If you previously had an email address from Orange, Wanadoo, Freeserve, FSNet, etc., you will hopefully be aware that EE have shut down all these email systems as of 31st May 2017. You will have been forced to register with an alternative email provider and create a new email address. You will need to advise the Association of your new email address in order to continue to receive our emails.
Unfortunately we are now getting a significant number of emails being returned as "Undelivered", because we have not been advised of your new email address.
If you are affected, please get in touch with us at sl.pensioners.association@gmail.com and let us know your new email address, thanks.
Thursday 20 July 2017
Outing to Inchcolm Abbey on the Maid of the Forth - Wednesday 23rd August 2017
The fourth of our Summer Outings was held on
Wednesday 23rd August, when 32 members made the trip on the Maid of the Forth from South Queensferry to Inchcolm island.
After braving the parking area that was Waterloo Place, thanks to diversions
for traffic at Easter Road/Abbeyhill starting earlier than was stated and problems with traffic
lights, the coach travelled from Edinburgh stopping for coffee at Dobbie's near
Livingston. This included a tour round the roundabout as Robbie the driver got
confused by his sat-nav. It was then on to South Queensferry and boarding the ‘Maid of the Forth’ for
our trip out to Inchcolm Island. Time for seal spotting on the way, with plenty
time on the island to admire the Abbey and explore the old fortifications from
the two World Wars. Returning back on the boat under all three bridges with opportunities to take photos of seals on marker buoys as
well as getting some great views of the bridges from different angles.
Some people stayed on in South Queensferry for
tea but the rest returned to Edinburgh and the on-going congestion.
Thanks to those who organised the outing and made it an enjoyable day as well as arranging a lovely day and calm water.
Thanks to those who organised the outing and made it an enjoyable day as well as arranging a lovely day and calm water.
Please note: Many emails to members are now being returned "Undelivered", due to the closure by EE of several email systems. Please contact our mailbox at sl.pensioners.association@gmail.com if you have changed your email address.
Monday 3 July 2017
Strollers Walk No. 219 - Tuesday 18th July 2017, Ratho Canal Walk
Walk No. 219: Union Canal walk from Ratho
Distance: 5 miles approximately
Start at: Ratho Bridge Inn
Finish at: Ratho Brisge Inn
Summary:
On a hot sunny day nineteen Strollers met up at Ratho Bridge for a walk along the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal led by Ronnie. The canal runs for 32 miles from Edinburgh to Falkirk where it joins the Forth and Clyde Canal as part of the original trading link between the two cities but we weren’t going to walk all that way, well not today! The bushes and brambles had grown a lot since Ronnie had first checked the walk, so many places were done in single file. We passed the base for the Seagull Trust which provides boat trips for the disabled and then the Ratho Adventure Centre. The Adventure Centre was built inside a disused quarry and has the largest indoor climbing walls in the UK. Walking parallel to the M8 for a little bit, which made that part of the walk quite noisy, we passed the island in the middle of the canal with its ‘toy’ fort all set to repel boarders. We made our way to the valley of the River Almond and the magnificent 1821 Lin’s Mill Aqueduct. William Lin was the last man in Scotland to die from the plague in 1645. The Aqueduct is the highest structure of its type in Scotland and the 3rd highest in Britain. We headed down the stairs, under the canal and back up the other side to sit in the sun and have some lunch. It was a bit remiss of Ronnie not to arrange for a barge or two to moor so we could step over rather than go down and up, as happened the last time we were here. The views from the aqueduct were amazing. We sat and ate lunch while barges passed and a canoe paddled by. All too soon it was time to start back via Clifton Road and then back down to the canal and return to Ratho.
Well done to Ian for lasting the walk, although a bit hot and wet from the heat, and our thanks to Ronnie for organising such a flat walk on a very hot sunny day.
Let’s hope for similar weather in August, though slightly cooler would be good.
Distance: 5 miles approximately
Start at: Ratho Bridge Inn
Finish at: Ratho Brisge Inn
Summary:
On a hot sunny day nineteen Strollers met up at Ratho Bridge for a walk along the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal led by Ronnie. The canal runs for 32 miles from Edinburgh to Falkirk where it joins the Forth and Clyde Canal as part of the original trading link between the two cities but we weren’t going to walk all that way, well not today! The bushes and brambles had grown a lot since Ronnie had first checked the walk, so many places were done in single file. We passed the base for the Seagull Trust which provides boat trips for the disabled and then the Ratho Adventure Centre. The Adventure Centre was built inside a disused quarry and has the largest indoor climbing walls in the UK. Walking parallel to the M8 for a little bit, which made that part of the walk quite noisy, we passed the island in the middle of the canal with its ‘toy’ fort all set to repel boarders. We made our way to the valley of the River Almond and the magnificent 1821 Lin’s Mill Aqueduct. William Lin was the last man in Scotland to die from the plague in 1645. The Aqueduct is the highest structure of its type in Scotland and the 3rd highest in Britain. We headed down the stairs, under the canal and back up the other side to sit in the sun and have some lunch. It was a bit remiss of Ronnie not to arrange for a barge or two to moor so we could step over rather than go down and up, as happened the last time we were here. The views from the aqueduct were amazing. We sat and ate lunch while barges passed and a canoe paddled by. All too soon it was time to start back via Clifton Road and then back down to the canal and return to Ratho.
Well done to Ian for lasting the walk, although a bit hot and wet from the heat, and our thanks to Ronnie for organising such a flat walk on a very hot sunny day.
Let’s hope for similar weather in August, though slightly cooler would be good.
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