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CONTENTS Motoring......................................................... 6 Gardening....................................................... 8 Recipe - Camambert & Red Pepper Tart....... 10 Travel - Sani Pass, South Africa..................... 12 Calmblue Holistic Therapies.................. 14 - 15 Movie Review - Free Fire............................... 16 Parenting - Seatbelts......................................20 Community News.................................... 22-23 Beauty........................................................... 24 Pets - What are your pets allergic to?........... 25 Quick Crossword (Sols p34).......................... 28 Technology - Outdoors.................................. 30 Bake - Rhubarb & Almond Tart..................... 32 Index of Advertisers...................................... 34
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MAY 2017 issue of Murrays Directory.
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Hoping you all had a lovely Easter break and despite the cold spell as I am writing, are keeping warm and looking forward to the sunny weather. Please find inside regular advertisers who come in to offer their services and without whom we wouldn’t have the magazine. Do let me know if you have any suggestions by emailing or telephoning, and if you know of a business who would like to advertise, please let them know about us. Thank you as ever for your support of the magazine. I am off for a few days to stay with friends over on the west at Tighnabruaich, and looking forward to visiting places I haven’t seen. Hope you have a splendid few weeks until we come round again. All the very best,
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Motoring
By James Baggott
BMW M760Li xDrive
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hose of you hoping this was BMW’s M7 need to look away now. Although this may be the fastest BMW ever made, if you’re after a fire-breathing, full-blooded M car, the M760Li will leave you a little disappointed. BMW says that’s because this is a car for buyers with something of a split personality. One moment they may be keen on a country road assault so they can enjoy the glorious V12, the next they might want to kick back and relax in the massaging seats and just cruise along. LOOKS AND IMAGE The 7 Series has long been a luxury choice for the type of buyer who still enjoys driving, though – and the M760Li is the epitome of that. With several driving modes to choose from, sporty drivers are well catered for when its sport setting is active. With the comfort setting it’s mellower, more relaxed, it eases over bumps and floats along beautifully. The looks of the M760Li won’t be for everyone but inside is a wonderful place to spend time.
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For those who are chauffeured the back seats are arguably more comfortable than up front. There are multimedia screens to enjoy, cushioned headrests and massaging, reclining seat backs. SPACE AND PRACTICALITY The 7 Series does feel a little smaller in the rear than rivals from Mercedes and Audi, though. Up front the driving position is a little cosseting too, but it’s easy to get comfortable. WHAT’S UNDER THE BONNET? BMW made a lot of noise about it being 30 years since they installed a V12 engine in their 7 Series at the launch. Since then, the 12-cylinder lump has doubled in power: the 2017 6.6-litre unit boasts a whopping 601bhp, a staggering 800Nm of torque and is capable of propelling it to 60mph in just 3.6 seconds. That gives it the impressive title of the fastest accelerating BMW ever made, but you’ll pay at the pumps; the M760Li will return 22.1mpg and emits 294g/km.
BEHIND THE WHEEL The BMW is a true Jekyll and Hyde car with distinct personalities behind the wheel. On the track it was incredibly swift and that V12 makes a pleasingly sound and, while there may be some body roll, it’s not too intrusive. It’s all helped by four-wheel drive that has a rear wheel drive bias when needed. The steering is a little light in the comfort setting, though, but flick it into sport and it’s far better. VALUE FOR MONEY For £132,310, you do get some goodies thrown in. Lightweight 20-inch alloys, a Bowers & Wilkins sound system and Car Play are included, as is an Advanced Parking System, adaptive LED headlights, a head-up display, and massaging seats. There’s even rear-seat entertainment and a panoramic glass sunroof provided too. There’s also an extensive options list, including night vision and BMW laser headlights. VERDICT The fact BMW perseveres with a V12 is a revelation. With downsizing the current buzzword, it seems hard to believe that a manufacturer would launch a 6.6-litre petrol drinking lump. Although the market for it will be small, we’re still very glad it has. OK, so this might not be the M7 that many performance BMW fans crave, but it’s as close to it as we’re going to get. It’s great fun to drive, sumptuously luxurious and wonderfully relaxing when you want it to be - and all in, a very competent and exciting 7 Series indeed.
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Servicing, MOT and Repairs EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS LEADING AUDI, VW, SEAT AND SKODA SPECIALISTS Keith and Alan at AVW are delighted to announce the addition of an MOT Testing station. We can offer the latest in diagnostic equipment backed up with years of technical experience all at a fraction of the cost compared to main dealers. In addition to MOTs and servicing we also offer a great deal on tyres and air conditioning servicing.
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Gardening Slug Survival
by Pippa Greenwood Later in the year, as potato tubers swell beneath the soil and carrots start to fatten they will begin to tunnel into these too.
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lugs may be small, but as we all know, they have the potential to drive you crazy! Whether you have a massive garden, a tiny plot or even if your gardening is restricted to a few planters in a back yard or on a balcony, the chances are that slugs will cause you grief. There are about thirty species of slug in the UK and most feed throughout the year, especially after dark and when the soil is wet or moist… and that seems to mean most evenings in my garden!
whole, the larger slugs tend to do the least damage to plants as they eat almost exclusively decaying and dead material. It is their smaller cousins like the greyish-black keeled slug and the pinkish-beige-grey field slug which are more likely to wreak havoc in your vegetable plot or flower border - they may be small but they are far from innocent. With estimates of about 200 slugs per average cubic metre of average garden soil, the situation can soon get out of hand.
Now that spring is here and the weather has really warmed up, they’re out in force, using their tongue-like ‘radula’ (armed with approximately 27,000 toothlike spikes) to rasp away at our precious plants.
Keeled slugs in particular love to feast below ground, as well as on plants above the soil surface. This means serious trouble, especially at this time of year when many of us are planting out young plants and seeds are starting to germinate. In no time at all slugs can eat through the base of a young stem, killing the plant in the process. As seeds germinate in the soil, these little horrors often eat the seedling even before it has had a chance to emerge above the soil surface!
But before launching an attack, there is something you should bear in mind – most slugs actually do little damage to living plants, instead preferring to feast on dead and dying material including flopped foliage and organic mulches. On the 8
To make matters worse, they breed quickly and very efficiently – each slug has both male and female organs and in extreme situations can even fertilise itself. Take a look on the soil surface, beneath drooping foliage and in amongst moist organic matter, and you’re likely to spot the clumps of eggs. Each egg is about 1-2mm in diameter and a clear, milky or off-white coloured sphere. So what can you do with these squidgy little menaces? • Go on an evening slug hunt. In particular, slugs are out in vast numbers after it has rained or you have done some watering, so you can collect up as many as you can. • Choosing resistant varieties of vegetable is worthwhile too. Check seed catalogues and websites for varieties which are marked up as having useful resistance to slugs. With potatoes, main crop varieties usually suffer most, so try to grow mainly earlies. Some varieties are slug disaster zones e.g. Cara, Maris Peer, Kondor and Pentland Crown, but if you choose Charlotte, Kestrel, Sante or Wilja you are in with a much better chance. • Try to encourage natural slug predators such as hedgehogs, frogs, toads, slow worms and ground beetles. If you keep hens consider letting them clear the ground for you – but obviously only before you start planting and sowing! • Use the Nemaslug nematode
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control – just dilute as described on the pack and water on to moist soil which is at 5˚C or above. It is a treatment I really like because it is harmless to everything except slugs, so pets, wildlife or humans will be safe from any adverse effects. It works swiftly and silently too - you’ll soon see fewer holes appearing in foliage and, if you’re a potato grower and you drench the soil around the potato plants about six weeks before anticipated harvest, the nematodes soon get to work and your potatoes should be virtually slug-damage free. It is also a brilliant way to clear a slug-infested raised bed or planter; once applied, place self-adhesive copper tape around the rim of the container to keep the contents slug free. The copper tape is really longlasting, working for years in my experience. You can find out more about Nemaslug and
copper tape on my website at www.pippagreenwood.com/ products/protect-your-crops. • Barriers such as crushed shells, wool pellets, soot, pine needles or copper-impregnated fabric can also work well, but some of these may need replacing regularly and results seem to vary from garden to garden and gardener to gardener. • Traps filled with beer can also be a fantastic way to reduce slug numbers in your garden dramatically and, apart from the somewhat messy (and grim) business of emptying them out, they are simple too. You can buy ready-made traps or make your own using inexpensive plastic beakers plunged into the soil, the rim protruding 1-2cm above the soil surface and filled with a well-flavoured beer. I did a mini ‘trial’ on Gardeners’ Question Time once and found that Guinness worked best - and
interestingly alcohol free lager proved least effective! Visit Pippa’s website www. pippagreenwood.com to buy gorgeous UK grown vegetable plants accompanied by weekly advice emails from Pippa, or to peruse the really useful selection of Pippa’s favourite gardening items including SpeedHoes, SpeedWeeders, raised bed kits, Nemaslug and copper tape, pull-out EasyTunnels, signed books and lots more besides.
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Camembert & Red Pepper Tarts Makes 4
Ready in 45 minutes
A really quick and easy snack, starter or light
supper dish made with just five ingredients.
Ingredients: • 2 large red peppers, deseeded and cut into strips • 1 tbsp olive oil • 250g puff pastry • 150g Camembert cheese, thinly sliced • 150g bag rocket and watercress salad
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Preheat the oven to 220C, 200C Fan, Gas Mark 7. Place the pepper strips in a shallow roasting tin. Drizzle over the olive oil and roast for 15 minutes until just tender. Leave to cool. Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to a rough square shape the thickness of a pound coin. Trim with a sharp knife to make a 26cm square. Cut into 4 x 13cm squares. Place the squares of pastry on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. With the tip of the knife, score a border in each pastry square about 1cm in from the outer edge. Top each pastry square with some of the roasted pepper strips and cheese slices. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is risen and golden and the cheese has melted. Serve warm with the salad leaves.
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LIBERTON OFFICE – NOW OPEN Porteous Funeral Directors new branch offers a comprehensive service for families within Alnwickhill, Liberton, Gracemount, Craigmillar, Gilmerton, Moredun, Mortonhall, Ellen’s Glen Liberton, and surrounding areas. Our bright modern facilities provide a peaceful setting where you can discuss arrangements. Alternatively, you may feel more comfortable within your own surroundings, so we are happy to meet you at home at a time that is convenient for you. Our meticulous attention to detail, accompanied with our exemplary personal service and an understanding that only perfection will suffice, is what makes our company so unique. We specialise in creating individual, personal funerals that reflect your family’s wishes, beliefs and faith. Working closely with you, we can organise every aspect of your loved one’s funeral. We also have a range of headstones and other memorial markers on display and can offer advice and assistance on cleaning, securing or adding inscriptions to existing memorials.
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Sani Pass South Africa By Solange Hando
South Africa’s highest range almost defies imagination. and jerk high above a fast dwindling valley. The track still glows like molten gold in places, more tortuous as you climb, littered with rocks and stones and lined with warning signs. Towering boulders send shivers down your spine but there’s nowhere to stop.
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outh Africa’s highest range almost defies imagination. Named Drakensberg, or Dragon Mountain, known to the Zulus as Barrier of Spears, it forms the eastern section of the Great Escarpment, a pristine wilderness laced in waterfalls and challenging trails, while on the Sani Pass at 2,874 metres the highest pub in Africa lures day visitors with mulled wine and breathtaking views. But to stand on the ‘roof of Africa’, one must tackle the hair-raising drive up to the pass. Copper-coloured antelopes graze quietly on the slopes while fresh water springs gurgle on the rocks. Baboons plod around, baring their teeth to protect their young. At the Good Hope Centre, taxi drivers call out ‘one more customer, just one more’. Beyond the border post, a no man’s land heads up to the pass and the kingdom of Lesotho on the other side. It’s a mere ribbon of road where four-wheel drives rattle
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One last three point turn and you are there, having gained over 1,300 metres in altitude, fighting for breath in the thin air and almost blown away by ferocious winds and vertiginous views. It’s like the Grand Canyon say the rangers, but everyone heads straight to the Sani Top chalet, teetering all forlorn on the very edge of the escarpment. In this rustic lodge, old letters and photographs mingle with car adverts, shot on the spot but no one knows how, and there are board games to while away the time, carvings, wall hangings and beads to bargain for, and skis and boots lined up on a rack, just in case. Locals talk of dragons, bush men, rock art and over 2,000 species of plants and 300 of birds. Visitors can stay the night in a luxury African hut or share basic facilities while listening to frightening tales from seasoned backpackers. There’s plenty of Maluti beer to liven up the evening but above the bar, a sign reminds one and all that ‘It’s tough at the top’.
Winters are for skiing, summers for trekking across vast open spaces, perhaps climbing Thabana Ntlenyana, the highest peak at 3,482 metres, or hiking to Tugela, the world’s second highest waterfall with a total drop of 947 metres. But most visitors just drive up for a taste of adventure and a hearty reward of steaming home-made soup and mountain trout. The view from the window is fantastic but out on the heath, there are wild carnations and black-faced orchids and lesser kestrels swooping down on invisible prey. Far below, slopes roll down to the valley floor, a soft velvety carpet in shades of purple, pink and gold.
Sometimes a few day-trippers venture into Lesotho, just minutes away, to sit by the fire in a village hut, drink sorghum beer from a communal mug and make friends with Angora goats and children smothered up in blankets. It feels like another planet, bitingly cold, but the highest pub in Africa soon calls you back while at the foot of the mighty Drakensberg, a heavenly valley glows in the late afternoon sun, sprinkled with pink feathery blossom and yellow-wood trees.
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ReflexIntegration&Stimulation by Pauline Shannon I use the INPP method of reflex integration and stimulation. This involves a simple daily exercise, done at home and taking no more than two minutes. These exercise programmes operate at an early developmental point to secure the foundations on which all other development is built. By revisiting some of the very early developmental stages, these programmes can improve neural efficiency, making life easier. Since reflex Integration works at such a fundamental level, it can help children and adults who have significantly different problems and/or diagnoses. I am currently working with children with Autism, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Asperger’s syndrome and developmental delay. All are showing improvement in confidence, balance, speech and coordination. Some also show a reduction in phobic behaviors, allergies and depression; improved bowel and bladder control and improved performance in school. What are reflexes? Primitive Reflexes are automatic movements directed from the brainstem which require no cortical involvement. They are needed for survival and development in the womb and in the early months of life. One of their key functions is to establish, through repeated use, efficient neural pathways to and from the body and brain. If they fail to fulfil this task, the pathways carrying information to and from the brain may not achieve the efficiency required to allow learnt skills to develop from conscious to subconscious actions. As higher centres of the brain mature, these primitive reflexes must be integrated in order for proper neurological organisation of the brain to develop.
The retention of primitive reflexes contributes to issues with coordination, balance, sensory perceptions, fine motor skills, sleep, immunity, energy levels, impulse control, concentration and all levels of social, emotional, and intellectual learning. W h a t c au s e s r e t a i n e d r e f l e x e s ? The causes of retained reflexes are numerous and there are usually several contributing factors. These can include: the health and stress levels experienced by the mother during pregnancy, a traumatic or assisted birth, falls, traumas, lack of tummy time, delayed or skipped creeping or crawling, chronic ear infections, head trauma, and restricted movement due to poor muscle development or casts. Implications of retained reflexes If the primitive reflexes are retained past the first year of life, they can interfere with social, academic, and motor learning. The perception of our inner and outer environment, and our response to it, may be disturbed. Children with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD, Autism, and various other neurodevelopmental disorders frequently have retained primitive reflexes. Adults who suffer from anxiety, phobias and depression can often trace their predisposition to these conditions back to retained reflexes. How to start Arrange a time to chat about your situation and early years history. If it looks like retained reflexes are contributing to you or your child’s situation, a diagnostic assessment will be arranged. The assessment consists of a number of developmental tests and balance exercises which show which reflexes are retained. At the end of the assessment the first exercise will be given. Reviews will take place every 6 to 8
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weeks to allow progress to be assessed and a new exercise to be chosen. Programmes last from 12-18 months. Some feedback from clients: “Although this was not the presenting reason for seeing Pauline my son (10 years old) stopped wetting the bed within a month of starting a programme. This made life easier for us all and improved his self confidence. Allowing him to relax more in the mornings and to have sleep overs at friends’ houses.” “Our son was struggling with dyslexia and little to nothing was offered by the primary school. They assured us that someone would read and write for him in high school… Following an INPP programme he has recently gone up to high school with no additional needs.”
Pauline Shannon qualified as social worker in 1995. Her interest in the difficulties experienced by children and adults in learning and coping with life led to the understanding that there are often developmental or processing issues which are, in effect, barriers to learning and coping. This led her to explore the interesting areas of Neuro Developmental Delay and Auditory Processing (listening) Difficulties. She trained in the INPP method and is an INPP licentiate. She is also qualified to provide Johansen auditory stimulation programmes. To book a session with Pauline Shannon or any of the Calmblue therapists, please email hello@calmblue.org.uk, call 0131 446 3709, or text/call 07721 599276. www.calmblue.org.uk Calmblue Holistic Therapies is an oasis of peace in the bustle of Morningside. The stylish and comfortable clinic has a warm, welcoming atmosphere, where clients can benefit from a wide range of holistic and specialist treatments. Calmblue's diverse team, of 18 practitioners, is experienced, knowledgeable, and compassionate. The approach is based on the concept that they can treat you completely and effectively by working together, as a team. Clients can choose from a variety of therapies, including Nutritional Therapy, Meditation, Combination Healing, MA=RaY Light, Reiki, Reflexology Lymph Drainage, Homeopathy, Sound Journeys, Biographical Counselling, CranioSacral Therapy, and Needle Free Acupuncture, along with specialist massages, including Deep Tissue, Ayurvedic Whole Body (Abhyanga), Clinical & Orthopaedic, Sports, Hot Stones, Holistic, and Ayurvedic Face Massage.
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By David Tibbs
FREE FIRE
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n pretty much all of these reviews I try to avoid spoilers as much as possible. Sometimes that proves somewhat of a challenge. Especially when a film has a lot of characters and a lot going on, it can be difficult to give a good idea of the story without revealing more than you’d like. However, in the case of Ben Wheatley’s new shoot ‘em up, not spoiling anything is a piece of cake. What follows is the entire plot of Free Fire: In a warehouse in Boston in 1978 an arms deal between two gangs goes south, resulting in a ninety-minute, real-time shootout. That’s honestly it. It’s not the tagline or short synopsis, it’s an exact summation of everything that happens. Free Fire is an exercise in spectacle under constraint, and it’s really great. Wheatley and long-time screenwriting partner Amy Jump ramp up the tension from the very beginning. We never leave the warehouse once the characters step foot in it about five minutes into the film, but even though you know something is going to go wrong at any minute, the first shot isn’t fired in anger until after the half hour mark. From then on, the sheer number of bullets unleashed is unfathomable. Cillian Murphy is Chris, an Irish gun buyer fighting for The Cause while Armie Hammer (Ord), Sharlto Copley (Vern) and Babou Ceesay (ex-Black Panther Martin) are the sleazebags doing the dealing. They’ve been set up by Brie
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Larson’s Justine, the only girl at the party, who is constantly being undermined or fawned over by the insecure, overcompensating idiots around her. Taunts and barbs fly as sharply and as often as the bullets ensuring you’ll be laughing about as often as you’ll be ducking or wincing. The 70s aesthetic is strictly adhered to; with the widest collared, kaleidoscopic shirts I’ve ever seen adding carnivalesque colour and vibrancy to what could have been a dull, greywalled warehouse set. The music, too, is very much of the time, with several John Denver numbers used to soundtrack the action. Rather like the use of Stealers Wheel’s ‘Stuck in the Middle With You’ in Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, there is one moment that will guarantee you never hear Annie’s Song the same way again. The score, by Ex Machina (by the way, one of my favourite scores of the last few years) composers, Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, compliments the absurdity of the action perfectly, ranging from spaghetti western style Spanish guitar to seemingly off the cuff jazz riffs. Ben Wheatley has long been one of Britain’s most exceptional and archaic filmmakers. If anything, this is his least stylised and most accessible work, almost a polar opposite to last year’s superb J. G. Ballard adaptation High Rise. Best seen on the largest screen possible, this is a tour de force action comedy and I can’t wait to see what he does next.
