No real need to say whats happening just now as I am sure you all know. But I am going to continue with updates of what is happening in the local area.
Score Scotland are continuing to provide free food via the community fridge they run. This is open to all local residents and is available at WHALE arts Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10am to 1pm if they have food available.
The Community Fridge Stocklist Wednesday 25th.
On Friday WHALE Arts will have their Community Takeaway Meal on between 1 and 2. Social distancing rules will be in place for queing. Not sure if they have an option for deliveries in place yet…
Today’s dog walk was an almost 5 mile loop from WHALE Arts.
There is an excellent shop at Juniper green called Masies that has fresh fruit and veg on sale, a deli counter and a small cafe for a coffee.
The Water of Leith Walkway is a great walk and I love that i can either go right on and connect back to the canal or I can come off and get back towards Wester Hailes if I start feeling tired.
Spylaw park has a great grassy area for playing games and a childrens playpark area fenced off. There is lots of friendly dogs and the majority of the owners seem to pick up the poo afterwards
Colinton Tunnel Mural
The Colinton Tunnel Mural is absolutely awesome and well worth going and visiting now to see the progress of it happening. It is really not a far walk of you go direct from Clovenstone.
A lot of people ask where I walk my dog as there is nowhere to go close to here. Nonsense. Yesterday I took a walk starting at WHALE arts. Headed west over the bypass bridge towards Baberton. Turned right along the Farm Road and turned right at the end down to Heriot Watt University, through the grounds there and came out on the A71 at Hermiston Village. Jumped on the canal tow path and walked back. Stopping to admire the the artwork on the Bridge 8 hub sheds at Calder and Ziggy my dog went into visit the Willow Gardening Group that go to Calder Community Garden on a Tuesday.
Heriot Watt has a couple of places for refreshmemts, the hotel right as you go in but also walk a bit further and get a refreshment in the Students Union. The grounds there are lovely and a great place to have a picnic or read a book down by the wee lock or hidden away in one of the trails there.
In addition to these spaces that come withing the 5 minute walk criteria I will be going further afeild. The general recomendation is the average person should walk 10000 steps or 5 miles per day to stay healthy. We are situated right in the middle of some amazing wildlife corridors that I regularly walk with my dog. So I will share some of those maps too.
The people at Score Scotland have opened up a Community Fridge based in WHALE Arts so I went down for a “forage” to see what they had.
The idea behind these community fridges is to help reduce food waste and bring food to the people who can use it. Hopefully helping reduce food poverty too. The Community Fridge organisers rightly point out this is not the actual solution to food waste and food poverty problems, but at least something is being done to reduce the problem just now while we come up with a longer term strategy.
The first time I went i got Carrots , turnip,Pomegranate, micro rice, CoYo Yoghurt and some twinnings cold infusions. Everything was still fresh. I would probably never buy the CoYo yoghurt as they are quite expensive and i prefer to just buy 1 large pot and dish it out when i want some. The Twinnings cold infusions have way to much packaging for a spoonfull of dried fruit. But it was great to give both a try. Both tasted good and i would consider buying both again for in a packed lunch or as a snack on the go. Certainly the cold infusions seems a healthier way of having a flavoured drink than than any other ‘on the go’ solutions i have seen before. There was also stuff i rarely use so never took any, there was frozen carrots, porridge oats, rice crispies, bags of white rice.
Panini rolls, 2 Microwave Rice. GO Chilli Protein bakes, Blue Cheese, SKYR Yoghurt and Twinning Cold Infusions
What you see above is what my wife picked up today, All free all still in date and fresh. So get over to WHALE Arts in Westburn and forage the fridge. As with any foraging only take what you will be able to use before it goes bad. If you are not sure you like something maybe only take 1 to try.
Once Upon A Time In The Wild Wester Hailes 