Below you can see a few snaps from today’s fundraiser held in Pencaitland’s Bowling Club.
The proceeds, about £300, will go to help Edinburgh’s Sick Kids Hospital in its work in caring for young patients not just from the city and the Lothians but from all over Scotland..
Sick Kids Fundraiser Photos on Facebook
…or view them below on Flickr
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Are you planning on taking part or cheering on participants in this year’s PTA Fun Run?
If you are and you get a good photo of events please share it with us. We will then publicise it on this website, on the School’s blog and via Facebook or Twitter.
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There are three ways you can share photos from the day.
1. Email your photos, ideally one at a time, to website@pencaitland.org.
2. Share your pictures on our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/pencaitland.
3. Tweet your photos to @pencaitlandcc.
In each case give us a few words on where on the course you were and, if you know, who’s in the picture.
Yes. If you take a video you can also share this. Please keep it short and all the options above still apply. If emailing the file needs to be under 20MB in size. If already uploaded to YouTube or some other video site, send us the link.
10K (ages 15yrs and above) £10, 5K (ages 11yrs and above) £10, family 3.5K run and 10K bike trail (no age limit, under 11yrs require accompanying adult) £2 per person. Pencaitland PTA is a registered charity, number SCO0003.
There’s still time to enter. Download the entry forms here – 10k & 5k Registration form — Family Registration Form.
You can view a PDF of the planned 3.5, 5 and 10km cycle and runnning routes.
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To view Pencaitland Community Council minutes for February 2012 just click the link below and you can open it using Adobe Reader.
Alternatively right-click the link and ‘save as’ to your PC desktop.
Pencaitland Community Council Minutes – February 2012
Earlier minutes can be found here.
Don’t have Adobe Reader on your PC? Click here or below to download a copy.
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In a minor change the route of the five kilometre Fun Run for Saturday 24th March has been altered to avoid potential hazards.
The previous route took in the Boggs Holdings main road which lacks pedestrian footpaths. The revised route now avoids this, making it both safer and requiring fewer marshals on the day.
Updated PTA Fun Run 2012 Map with Marshal points
However the organisers are still looking for a few more helping hands. Please read on to find out how you can help…
Can you spare a couple of hours a week to help the youth of the village and keep them occupied? Not that long ago Pencaitland had a thriving Beaver Colony and Cub Pack. However both closed due to lack of leaders.
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We’ve been asked by Heather Jackson and Fiona Hopkinson of ADC Cubs to pass on their plea to the people of Pencaitland, Boggs Holdings, New Winton and Glenkinchie…
“Our plea is to try and resurrect both Beavers and Cubs within Pencaitland as both Haddington and Tranent are unable to meet demand and both have waiting lists that are bursting at the seams!!
We are looking for interested parties, male or female aged 18+ who are enthusiastic, motivated and like children to get involved with the Scout movement. No experience is necessary as full training is given.
If you would like more information or think this could be you then please email Heather Jackson at heather.1963@live.co.uk or Fiona Hopkinson at email@davidhopkinson@live.co.uk.
Thanks
Heather Jackson and Fiona Hopkinson
ADC Cubs”
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Don’t forget to look out for the new Pollingtons Fine Food & Drink mobile shop in the village today.
Further details on locations and times can be found here.
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Time to dig out those running shoes, dust them down and get in a few warm-up laps before this month’s PTA Fun Run!
Whether young or old the PTA are looking for individuals, families and groups who would like to take part in the various Fun Runs and the Cycle Route planned for later this month.
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Families can take part (starting at 2pm with registration at 1pm) in the 3.5 kilometre route. Alternatively there’s a 10 kilometre Cycle route. For the more ambitious there are two longer runs of either 5 or 10 kilometres.
All the proceeds from the day will be split between the PTA and Pencaitland Playgroup.
Anyone requiring a registration form please contact: Charlotte Taylor on 01875 340987 or charlotteleopold@hotmail.com. Alternatively download them here – 10k & 5k Registration form — Family Registration Form.
The PTA needs 30 marshals to run the event so if you would like a ringside seat please get in touch.
10K (ages 15yrs and above) £10, 5K (ages 11yrs and above) £10, family 3.5K run and 10K bike trail (no age limit, under 11yrs require accompanying adult) £2 per person. Pencaitland PTA is a registered charity, number SCO0003.
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Contrary to the earlier report about today’s Police Surgery next to Trevelyan Hall, the time has had to be moved to 1pm and not 3pm as previously reported. This was to due other deminds on resources.
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If you would like to meet your local officer or you have any particular concerns you are keen to raise, pop on over and say hello.
The Lothian and Borders police for Fa’side are based in Tranent Police Station. The full address is:
Tranent Police Station
113 High Street
Tranent
EH33 1LW
Tel: 01875 610333
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Some residents will already be familiar with the many types of food vans which make their way through the village. In recent years the sight of both ASDA and Tesco home delivery vehicles has increased as people find little time to make it to the supermarkets, instead relying on online ordering.
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But it’s not just the big name food stores that ply a trade to Pencaitland and other nerby villages. We have regular visits from the Fish van, a fish and chip van and occasionally the sound of the Luca’s Ice Cream van can be heard in the distance too.
Now a new vendor is adding Pencaitland as a regular stop.
Pollingtons Fine food & Drink is, “a company committed to providing artisanal food and drink across the Edinburgh and East Lothian areas. Our unique advantage is that we operate on a mobile basis bringing the products to you.”
The Baldy Bane Theatre Company, which offers a range of plays it takes round communities in Scotland, recently stopped by at Pencaitland Primary School to present the play “Better Late than Dead on Time” which was developed in association with Road Safety Scotland.
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As well as kids from primary years six and seven, a number of village locals were invited to the show, including Community Councillors.
The play centres around a family where the grandfather is about to celebrate his 70th birthday, exactly one year after he’s lost his wife to an avoidable traffic accident. We also hear about other family members, in particular the grandson who suffers many close calls whilst using his mobile phone when crossing the road or under the influence of alcohol he shouldn’t be drinking.