Stockbridge Spotlight March April 2018 Issue 73

ISSUE 73 March/April 2018

STOCKBRIDGE SPOTLIGHT

11 – 19 MAY 2018

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Welcome to the March/April issue of the Stockbridge Spotlight. Now that the bad weather is behind us - hopefully!! - and the days are about to get longer when the clocks change this weekend, hopefully we will be getting out and about a bit more.

If you are looking for a new hobby for the summer months then why not try croquet at Lauriston Castle (pg 10). Or you could take up orienteering either with the family as an activity you can all do together or maybe as an excuse to escape and to get a bit of time to yourself!!(Pg 36). The Botanics also have lots of events running during the Easter break to keep you and the little ones busy and entertained (Pgs 22/23). Or if you are artistic and want to try something new read about local artist Sally-Ann Johns who offers a range of classes for children, teens and adults (Pgs 26/27). Plus looking a bit further ahead, The Edinburgh International Magic Festival (pg 1) is back again for another year of magic fun but in May so a bit earlier than in the past. Having been the last couple of years I know that they always have great shown for all ages.

There are also various activities on the Community pages which might interest you.

Again on an artistic note, St Serfs Players are looking for new people to join them in this, their 70th year. If taking part on stage is not for you then why not get involved behind the scenes. Plus this coming weekend there are a couple of musical events happening that you might like. Check out the community pages for more details.

As always I hope that you find the Spotlight both helpful and interesting. So settle down with a nice cuppa (or a nice tipple) and have a read through what we have on offer this issue.

Contents 6 Hobbies - Live Like Tish The Fish 10 Croquet At Lauriston Castle 14 Home & Interiors - Wooden Flooring 20 Hard Sudoko 24 Technology - Don’t Be An April Fool 31 Health & Fitness - Can Being Cold Increase The Risk Of Sickness?

34 Gardening - Overhaul Your Lawn 36 Local Orienteering Events 38 Puzzle Page 39-41 Community Spotlight / Puzzle Solutions 43 Recipe - Spice Crusted Baked Salmon Fillets

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Hobbies Live Like Tish The Fish (Or how to keep your goldfish happy)w

By Kate McLelland Almost everyone has kept a goldfish at some time in their lives. Whether it was won as a prize at a funfair or bought as a pet, most of us have a memory of watching our fish swim around its new, watery home for the first time.

The trouble is, many of us also have a memory of our first fish dying - sometimes within weeks or months of bringing it home.

Keeping goldfish is not as easy as it seems, although with proper care and attention some can live for as long as 25 years. A record-breaking goldfish called “Tish”, from North Yorkshire, actually lived for 43 years.

With their bright scales, varied colours and graceful moves, goldfish can make delightful pets. If you are thinking of keeping goldfish, here are some useful care tips.

TOO DARNED HOT? Goldfish need to be kept in clean, cool water that mirrors their original habitat of freshwater rivers, ponds and lakes. The temperature should ideally remain between 10° C to 22° C, so a heater should not normally be necessary. It’s important to avoid sudden changes of temperature, especially when adding fresh water that is colder than the water currently in the tank. If you are worried about temperature swings, buy a thermometer.

A CLEAN FISH IS A HAPPY FISH Fish from the carp family (to which the goldfish belongs) produce a large amount of waste matter. This means that harmful toxins build up in the water, so buy a filter and make sure that it is regularly cleaned.

The chlorine in tap water is dangerous to fish, so leave water to stand for 24 6

hours or add a dechlorinating product. It’s impossible to tell whether water is healthy by just looking at it, so test the water at least every four weeks with a kit that screens for ammonia and nitrate.

GIVE ME SOME SPACE A simple way to calculate the amount of space your goldfish needs in a tank is to allow 2 litres of water per 0.5cm of goldfish length. The RSPCA is very clear that ‘decorative’ tanks, such as goldfish bowls, are not suitable for fish. Round bowls are particularly harmful because the surface area is very small, limiting the amount of oxygen that can enter the water.

FEED ME Make sure you buy the right kind of food for your fish and never feed a goldfish with tropical fish flakes. Goldfish require a plant-based diet, whereas tropical fish need protein.

Remove food after five minutes if it remains uneaten, as it will rot and pollute the water.

If you are not sure how much to give your fish, start with a small amount, then add a little more if they still appear to be hungry.

All these guidelines may make goldfish care seem complicated - particularly if you thought you could just pop your fish into a bowl of tap water and watch it swim around.

There may be a certain amount of work involved in keeping goldfish, but you’ll be rewarded by the sight of happy, healthy fish that - like Tish the Yorkshire goldfish - will live to a ripe old age. Your fish may not survive until they are over 40, but with good care they will certainly give you many years of pleasure.

