Dear All   You may have seen the yellow boards – there’s a scheduled overnight closure of Brighton Place/Southfield Place at the bridge for at most  four nights next week, from Monday 17 January, 10pm to 6.30am.  I suspect this is to do with bridge maintenance or inspection, but I haven’t got that confirmed yet.  […]

Dear All Happy New Year!  This is not how I would ever celebrate it, but hats off to those who can and  do!  https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-locals-celebrate-new-year-22623412 This is more my kind of activity – Edinburgh & Lothian Greenspace Trust and the Council are working in partnership to deliver four ‘Wee Forests’ and are planting in Peacocktail Close, […]

Dear All   I hope you’re going to be able to have a good Christmas with family and friends.  Maybe you’re too busy planning and shopping to read this.  This year I am again determined to buy all presents and food in local Porty shops.  Half way there and managed so far!  Last week’s switch […]

Dear All   I’m slipping this week, I’m afraid.  Two long winter walks and coffees at Newhailes one day and then the White House Kitchen, Craigmillar have raised my spirits. Good to meet and chat with people along the way. I do hope you’re all enjoying the run up to Christmas activities locally. Window Wonderland […]

Dear All   We’ll need to wrap up well for Portobello Market tomorrow, Saturday 4 December, in Brighton Park, from 9:30am to 1:30pm. There’s a Prize Draw for a bumper box of produce donated by the traders. The tickets can be bought tomorrow at the PEDAL stall which is also selling the delicious local Portobello […]

“The introduction of the proposed measures are intended to provide safer cycling infrastructure and pedestrian priority areas, encourage sustainable travel (walking and cycling), and improve connectivity on arterial and distributer routes across the City. The scheme is being introduced by way of Experimental Traffic Order made under Section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act […]

City of Edinburgh Council Portobello and Craigmillar Community Grants Fund 2021-2022 The Portobello and Craigmillar Neighbourhood Network are now inviting applications from constituted community and third sector groups that carry out services which benefit people living in the Portobello and Craigmillar areas. The Community Grants fund application form as well as the guidance notes are contained […]

We have been advised the following from City of Edinburgh Council regarding the damaged Groyne. The team have already met to discuss a way forward with this damage and I’m hoping to meet with a suitable contractor by the end of this week/early next week to assess access and working conditions for the kind of […]

Dear All   Portobello Community Council meets on line on Monday with quite a packed agenda, including a researcher for the National Trust for Scotland asking us how locals use and enjoy Newhailes House and grounds. More here: http://www.portobellocc.org/pccpn/2021/11/22/community-council-388th-meeting-agenda-november-2021/   Some Porty households missed brown bin garden waste day as it moved from Friday to […]

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