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Health, Beauty & Wellbeing Useful Numbers Primary Schools Duloch Calaiswood Canmore Carnegie Masterton Out of School Club Secondary School Dunfermline Inverkeithing Queen Anne St Columba’s Woodmill Leisure Centres Beacon Carnegie Dalgety Bay Duloch Pitreavie Athletic Centre Library Aberdour Dalgety Bay Duloch Dunfermline Carnegie Post Office Aberdour PO Dalgety B PO

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Emergency NHS 24 0845 4242424 Electricity (Scot Power) 0845 272999 Gas 0800 111999 Water (Scottish) 0845 6018855 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 Local Amenities Queen Margaret Hospital 01383 623623 NHS Fife Switchboard 01592 643355 Fife Council (General Enquiries)03451 550000 School & Facility Closure ` 03451 551199 Citizen’s Advice 0845 1400095 Samaritans 08457 909090 Childline 0800 1111 Childline— Bullying 0800 441111 Travel Ferrytoll Park & Ride 01383 420197 National Rail Enquiries 0845 7484950 Scotrail 0845 6015929 Edinburgh Airport 0844 4818989

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INDEX Accountant Christie’s Accountants 30 Bathrooms & Kitchens Balgonie 10 Beauty Forth Country 6 Penny’s Beauty Spot 4 Simply Make-up & Beauty 5 Blinds Val-u-blinds 48 Children’s Activities & Education ChoczAway 18 Geilda’s School of Dance 18 GLMAA 2 Step Ahead 20 The Dance Academy 19 Children’s Products ChoczAway 18 Penny’s Princess Pamper Party 18 Thewholeshbang 18 Chiropractor Dalgety Bay Chiropractic Clinic 7 Church Dunfermline East Church 20,44 Cleaning Services Homefresh 23 The Clean Team 12, 15 Conservatories Ritchie 14 Cycling Sandy Wallace Cycles 3 Dance Classes Geilda’s School of Dance 18 The Dance Academy 19 Decorators Forth Decorating 15

Driving School Carnegie Driving School 42 Dry Cleaning The Clean Team 12 Finance Financial Adviser Tony Rosenbaum 32 Wendy Cochran IFA Ltd 31 Wyllie & Bisset Debtcare 28,29 Food & Drink Delight Deli 44 Everest 1 Pitbauchlie 44 Garages Broomhead 41 D&G 43 Garden Forth Decking & Fencing 10 Rosewood 22 Health, Fitness & Wellbeing Cambridge Weight Plan 5 Chiropractic Clinic 7 Forth Country 6 GLMAA 2 Lighter Life 6 Sandy Wallace Cycles 3 Highland Wear Highland Kilt Connections 12 Home Improvements Balgonie 11 Bargain Centre 13 Curtain Ring 15 Forth Decking & Fencing 10 Forth Decorating 15 Graeme Brown Joinery 22 Taylor Joinery 10 Val-u-blinds 48 Jeweller & Watch Repair Winski of Kinross 33

Health, Beauty & Wellbeing Joiner Graeme Brown Joinery 22 Taylor Joinery 10 Kitchens & Bathrooms Balgonie 11 Martial Arts GLMAA 2 Office Stationery & Print Discount Office Services 30 Oven Cleaning The Clean Team 15 Party Bags Thewholeshbang 18 Pet Services Duloch Doggie Daycare 34 Lochview Cattery 35 Pettana 34 Property Services Cailean 14 Maloco Associates 24,25 Removals Flemings 13 Skip Hire Donibristle Skip Hire 13 Soft Furnishings & Interiors Curtain Ring 15 Storage Flemings 13 Taxi Duloch Taxis 42 SK Taxis 40 Vince’s Taxi 40 Valet Last Minute Valeting 42 Weight Control Cambridge Weight Plan 5 Lighter Life 6 Window & Conservatory Repairs Ritchie 14

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Your Community Welcome to the AUTUMN edition of The Duloch Discovery Produced by locals for locals What a fantastic summer we have had.

Let’s hope Autumn continues to shine and inspire us. We hope to help with this Autumn edition which is packed full of news and details of forthcoming events.

Great News! We are offering sponsorship to an individual, club or group in Duloch— see page 38 for details.

The local community choir The NOTEables is performing in The Abbey on Monday 30th September at 7.30pm along with local musicians so please go along and support them . You’ll recognise lots of local faces

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(see page 9).

