New bike group; workshops at the orchard, turbine news and more… View this email in your browser NEW BIKE GROUP FOR PORTY PEDAL is starting a new bike group. Their next meeting is at 7pm on the 17th June at the Espy – all welcome. They also have a survey out to find out a bit more about cyclists in Portobello and what would help make life better for them – please fill it in. Here’s the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Cyclingportobello SUMMER WORKSHOPS AT DONKEYFIELD ORCHARD Daiches Brae, near Brunstane Station Pea cone work­shop: Sunday, 29th June with Anna Leibmann,  11-3pm, £30 (there are a few con­ces­sion­ary places, please con­tact us for details) Learn to make a beau­ti­ful wil­low pea cone to sup­port your peas, or other climb­ing plants. All mater­i­als provided, but bring your own lunch. Please book by June 22nd — Songs for the earth: Monday, 28th July with Jane Lewis 7-9pm, £6/2 concessions Venue: Donkeyfield Community Orchard, Daiches Brae, near Brunstane Station Come and learn some simple har­mony songs  around the bonfire and amongst the fruit trees in Donkeyfield Community Orchard. All songs will be taught by ear. All welcome! Please book by July 21st To book a place on either workshop, contact Eve: eve@pedal-porty.co.uk or 07724 825 434 . LATEST TURBINE NEWS A wind mon­it­or­ing mast has been installed at the site of the pro­posed PEDAL and Greener Leith wind tur­bines. The equip­ment will mon­itor both wind speed and wind dir­ec­tion at 50 metres and 60 metres over 12 months to help us get a bet­ter idea of the wind resource, energy yield and likely income from the tur­bines. Information is sent by email from the mast daily to the con­tractor, Kona, who will the provide monthly reports. This inform­a­tion will assist with applic­a­tions for finance. We’ve begun meet­ing with local groups to dis­cuss the pro­ject and have more meet­ings planned in the near future.Volunteers from PEDAL and Greener Leith and staff from Scene Consulting (pic­tured) vis­ited the site on 3rd of June to meet with the Community Council there and to see the install­a­tion being com­pleted. The area had already largely been felled of com­mer­cial tim­ber by the landowner’s forestry con­tract­ors. Additional trees felled for the install­a­tion will be replaced by new tree plant­ing at another local site. Copyright © 2014 Portobello Energy Descent and Land Reform Group, All rights reserved. You are receiving this because you are a member or associate member of PEDAL -> Portobello Transition Town or because you have asked to receive news from us Our mailing address is: Portobello Energy Descent and Land Reform Group 23a Bath Street Portobello Edinburgh, Scotland EH15 1HB United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences