sands) – Excellent
St Andrews (West Sands) – Excellent
Stonehaven – Good
Thorntonloch – Excellent
Thurso – Good
Troon (South Beach) – Excellent
Wardie Bay – Good
Whitesands – Excellent
Yellow Craig – Sufficient

Granton Goes Greener: Beach Litter Pick

We are very excited to be organising another family-oriented rubbish picking event at Granton Beach with an eco group from St. James church at Goldenacre on Saturday 23rd September.

We will be meeting by the entrance to the beach at 11 am. Look out for Granton Goes Greener feather flag and our volunteers in green T-shirts

We will have rubbish pickers and rubbish bags for everyone, remember to wear some boots/ appropriate shoes rather than sandals and weather appropriate clothes.

Children must be accompanied by responsible adults.

Any questions-email: anna@grantongoesgreener.org.uk

Wardie Bay BBQ for local men

Fancy a BBQ? If you’re a man living in the local area (Muirhouse, Drylaw, Pilton, Granton, Royston and Wardieburn) why not join Jules next Tuesday (25th July) at Wardie Bay Beach. We’ll be meeting on the beach at 1pm.

This will be an informal event where you can meet new people, connect with nature and enjoy some food.

All local men welcome – Please let me know if you’re coming so we can confirm numbers.

To book a spot contact Jules:

e – julesryan@pchp.org.uk

m – 07517109319 (call/text/whatsapp

Hope to see you there!