Please also get in touch if you have an inspirational story about someone you know or if you would like to share news about a

Carnegie Harriers in the Community Carnegie Harriers is a running club operating from Dunfermline Academy of Sport at Pitreavie Playing Fields, Dunfermline. The club has been operating since 1991, so we are now very well established, and well known in the running community. We already have a number of members from the Dalgety Bay area, and we do sometimes use Duloch Park for training sessions in the summer. Although we cannot cater for absolute beginners or for children, we welcome all adult runners (over 17) who have done a bit of running already and want to improve their fitness and pace by running with a mixed group. We really do have all levels of ability, and all ages from early twenties to over seventies. Whether you are interested in road running, trail running, hill running, cross-country running, over distances from one mile to well over one hundred miles, we have people taking part and willing to offer advice.

While we are perfectly happy for people to join the club to run purely for the social aspect or for fitness (and a great many do), for those who are interested in racing we run four championships in the course of the year: the Winter Grand Prix which is just about to start, which will contain 11 cross-country and trail races; the Summer Grand Prix, which will

have 11 road races of different lengths, from 1 mile to marathon; the Hill Running Grand Prix, which this year has 13 hill races in locations all over Scotland and of hugely varying distances and climbs; and finally the All Rounders Competition, which encourages members to take part in road-, hill- and cross country-running for an overall award. Regular Award Evenings enable us to congratulate members who have done well in their chosen discipline(s).

To make it easier for people to plan their diaries, we publish our training in 3-month blocks, accessible from the website (www.carnegie-harriers.co.uk) where all the information on the club and its organisation is posted regularly. Many members cannot manage to attend all training sessions owing to work and family commitments, but they can see what we plan to be doing and keep up to date. There are photographs posted with this article which show some of our recent training sessions (and the happy faces they provoke!) and races, where we are always the most colourful contingent! If you want more information or encouragement, just email me, Morna Fleming, Club Secretary, at: enquiries@carnegie-harriers.co.uk and I’ll be delighted to help you. We’d love to see you at training!

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Health, Beauty & Wellbeing Dalgety Bay Chiropractic Clinic is 1! opportunities to meet people and become It has been a very quick year, and we have involved in local events. We very much seen people of all ages and mobility come hope to return to these events, and more next year; and already have our fingers through the door. crossed for dry weather!

Having worked in a variety of clinics throughout Scotland, Victoria Thompson, It has been a wonderful year, and we are Chiropractor decided last year that it was grateful for the support of our families, time to return home to Fife and set up her friends, patients and Liberty Business own clinic. Aiming to provide a friendly, Centres – it would not be possible to run professional service she was determined to the clinic without them!

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provide effective, caring, local Chiropractic We are delighted to be celebrating our 1st care to the people of West Fife. birthday – and we want you to join our party! From October 1st to November 31st It has been a very quick and eventual year. we are offering everyone a £20 session! If A new website and online booking service you are new to the clinic, then your initial have proved to be popular amongst consultation will be just £20. If you have patients, as has the use of multi-coloured been in before, then your first treatment in Kinesiotape! Victoria has continued to these 2 months will be £20! Under 18?

Then you can have an initial consultation or expand her knowledge, attending courses a treatment for £10! on muscle testing, Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation and paediatric This is a limited birthday offer, and you Chiropractic to enable her to best meet the need to book your appointment before 31 st November to qualify. One £20 session per needs of her patients. patient. To book your appointment, or for Trips to the Callan Cup Family Day, more information visit: Dalgety Bay Gala and Aberdour Festival www.dalgetybaychiropractic.co.uk, or call Market Day have provided wonderful 01383 829310.

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WHAT’S ON in Your Community Come along for a FUN evening of entertainment with

The NOTEables Community Choir Singing in Dunfermline Abbey

Monday 30th September 2013 at 7.30pm

£5 tickets available from choir members or pay at the door

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Christmas Fundraising Event Shop early for Christmas 4th, 5th & 6th October 2013 10am—4.30pm

At BAXTERS, Kelty

Various crafts by local crafters, tombola and Xmas cards

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Your Community On Sunday 15th September 2013, local club Duloch Juniors hosted their inaugural annual football festival with clubs from throughout Fife and Central Scotland making the journey to Humbug Park, Crossgates. Despite the wet and windy weather, the event went ahead as planned, with the excellent surface providing the ideal venue.