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Croquet at Lauriston Castle The house and gardens of Lauriston Castle are among the most popular attractions in the west of Edinburgh, not least because of the spectacular views of the Firth of Forth. The lawns in front of the castle are the home of Edinburgh Croquet Club.

Each year the club holds six lessons on Saturday mornings to introduce people to the fascinating game of croquet. These have proved both popular and good fun in previous years and 2018 should be no exception. Several members have gone on to join the Club and now play regularly in the summer sunshine.

So if you would like to learn a new skill that all ages can enjoy, with friendly, informal teaching in a glorious setting, why not sign up to this year’s course. The lessons start on Saturday, 21st April at 10.30 am at Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South. The remaining sessions will mainly be held on the following 5 Saturday mornings but we do our best to accommodate those who cannot make Saturdays. The course is open to all, with equipment provided, and costs £25.

Anyone interested should visit the “Learn to Play Croquet With Us” section of the club’s website at www.edinburghcroquetclub.com to get further details and to apply for the course.

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Home & Interiors Wooden Flooring

By Katherine Sorrell

They are beautiful, natural, healthy, and get better with age – wooden floors are ideal almost everywhere in the house.

SAND BACK YOUR OLD BOARDS If you are renovating, the simplest and cheapest option is often simply to sand back the boards that are already there.

Not every floor is worth sanding, however.

The effort of removing copious amounts of nails may be too much, or the floor may be riddled with woodworm, be too uneven, or made of such poor quality wood, that replacing would actually be better. If you are planning to sand, the first job is to mend or replace any boards that are damaged, hopefully with matching second hand boards (if you use new boards you will have to stain them later to match). Make sure you hammer down protruding nail heads before you start sanding.

USING RECLAIMED BOARDS The aged patina of reclaimed boards is absolutely beautiful, but such authenticity does not come cheap – do not expect to pay substantially less than for new boards, while common problems include woodworm, ingrained dirt and stains, dents and splits, variations in thickness or colour, broken tongue and groove, and the need to remove or countersink thousands of old

rusty nails.If the price seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Ask where the wood came from and how it has been stored since it was reclaimed – timber that has stood outside for any length of time may be useless, and would certainly need to dry out considerably before it could be used again.

The rule of thumb is that pine is cheaper than oak, and narrower boards are cheaper than wider ones.

FITTING A NEW TIMBER FLOOR New timber floors can be fitted anywhere in the house, on solid or suspended floors, though they’re often not advised for bathrooms or other wet areas. This is because wood expands and contracts according to the humidity of the room. Can you fit a timber floor if you want underfloor heating? The answer is yes, though timber does not give quite as high a heat output as a concrete floor. When retro-fitting, it may be possible to lay new boards over old ones – but only if they are very even, and usually covered with 18-20mm of ply to give a substantial base. Bear in mind you will raise your floor level and that, when fixing the floor down, you’ll need to avoid any pipes and wires that may run beneath the existing floor.

FINISHES FOR FLOORBOARDS

• PAINT: a great cover-up, available in a range of colours.

• STAINS: may be oil or water-based. Will change the colour but may still need a finish for protection.

• WAX: a polished wooden floor is a sight to behold, with a lovely gentle sheen and natural smell, but they do require regular re-waxing.

• OIL: gives a natural finish, sinking deep into the grain to protect the wood. Again, they need re-applying regularly, so don’t even consider it unless you’re prepared to put in the hard work.

• UV-CURED OIL AND WAX: almost like lacquer, but with the look of oil or wax.

• LACQUER AND VARNISH: available in matt, satin and gloss finishes, these are very hard wearing but don’t give such a natural finish.

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TYPES OF TIMBER The main choice you’ll be faced with is between solid wood, engineered wood and laminate.

Solid wood is just that – whatever type of wood it is goes all the way through, so it looks entirely natural and can be sanded again and again. It’s available in the form of boards, strips (less than 10cm wide), blocks (extremely strong, laid in patterns such as herringbone and basket weave) and parquet (like blocks, but thinner).

Engineered wood (sometimes called multilayer or, confusingly, laminated) is made from layers of solid timber or a veneer of solid timber on top of MDF, plywood, chipboard or softwood, with a balancing veneer beneath. Most are made up of either three or five layers, cross-bonded for greater stability. A top layer of at least 5mm allows for limited sanding if necessary.

Laminates generally comprise a resinimpregnated decorative paper surface layer

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(with photographs of real wood) bonded to a thin MDF or chipboard core.