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Parenting Safety First
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s a parent, your main priority is keeping your child safe. Children, however, often have other ideas. From launching themselves off the back of the sofa to chewing on gravel, they seem to have an innate ability to endanger themselves. Thankfully, it’s never been easier for parents to learn basic first aid. LEARN FIRST AID AT HOME, FOR FREE While nothing beats hands on training, a video course can help prepare you for an emergency. ChannelMum. com has teamed up with St John Ambulance to produce a series of short first aid videos aimed at parents. They cover everything from seizures and choking to allergic reactions and burns. Available to watch for free on www.channelmum. com/firstaidcourse, the videos offer practical advice that’s simple to follow and easy to remember. Most are just a few minutes long, so you could plan to watch one a day in your lunch break.
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by Kate Duggan w w w . futurelearn. com also runs regular free online first aid courses. T h e y ’ r e mainly video based, with some articles, g r o u p discussions and quizzes. QUICK HOME FIXES Around 60 children die in household accidents every year. So it’s well worth taking some time to look for any potential hazards. Try to see things from your child’s point of view – get on your hands and knees if needs be. What sharp corners could they bump into? What furniture could tip over if they tried to climb it? What might they be tempted to chew or taste? Simple fixes include: • Securing heavy items, such as TVs and bookcases, so they can’t topple over if your child pulls at them, or uses them as a climbing frame. • Locking away any toxic substances, including household cleaning products. Dishwasher tablets are often brightly coloured and very appealing to a young child, but they can be deadly if swallowed. • Tying up any blind cords and other strings that a child could get caught up on. • Cutting up grapes, cherry tomatoes and other fruit lengthwise, before giving them to your child, to
minimise the risk of choking. NEW CAR SEAT REGULATIONS You may have heard that new car seat rules have been introduced, banning backless booster seats for young children. All the rules actually mean is that manufacturers can’t introduce new models of backless booster seats for children shorter than 125cm or weighing less than 22kg. So if you already use a booster seat, you don’t have to change it. That being said, high back booster seats have been found to offer much greater protection to young children than backless ones. So it might be time for an upgrade. If you are planning to buy a new seat, look for one that offers some side impact protection, such as those by Diono. The Diono MXT, £85, is a good choice. Unlike some seats, both height and back width can be adjusted very easily, so it can be used for children between 97 and 160cm tall. There’s a choice of four colours and the covers are removable and washable. Our testers (aged five and seven) found the MXT very comfortable. It also kept them in an upright position when they slept, rather than allowing them to slump over. And they loved the snack trays (mainly for storing seashells and crayons) - see www.uk.diono. com.
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Community News can be responsible for 20,000 descendants in just 5 years! Neutered cats live longer, healthier lives and it is the most humane way to stop unwanted pregnancies.www. cats.org for details of local participating vets.
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Do you belong to a community group or run a community activity? Promote it for FREE by emailing karolyne@murraysdirectory.com or ph 07407382722 AGEING WELL WALKING
Get healthy! Make new friends! Come for a walk in Inch Park. Ageing Well is a project run by Edinburgh Leisure and funded by NHS Lothian. It’s a health initiaitive that recognises the beniefits of walking for wellbeing and social connection. Walking is one of the best ways to keep body and mind in good health. It’s easy to do, it doesn’t need special skills or equipment, it can be done anywhere and anytime. Plus, if you walk in a group you meet new people and have a chance for a good “blether”, followed by a cuppa and chat at a local cafe. Walks have moved to Portobello Promenade. Meeting Point: Portobello Swim Centre Day: Wednesday Time: 10:30am If you have questions phone the Ageing Well team 0131 458 2183 or e-mail: ageingwell@ EdinburghLeisure.co.uk
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you are interested in caring for your local park, please come and join the Friends Group! We do events throughout the year to help improve the park (i.e. installing bird boxes, planting a wildflower meadow, litter picks etc), and we input into any changes the council want to implement. There is no charge to join us and all are welcome. For more info email Jeni (Chairperson) at friendsof7acrepark@yahoo.co.uk
GILMERTON ADVOCACY GROUP ‘Let Your Voice Be Heard’ We are a group
of local people with learning disabilities. We meet once a month, on a Tuesday afternoon, at the Gilmerton Library at 13 Newtoft Street. We meet from 12 until 1.30pm to have a cup of tea, talk about what’s important to us and any issues that we face. We support each other to ‘Let Our Voice be heard’. If you have a learning disability and you want to speak out for yourself, come and give it a try. If you would like to come along, please contact Jo at People First (Scotland): 0131 479 7707.