After attending numerous similar events throughout the past two years, Duloch Juniors Blacks 2003s coaches Craig Park and Mark Logue, came up with the idea of organising the event as a means of undraising and bringing a festival to the local community.

As well as putting Duloch Juniors on the map of youth football, the team wanted to invite teams they had enjoyed a good relationship with at similar events and promote the club in a positive manner.

Local junior club, Crossgates Juniors were delighted to provide the venue for a well attended event, attracting around 250 spectators, comprising of family and friends associated with all participating clubs.

Crossgates Juniors club committee member Girvan Easton said, “We were happy to support the event by providing the venue to Duloch Juniors. As a club, we are aware of the difficulties and costs in organising events like this and it was great to see so many kids enjoying themselves and playing football in the manner it should be played”.

The event was sponsored by local letting agency, Cailean Property Solutions who are based in the New Row, Dunfermline.

Cailean Property Solutions were pleased to endorse the event and assist with the costs of providing medals for all children and special awards for the Fairplay winners, AM Soccer Club, from St Andrews.

Company Director, Colin Storrie said, “We have provided shirt sponsorship to Duloch Juniors Blacks 2003s for two years running now and we are proud to be associated with a local organisation that provide so much to eastern Dunfermline and surrounding areas.

When I was asked about supporting the event it was a no brainer”.

Duloch Juniors are keen to attract kids who want to join the club however are particularly interested in girls and boys aged 7 years old and older. The club are also in need of volunteers; both experienced and inexperienced who may be interested in coaching and managing teams at various age groups. Any new coaches will be provided with support and training. If The event was attended by teams from as interested in becoming part of the club in far as Bishopbriggs in Glasgow and based a n y wa y s e n d a n e ma i l t o : on the success of the event, Duloch Juniors duloch.juniors@gmail.com. have already planned for next year, with the intention of expanding throughout the different age groups.

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The Duloch Discovery is offering to sponsor an individual, group or club. We can provide some funds to go towards kit or equipment. All we ask is that you, your team or group is local to Duloch and that you send us an email explaining why we should sponsor you in no more than 300 words. We will select the best application and make an announcement in the Spring edition of The Duloch Discovery along with photographs.

Please email us at ‘valerie@discoverymags.co.uk’ by 30th November 2013.

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Your Community Book Fun for all the family at Duloch Library Bedtime stories, every 2nd Friday 5:30-6:00pm – bring along your teddy. Drop in session, no need to book.

Book Bug, every Saturday, 11:00-11:30am during term time, for babies and children up to 4 years and their families. Drop in session, no need to book.

Junior Book group for children, P4-P7 – Meet every 2nd Tuesday, 5:00-6:00pm.

Saturday Bookworms for children P1-P3 - Meet every 4 weeks on a Saturday, 2:00-3:00pm “Book and a Bairn” reading group for parents with babies and toddlers. First Friday of the month, 1:30-2:30pm.

To confirm details and availability, contact Duloch.Library@fife.gov.uk 01383 602208 or pop in and speak to a member of staff.

Meet the Author Mark Wilson is a local secondary school teacher and the author of four books, three fiction and a non-fiction account of living with depression for 28 years. Mark also runs a small publishing company supporting Scottish authors and will be talking about his experiences with writing, the publishing industry and with mental health issues and how these are incorporated into his books.

Thurs 24 Oct • 7.30 - 8.30pm Duloch Library, Nightingale Place, Dunfermline KY11 8LW Free. 01383 602208 Book Week Scotland 2013 Monday 25th November – Sunday 1st December Events across Fife, check your local library for details Duloch Library Nightingale Place Dunfermline KY11 8LW 01383 602208 Duloch.Library@fife.gov.uk

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

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Community Roadshow Come along to Duloch Library between the 2nd and 6th of October to meet the Display and Design Team for the New Dunfermline Museum & Galleries. There will be lots of information about the project and opportunity to share your own opinions and stories, as well as a chance to discover Duloch's very first residents...from the Bronze Age; find out what Dunfermline folk did in their free time 100 years ago and participate in FREE children’s craft activities Drop-in any time...

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Storytime during the October holiday Tuesday 8th October 2:30-3:30 th

NEW & USED FURNITURE & BEDS

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GIFTS - JEWELLERY -

Suitable for age 4 – 10 – Tickets £1 – come to the library to book a place.

