There is a new Book Exchange in Chancellor’s Building – see below. A great re-use opportunity! On the first floor balcony (by the lifts) of the Chancellor’s Building, you will now find a table of second hand books. These books are available for you to take, borrow, or swap for …
I joined Elizabeth (formerly our IT Manager) for a walk in the Pentlands last week. It’s not an area I’ve explored much, but I have been inspired by Ana and Mitzie’s tales of lovely walks there, and it didn’t disappoint. We parked at the Flotterstone Information Point next to the …
On Saturday 21 September a group of 15 staff from the Edinburgh CRF, along with their friends and family, headed down to Musselburgh to take part in the Great British Beach Clean. We arrived at 11am to be briefed on the clean up and were given equipment to use …
We are planning on a weekend walk on Saturday 12 October 2019. We are planning to set off from Elie (meet at Ruby Bay car park at 10 am) and head along the Fife Coastal Path. As we will be passing through various pretty villages along the way, you could …
Our crop of chillies has suddenly turned red this week! Must be all that lovely autumn sunshine on the kitchen windowsill. Please help yourself to a chilli, and let us know what you made with it. Oct 3, 2019
On Sunday September 22nd it was World Car-Free Day. See #CarFreeDay This event takes place on September 22 every year after becoming a global programme promoted by the World Carfree Network (WCN) https://www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd/ in 2000. In a bid to reduce pollution and congestion, the aim of this initiative is to try …
Interesting article about microplastics in food, in this case premium teabag. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49845940 According to the study: The level of “particles released from the teabag packaging are several orders of magnitude higher than plastic loads previously reported in other foods”. Sep 27, 2019
OK, so it has a high sugar content, but it is all natural, fat-free and goes amazingly well with the Chickpea Chana Dal recipe I posted the other day. In fact, it goes well with loads of things, especially curries. It’s a Madhur Jaffrey recipe (note the high volume of …
Hello again – hope you managed to get outside this past weekend in the stunning sunshine Saturday… or the slightly soggy Sunday. A trip with the lovely Mitzie was due this weekend – so we took to the Pentlands on Sunday! This time from the Bonaly side – walking …
This is a bit of a backdated trip – but worth a post all the same I think 🙂 The lovely Portobello (and a little bit beyond) – very easily reached from Edinburgh, with plenty of bus routes and a short and flat cycle / walk away…..lovely café’s await too …