GILMERTON INCH COMMUNITY COUNCIL The Gilmerton
Inch Community Council represents the areas of the Inch, Moredun, Fernieside, Ferniehill, Gracemount, Southhouse, Burdiehouse, The Murrays, Gilmerton and Candlemaker’s. For next meeting, contact below. You can find out more by emailing Scott Neil at scott.neil@edinburgh.gov.uk and learn about the work of the council on the website at: www.gilmertoninchcc.org.uk
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GILMERTON SINGERS is the name of a community choir that meets every Friday morning at the Society Hall at Gilmerton Crossroads. It was started around 18 years ago by three ladies who loved singing, with encouragement from the Community Centre management. Our Musical Directory is Nick Hayes and the choir is made up at the moment of 20 women and 2 men. When the choir was started, one of the aims was to give something to the community and we do this by performing at Care Homes. Community Centres, and local fairs and the like. Singing has been proved to increase health, wellbeing and quality of life. Benefits may include improved breathing, easing depression and keeping memory active. Because we are a small group, rehearsals are relaxed and friendly. Most people, when asked if they would like to join a choir, say ‘I can’t sing’. I’ll bet they sing in the shower, while washing the dishes or just for fun. Well, you don’t have to be a Pavarotti or Maria Callas to be an important part of a singing team. We do not audition prospective members and reading music is not necessary as we learn tunes by ear. If you would like to find out more about us, phone Muriel on 0131 664 1220 or email muriel.connolly@sky.com or call in at the Society Hall any Friday morning from 10amnoon. Hope to see you soon! LIBERTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL The Council
meets at 7 pm on the last Monday of each month except July and December. The date of the next meeting is shown on our home page and the agenda is posted there a week before the meeting, which are held in the Liberton Kirk Halls, Kirk Gate, opposite Liberton Kirk. Everyone is very welcome at all meetings and we have a slot for public questions and comments; in general we would appreciate prior notice of these to our Secretary. See the website at: http://libertondcc.wordpress.com
LIBERTON KIRK SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB Liberton Kirk Senior Citizens Club is
a lively social club for residents of south east Edinburgh over 65 years. The club meets from the first Thursday in September to the last Thursday in May. We gather between
2-4pm though most of our members come earlier to meet and chat from 12.30 at Anderson Hall, opposite Liberton Kirk. £2 per person and transport can be booked if needed. A SEAG bus (South of Edinburgh Amentities Group) can pick you up and take you home from the club for an extra £1.50. Any questions or would like to book transport please call Bryan on 0798 500 1183.
LITTLE BUTTONS parent and carer tod-
dler group at Ferniehill Evangelical Church, 19 Ferniehill Rd - every Thursday morning during term from 930-11am. Toys, games, crafts, story, singing and snacks with tea & coffee for adult donation of 50p.
POST NATAL DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP This is a safe, support-
ive peer group for mums and dads to meet others struggling with anxiety and depression symptoms and to explore positive ways of managing. Children are welcome. Alternate Fridays 10am-1130am, started 10th October. Valley Park Community Cenre, 37 Southhouse Rd, EH17 8EU. For more information and dates email edinburghpndgroup@gmail.com or call 0131 226 8152.
PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP The newly diagnosed man with
prostate cancer must absorb a lot of information in a short period of time. There comes a point in this process of self-education when there is a need to talk to someone who has been through it all before. If you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and would like to have support from others who have been through it, call 0131 207 3067 or email elpcsg@gmail.com or look at www.elprostatecancersupport.co.uk for information about group support activities.
PURLY QUEENS KNITTING GROUP
The Purly Queens are a group of ladies who meet twice a month, the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at Gilmerton Library, Newtoft Street, Gilmerton., from 2.30 - 4.15 p.m. We knit, and crochet for Charity. New members are always welcome, no need to be experienced, we all help each other. Come along, enjoy a natter and a cuppa, and knit for local charities. For information call 0131664 8053.
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Beauty Here Comes The Sun by Kate Duggan www.kateduggan.co.uk
A coconut hair treatment, homemade body scrub and the perfect day-to-
night palette…meet your new summer beauty kit.
Lighter evenings are a great excuse for after-work drinks. Bobbi Brown’s new Sultry Nude Eye and Cheek Palette, £48, is perfect for popping in your handbag ready for cocktail hour. The four eyeshadows have a slight metallic shimmer and the blush suits most skin tones. Easy to apply, with great staying power, the powders are housed in a very lust-worthy gold case. The only downside is the lack of brushes. See www.bobbibrown.co.uk. If your lips are feeling a bit dry and flaky, Clarins’ Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil, £19, could be the answer. It’s packed with nourishing oils, including hazelnut and jojoba, so helps to soothe and moisturise lips. Less sticky than lipgloss, it hides dry patches and adds a touch of colour. The Instant Light Lip Comfort Oil is available in four shades, including a lip plumping Mint. My favourite is Honey Glam, which gives you a shimmery golden pout. See www.clarins.co.uk.