GARDEN ORNAMENTS. ..AND MUCH, MUCH MORE

Set up your own reading group Reading Groups can take place in a coffee shop, in the staffroom or in your own home wherever there is a group of readers longing to talk about books.

There are more than 90 collections of contemporary and classic novels that can be borrowed.

For an annual subscription of £25.00 (per group) your reading group will be able to borrow, every month, up to 10 copies of any title from the current selection.

If you would like a pack sent to you or need advice on starting your own reading group please contact the reading group coordinator on 01592 583204 or e-mail reading.groups@fife.gov.uk.

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Pets & Animals The Scottish Society for the Prevention Visit our online animal rehoming section of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA) to view some of the animals needing new homes including dogs, cats, rabbits and is Scotland's animal welfare charity. other smaller animals who are all looking We encourage kindness to animals, aim to for someone to take care of them. prevent cruelty through education, investigate abuse, rescue animals in distress and We run an animal welfare education programme in schools, communities and find animals new homes. our largest centres. We also campaign for In 2013 we were named Scottish Charity improved animal welfare standards. of the Year and People's Choice winners in the SCVO awards, which we were very Volunteers play a key role working with animals, supporting our education proud to receive. programme and fundraising in their local As an animal welfare charity, we receive communities. no government or lottery funding and rely on public donations to continue our vital work rescuing and rehoming abused, abandoned and injured animals in Scotland.

Scottish SPCA inspectors and animal rescue officers save thousands of domestic, farm and wild animals from harm and danger every year, while our vets and staff in our wildlife rescue centre and animal rescue and rehoming centres look after, rehabilitate and rehome thousands more.

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Duloch Doggie Daycare is a family run business and we have over 20 years experience with dogs, cats and horses. I am fully licensed by Fife Council, police vetted, disclosure checked and fully insured with Cliverton insurance. This gives clients peace of mind and I am covered for dog walking, pet sitting and home boarding in both my home and your own home as well as 3rd party liability and vets cover should anything happen whilst your pet is in my care We live in Dunfermline and my passion is my animals. I love my animals and know how difficult it can be to entrust their care to someone else, but my aim at Duloch Doggie Daycare is to provide your dog with a home away from home so you can relax in the knowledge they are being looked after with the same level of care they get at home.

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I can offer home boarding to dogs after an overnight assessment to check on their compatibility with my own dogs and I will also look after cats and other small ‘furries’ in their own home environment.

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The classes are only £2 per session, with an annual membership fee of £15.

Membership fees can be paid in instalments, and the first session is completely free to allow the young people to decide whether TAYTA is for them!

The Terrifically Adventurous Youth Theatre Association (TAYTA) is an exciting improvisational drama group which has been getting Fife’s young people out of their beds on a Saturday morning since 1990. They offer skillsbuilding as well as lots of fun with their regular classes and upcoming October Holiday Project in the Carnegie Hall, and are looking for more young people to get involved.

Treading the Boards, their October Holiday Project, will be running 14th -19th October and is aimed at young people aged 8-12. With a fun Halloween theme, this week-long theatre arts programme encourages young people to share their own ideas and become more confident in making new friends and performing in front of others. No experience is necessary. They will learn new skills, have lots of fun, and devise their own Halloween-themed play to thrill family and friends at the Saturday performance!

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TAYTA'S regular classes run every Saturday morning during term time. The first class for 8-12 year olds runs from 9:30am – 11am, and the second class for ages 12+ runs from 11:30am – 1pm.

TAYTA isn’t about winning an Oscar, or really even about performing (although we do share our work with family and friends a few times year). It is a place where you can come along and meet other young people, be instantly accepted, use games and drama activities to explore the world and your place within it, and use improvisation to create new sketches and plays to share. Everyone leaves TAYTA with new skills, not just in acting, but also communication and public speaking and increased self-confidence. Oh - and with a whole lot of new friends! Here are some quotes from a parent and a former member: “Connor gets loads out of coming to drama, he is very confident, he loves coming here... The confidence he's got is unbelievable... he's not shy in front of anybody and can now speak to large groups”. (Connor's dad) “TAYTA is doing things that no other group is doing. This group is facilitated in such a way that it’s not really about the drama. It’s absolutely about social skills, it’s about coming and meeting people and getting to know how to deal with being a young person in society...” (Helen, former member) 33

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Our lead drama teacher, Iain Shaw, has been running TAYTA since it began.

