Expect significant disruption from showers later this afternoon & evening
This afternoon will see heavy and isolated quite intense showers develop across East Lothian. These are expected to start after lunchtime and continue into the early evening.
Need a snow shovel? Call your Community Council
If you’re caught under a blanket of snow in or around Pencaitland you can borrow a snow shovel from your local Community Council. Just give us a call.
Scoop up a snow shovel this winter
A few years ago Pencaitland Community Council received a batch of snow shovels from the Council. If the snow does come down in buckets you can borrow one.
Flood alert for the Lothians
We’ve received notice of a new flood alert from Scotish Environment Protection Agency covering East Lothian.
New flood warnings issued – Share your knowledge
We have recent video of flooding in Pencaitland plus fresh reports that further floods may occur today. If you spot problems tell others. Here’s how…
Swollen Tyne bursts banks in Pencaitland (Video)
After a night of high winds and incessant rain it was little surprise that the river Tyne at Pencaitland once again broke its banks with the swell.
East Lothian Council’s flood advice
With the spate of what can at times seem like endless amounts of rain over East Lothian, we thought we’d reproduce this handy advice on flooding from ELC. Hopefully it will not be needed any time soon.
This is snow joke – photo
It’s hard to take in that we’re seeing snow so late on in the year. Puts a real dampener on the plants which were loving the unseasonally warm weather a few weeks ago…
More snow & freezing a possibility
With snow already falling and the potential for more forecast we thought it would timely to remind the residents of Fa’side about the Community Council’s store of snow shovels.
Weathering the storm – high winds race through Pencaitland
Today’s winds came as quite a surprise to a number of villagers. Reports earlier today said that there could be gusts as high as 95mph across parts of the central belt, with structural damage expected. There are unconfirmed reports of gusts of over 100mph in Edinburgh.