for months on end. And it’s surprisingly quick and easy to make one at home. Just add around two tablespoons of olive oil to four tablespoons of sugar. You’re aiming for a mixture that’s easy to massage into your skin, but not so liquid that it’ll drip all over your bath mat. The sugar acts as a natural exfoliator, and the olive oil is very moisturising, so it’ll leave your skin feeling much smoother. You can also add extra ingredients to the basic scrub. Honey helps your skin to repair itself and retain water, so try adding a tablespoon to the mix. If you’re not keen on the smell of olive oil, fragrance the scrub with a couple of drops of essential oil. There are four core products in Primavera’s new Harmonising Rose and Osmanthus body care range – a body cream, bath oil, body wash and body oil. Designed to nourish skin and provide a real treat for the senses, the products are organic and full of natural ingredients. The bath oil (£22.50) is perfect for a pampering soak after a long day. It smells amazing, and leaves skin feeling soft and smooth. See www.pravera.co.uk. For hair in need of some TLC, try Neal’s Yard Remedies’ Rosemary & Cedarwood Hair Treatment. Organic coconut oil is blended with essential oils of organic rosemary, cedarwood, and lavender. You only need a small amount, less than a teaspoon. Coconut oil is solid at room temperature, but dissolves into a liquid when heated, so just warm it between your hands, then massage it through your hair. You can leave it on for 30 minutes, but I like to use it as an overnight treatment. (As an added bonus, the lavender scent helps me to sleep.) It leaves hair feeling soft, sleek and much more manageable. £6.50 from www.nealsyardremedies.com.
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Three Types Of Food That Are Poisonous To Your Dog If your dog has ever ingested a poisonous substance, you’ll know the sudden and devastating effect it can have on their health. Unfortunately, three commonly used foods regularly cause serious issues for dogs, often requiring emergency treatment by a vet. Chocolate Chocolate contains a poisonous substance called theobromine, which is derived from the cocoa plant. Amongst other symptoms it can cause severe vomiting, diarrhoea, high temperature, irregular heart rhythm, and fitting. Dark chocolate contains more theobromine than milk or white chocolate, and it is not unusual for a dog to need veterinary intervention even when a small amount has been consumed. Onions, leeks, chives, garlic and shallots All members of the allium family, these foods can cause anaemia in dogs and are poisonous both
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in their raw and cooked form - even something as innocuous as onion gravy can cause a severe reaction in some dogs. They contain organosulphides which attack the red blood cells over a period of time. After a few days you might notice your dog has an upset stomach, is lethargic, sleepy, or breathing rapidly. Grapes, raisins, currants and sultanas These can all be fatal to your dog, although the dried versions are believed to be more toxic. Some dogs are able to eat these foods with no ill-effects, but others experience serious illness over a period of several days, with vomiting and diarrhoea, and in some cases kidney failure a few days after ingestion. https://www.pdsa.org.uk/taking-care-of-your-pet/ poisons-and-hazards http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/media/605397/ poisons.pdf
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The Marie Curie Hospice presents
Tombola, home baking, kids’ activities, crafts, raffle and more! Saturday 1st July 2017 Marie Curie Hospice, 45 Frogston Road West, EH10 7DR 2pm til 4pm PLUS
alpacas & live music by Muckle Flugga!
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Donations of new goods and items for the tombola gratefully received at the Hospice from 12th June. Donations of home baking received from 30th June, or on the day.
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The best tech toys to take outside
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ome of the most entertaining outdoor toys are the simplest, such as the cute Swivel Car (around £22, with lots of firms offering very similar products). It’s a ride-on car with a difference: instead of pedalling or propelling it with your feet, you swivel the steering wheel and that generates movement. It’s small enough for toddlers and tough enough for big kids and even the odd adult. If you’d rather go for something more traditional, the Cozy Coupe - around £49 - has been a favourite of families for more than 30 years, and the iconic red and yellow version has been joined by dinosaur and police car versions. Complex toys can be fun too, of course. One kind of toy that’s improved dramatically in recent years is the electric car or bike for kids. It’s possible to get a decent trike for less than £40 that delivers 50 minutes of movement between charges, while around the £200 mark you’ll find impressive replicas of grown-up cars such as BMW’s futuristic electric i8. Remember that such vehicles do take a while to charge, so make sure you plug them in the night before you want to use them. If you’d rather not let your
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child loose behind the wheel but want to give them control of something fun, there’s a huge selection of radio controlled vehicles ranging from the toddler-friendly Little Tykes Tyre Twister (£39) to exceptionally fast scale models of performance cars such as Lamborghinis and Porsches. Even the most expensive of these are much cheaper than they used to be, with top-end models usually coming in well below £70. Radio controlled cars are fun, but radio controlled flying machines are even more fun. You know you’re living in the future when you can walk into your local toy shop and come out with a smartphonecontrolled drone helicopter. Drones start at around £20 for basic ones and reach £190 for Star Wars-themed models, and drones with builtin cameras start at around £60. If you want to get serious, you can find a good selection of advanced drones with HD cameras and optical video stabilisers from around £300, rising to over £1,000 for highend models. One word of warning with drones: their propellers can be sharp and cause injury if they bump into people, so it’s a good idea to look for one
with a protective ring around the propellers if you’ll be giving it to a child or using it near kids or pets. And there are restrictions on where you can and can’t fly drones, such as in crowded areas or near airports. It’s a good idea to check up on the law before spending any money. There are also concerns over privacy: the neighbours probably won’t appreciate you flying a camera over their garden. Do you remember the days of potato guns and water pistols? They’ve become a lot more sophisticated, with products such as Nerf guns ranging from around £20 to the ridiculously overpowered N-Strike Mega Mastodon (£99), which fires 24 foam darts from a motorised revolving drum. Between it and the super-powered, super-soaking water pistols that have more in common with water cannons than the water pistols you remember from your own childhood, be wary of the weaponry you give your kids - because you can be sure you’ll be on the receiving end of the foam darts or freezing cold jets of water. Images L to R: Swivel Car gyroscopic ride-on car; BMW i8 replica ride-on car; Parrot drone; Nerf N-Strike Mega Mastodon
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Are You A Car or a Motorbike? Whether by neglect, a careless attitude or financial constraints, in the longer nights of the winter months I noticed quite a few cars with only one working headlamp or rear light.