With training in drama and Director of his own company, Media Education, Iain’s enthusiasm has brought weekly joy to the lives of hundreds of young TAYTA members over the years. We have a Management Committee of alumni, parents and young people, who organise events and oversee the running and funding of the group.

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The session costs for TAYTA are kept low to ensure everyone can access our classes, and in late summer 2012 we were delighted to hear that our application for financial support for our regular classes to the Big Lottery Young Start Fund had been successful! This grant is active until October 2014, and we are very grateful to the Young Start Fund for their support.

If you would like more information or to download an application form for the Alternatively, you could just come along Treading the Boards October project, one Saturday! Classes run in the Studio Annex in Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, please go to our: accessed past the Music Institute Box Office. Every young person’s first session  current website: is free – so come and see what you think! http://taytadrama.wordpress.com/ 

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The Dance Academy Scotland – From Studio to Stage…….

We are very pleased to invite you to come along to our purpose built studios in Dalgety Bay. We offer classes in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary and Commercial to name but a few.

Principal teacher Julie Sinclair says “ Our aim is to develop every students confidence and love of dance. All our teaching staff are fully qualified and are very passionate about what they do and we endeavour to pass that creativity and love of music and dance to every student we teach.”

The Dance Academy Scotland has students as young as 2.5 years old and as old as your granny. They have beginners classes and levels that suit aspiring professional dancers.

Whatever your experience give Julie a call: 01764 663885 or email: squeakydancer@aol.com

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Your Community HALBEATH & DULOCH COMMUNITY COUNCIL

A new Community Council has recently been formed to serve the Halbeath and Duloch areas of Dunfermline. Working with our Fife Councillors, we plan to make improvements wherever we can. Our Community Council Area reaches from the Aberdour Road in Duloch in the south, right up to the Buckie Burn near Kingseat in the north; the M90 is the eastern limit and on the west side it borders the Community Councils of Bellyeoman, Touch & Garvock, and Abbeyview.

side of Calais Muir Wood. Explanatory boards would tell the history and working of this industrial heritage site, with its waggonway, which operated for a hundred years, linking Halbeath coalfields in the north, with the port of Inverkeithing in the south.

Calais Muir Meadow, between the Wood and Amazon is currently scheduled as a ‘development site’ but we have applied to have this changed to ‘green space’ instead.

This would expand the ‘biodiversity area’ of Calais Muir Wood, continuing to provide a natural habitat for wild flowers, birds and insects, and the aquatic life in the ponds of the old quarries.

We need your ideas, your complaints and your help. Just get in touch with either of the names below and keep up-to-date by visiting our Facebook site: Halbeath & Duloch Community Council.

The H&DCC Committee has been in contact with Fife Council, the Woodland Trust and the Fife Ranger Service to improve the appearance of Duloch Park with selected tree-planting, which has started along Greenshank Drive. We urgently need more volunteers to help with planting during the Autumn. We are also looking at ways to increase the enjoyment of Calais Muir Wood by repairing the footpaths, draining marshy areas, removing fallen trees, and adding nature trails. We will also be looking into litter disposal, dog fouling and problems with motor-cyclists.

Mary Hipwell: hipwellaberdour@yahoo.co.uk Clive Willcocks: clivewillcocks@btopenworld.com

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For kids and families Saturday 5th October Jack & Jill Market Dunfermline 10.30am - 1.00pm at The Vine Conference Centre, Garvock Hill, KY11 4JU. You will find 40 stalls and a large item gallery all bursting with bargains on quality nearly-new baby & kids items (0-9yrs). You can't afford to miss it and miss out! Adults £1 entry - Kids FREE. www.jackandjillmarket.co.uk Saturday 5th—Sunday 20th October Harvest Festival 2013 at Muddy Boots Pumpkin Carving (plus a competition – are you the best carver??)

Fancy Dress, Pumpkin Quad Trains, Kids Maze Daily Spookley Readings, Pumpkin Slingshot Pumpkin Treasure Hunt. Plus all the usual fun Muddy Boots pumpkin-tastic favourites.