I’ve not made an in-depth investigation into the state of UK car servicing, but I have good hearsay evidence from dealer’s service departments that more than a few cars are coming into them way past their service interval dates and with a lot of niggling faults on them too, of which failed headlamps are one. Whether this is down to owners being so financially stretched they are delaying paying service charges, or not bothering to check their cars are working 100% or, if they do, finding such faults doesn’t worry them, I do not know.
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For us drivers, on meeting your single-lamped car on a dark night our first reaction is that you are a motorbike, so we can prepare to overtake you accordingly - until our lights pick out the rest of your ill-illuminated bodywork. And by then, to take avoiding action may be too late. By Iain Betson
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Cake and Bake Rhubarb and Almond Tart A delicious tart with a layer of tangy roasted rhubarb topped with a sweet almond frangipane. Serve warm or cold with crème fraiche or vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients: • Flour, for dusting • 300g ready-made shortcrust pastry • 250g rhubarb, trimmed and chopped • 175g caster sugar • 3 tbsp orange juice • 150g unsalted butter, melted • 125g ground almonds • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract • 2 medium eggs, beaten • Icing sugar, for dusting
Serves 8 Ready in 1 hour 30 minutes, plus chilling time
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1. Preheat the oven to 200C/Fan 180C/Gas Mark 6. Lightly dust a work surface with flour and roll out the pastry to about 3mm thickness. Use to line a 23cm loose-based fluted flan tin. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. 2. Meanwhile, place the rhubarb, 25g of the caster sugar and the orange juice in a shallow roasting tin. Roast in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes until just tender, turning once. Leave to cool. 3. Trim off the excess pastry from around the edge of the chilled pastry case and prick the base all over with a fork. Line the case with baking paper and baking beans and bake blind for 10 minutes. Remove the beans and lining and bake for a further 5 minutes until pale golden. 4. Strain the rhubarb from the roasting juices and spoon into the pastry case. Beat together the melted butter, remaining caster sugar, ground almonds, vanilla extract and eggs in a bowl until smooth and creamy. Gently spread over the rhubarb. 5. Bake the tart for 30-35 minutes until the topping is golden and just set. Serve warm or cold dusted with icing sugar. See tip for serving suggestion. TIP For a stylish way to serve the tart, pipe swirls of fruit puree or sieved jam onto individual serving plates before gently placing the slices on top. Decorate with tiny fresh mint or basil sprigs.
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FRONT COVER EDINBURGH THEATRES All Trades DCM
Ventrolla 35
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Auto Centre AVW Auto Centre
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Building & Construction DCM Construction
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Computer Services Home Computers
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Electrician & Electrical Contractors DSykes Electrical 13 Swanston Technical Services 21 Funeral Services Prteous Funerals
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MOT Services AVW Auto Centre
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Painter & Decorator KBL Painting Decorating 17 MG Decor 27 Plasterer & Decorator DCM 2
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Plumbing Able Girl Plumbing Alan Kinghorn & Son Currievale Plumbing Weir Plumbing
25 33 21 9
Handyman David Breeze
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Property Services JR Property Services
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Hotel Braidhill Hotel
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Roofing Fairmile Roofing
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Skip Hire Urban Waste
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Garden & Home Products Champfleurie Estate 5 Gardening JDS Gardening
Heating, Gas & Plumbing Alan Kinghorn & Son 33 L&S Heating 31 Swanston Technical Serv 21 Weir Gas Services 9 Hotel Braidhill Hotel Joiner G. Stewart Joinery J.J. Joinery 34
Wedding Venue Braidhill Hotel 3
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Therapies Calmblue Holistic Gillian Reid Waste Urban Waste
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