Pumpkin Carving Competition Judging: 1.30pm Daily Fancy Dress Competition Judging: 1.45pm Daily Spookley Readings: 11am & 3 pm Daily http://www.muddybootsfife.com/events2013/harvestfestival-2013/ Friday 18th October Nature Craft Workshop Falkland Palace Families can spend and afternoon in our beautiful gardens with our Head Gardener as she leads you in craft activities, including making mobiles using willow and garden greenery and making a bird feeder to take home. http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/Falkland-Palace-Garden Friday 18th and Saturday 19th October West Fife Baby and Toddler Show in association with the Kingsgate Shopping Centre - brought to you by The Co-ordinators, come along and find lots of useful ideas and products for mums and babies alike.

Sunday 20th October Rothes Halls Glenrothes Poppy is bored. She longs for someone to play with, mum is too busy cleaning and has stopped going outside, dad is obsessed by work - striving for success. But their world is turned upside down when a tiger comes to stay. Bringing chaos, danger and an awful lot of fun their guest slowly reminds the family what it is they love about one another.

Sometimes everyone needs a tiger in their lives. www.onfife.com

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Friday 25th-27th October Halloween Craft Fayre with favourite local crafters Daft for Crafts Kingsgate Shopping Centre, Dunfermline

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Saturday 26th—Sunday 27th October Children's Halloween Ghost Hunt Falkland Palace & Garden Enjoy an afternoon chasing ghosts and ghoulies in our historic garden!! Catch one and get its clue, collect all 12 clues to complete the hunt!

Suitable for 5-12 year olds. Please bring an accompanying adult. Each ghost hunt trail is £1 (in addition to normal admission prices). 0844 4932186 http:// www.nts.org.uk/Property/Falkland-Palace-Garden Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October, Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd November Hallowe’en Parties at Muddy Boots Join us for some raucous, fancy dress, Hallowe’en party fun this Autumn. Don your very best costume and come and play Pass the Pumpkin, Musical Statues, Musical Corners and much more! Once you’re finished, you can then let off steam in our Muddy’s Adventure Play Area – it’s spook-tastic! Suitable for Children Aged 3+ All children must be accompanied and supervised by an adult. There is a nominal charge for adults to have access to Muddy’s Adventure Play Area. Booking essential. http://www.muddybootsfife.com/events2013/ halloween-parties/

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Starting in November BYC Academy (Part of Central Scotland Modelling School) Dalgety Bay presents: Build Your Confidence Workshops (Tuesdays or Thursdays 7 to 8.30pm starting from 5th and 7th November) Week1—Skin, hair care, make-up Week2– Life coaching session on health & wellbeing Week3– How to get the most out of your photos Week4– Fun-filled photo shoot with all photos available to you on Facebook.

All for £60 (£55 if you bring a friend) Interested?

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Homes, Interiors & Services DEX Appeal Summer has gone and suddenly people are talking in terms of the number of shopping days left until Christmas! When I entered the profession back in the Eighties the years seemed longer and the property market had a regular beat with seasonal undulations which marked time as the year progressed. Times change and now the property market is subject to fewer peaks and troughs.

One thing that hasn’t changed at all in the last 7 years despite the challenges of the housing market, is the enduring appeal of homes in the KY11 8 - - post codes. In each of the last seven years this post code has been the number one selling area in Fife and is in fact the seventh most popular in the whole of Scotland. In five out of the last six years our practice sold more homes in these post codes than any other agency and up to the end of August this year we repeated this feat*. As a result we’re in a unique position to comment on why the area is so appealing and to say which types of property are most sought after.

We recognise that our success is in part down to an improving housing market and indeed a market that has been healing for the best part of 2013. Figures show sales to be up 25 - 30% on last year and prices rallied slightly in the last quarter. In the six months from March to August,

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maloco’s recorded an average time for a sale in the KY11 8 - - post code of just 7 weeks, 30% better than 2012.

Why are homes in Duloch so popular? The area’s popularity isn’t unexpected given that it provides an excellent range of homes, local amenities and schools with a growing reputation.

Most popular are three and four bed detached homes. Semis too have been selling well. The most numerous sales have been in the £150 - £200 000 bracket with sales a little slower above this level.

Activity has been modest when one steps into 3% stamp duty territory above £250 000.

We have found an increasingly discerning buyer looking to move to the area.

Demanding buyers put a premium on presentation and, with supply still outstripping demand, the homes we find sell quickest, achieving closest to home report value are those where great care has been taken in preparing for market.

If you are thinking of selling and would like a no obligation FREE pre sale valuation why not call us? *all figures and statistics are independently verified and supplied by ESPC

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