With cheap versions it’s easy to spot the pattern repeat and they’re not awfully durable, but more expensive versions are incredibly tough and come with long guarantees.

Timber floors are given ‘grades’ describing their appearance (nothing to do with quality or durability). They vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, but are often called ‘select’, ‘natural’ and ‘rustic’ or ‘country’. As you might imagine, they therefore range from very even in colour and grain to rather gnarled and knotty. ‘Rustic’ grades are the cheapest and ‘select’ the most expensive.

Image on Pg 14: Lulworth Blue floor paint, £67 per 2.5l, Farrow & Ball: 01202 876 141; farrow-ball.com.

Image Above: Sussex oak parquet oval dining table, £1,850, Modish Living 01273 499 057; modishliving.co.uk.

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HARD SUDOKO HOW TO PLAY Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through to 9 with no repetition!

Thats all there is to it.

You solve the puzzle with reason and logic - there’s no maths involved and no adding up.

Its fun. Its challenging Its addictive.

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DON’T BE AN APRIL FOOL Keep your stuff safe on PCs and phones

It seems like every day there is a new warning about hackers and dodgy software — and over Christmas we learned that there was a security flaw in almost every modern computer, tablet and phone that could let baddies get our passwords and other private information. So how do we keep our important information safe and secure?

There are three important things to consider.

They are: loss, where you lose digital things such as photos, home movies or documents you don’t want to lose; malicious software, which is when a program sneaks onto your computer and causes trouble; and hacking, which is when somebody you don’t know gets into your computer to access your personal information and/or demand money.

The good news is that they’re all easy to deal with.

Let’s talk about loss first. The single best way to prevent loss of valuable personal things such as family photos is to have extra copies. They don’t need to be printed copies — if you take as many photos as we do the cost of getting even some of them printed is frightening — and if you keep your copies digital then you don’t need to spend too much money to copy your entire photo or video library, or anything else you want to keep a backup of.

You can store backups on services such as Google Photos, Flickr and Apple’s iCloud, but for proper peace of mind we’d recommend backing up to an external hard disk: that’s much faster, and doesn’t require you to keep up a membership or pay a monthly subscription as some online services do. You can get a really good external hard disk for less than £40, and you don’t need to pay much for faster, 24

even higher capacity ones: at the time of writing Seagate’s Expansion drive, which offers 1TB of storage and has a superfast USB 3.0 connection for modern PCs and Macs, is just £45. If you’re backing up really massive libraries, a whopping 4TB of storage is still under £100 — although most of us won’t need anything close to that.

External hard disks aren’t the only options. You could burn your own DVD data discs, or use USB flash drives such as SanDisk’s Ultra Flair 32GB (£12.95). However, we’re not convinced they’re great options for longterm backups. Drives such as the Patuoxun Portable USB DVD CD RW Writer may be cheap — £17 from Amazon, with discs even cheaper — but DVD and CD discs don’t last forever and many of our ones started to rot after a few years in normal conditions. And if you’ve used many USB sticks you’ll know of their incredible ability to go missing and never be found again. There’s not much point in having a backup if you can’t find it when you need it.

The cures for malicious software and hacking are the same: security software.

There are plenty of free options such as the excellent AVG Free (www.avg.com), but it’s worth considering spending a little money on a paid-for security suite such as BitDefender Total Security (around £49/£69 for an unlimited-device Family Pack). BitDefender doesn’t just cover your PC: it protects Macs, Android and iPhone/ iPads too, and it includes tools to stop bad things getting onto your devices as well as anti-hacking protection for your personal data. It comes highly recommended by the internet’s most trusted review sites.

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If the budding artist in you or someone close to you needs nurturing, why not head along to Studio 48 in the thriving artistic hub of Beaverhall Artists’ Studios. Here talented artist Sally-Ann Johns is offering small classes catering for children, teenagers and adults in her working studio. She takes only a maximum of nine people to a class – and works with her lovely assistant, artist and illustrator Nicola Boon - so there’s lots of room and time for everyone to blossom.

“They each get a lot of attention,” says Sally, glancing at some of her own pictures that decorate the walls of her workshop.

The classes cover a variety of different techniques, ranging from illustrations and printmaking to clay modelling and watercolour. Acrylic painting is another option for students; anybody taking one of the classes gets the chance to work with a wide variety of different materials, with expert tuition in how to use the mediums. Children from aged six years old and upward are welcome in Sally’s classes, but it’s worth remembering that the adults’ classes mean the grown-ups will find they’re learning too.

Sally’s credentials for teaching art are pretty much impeccable. She’s been working with children and adults for more than twelve years, after she studied Design and Craft at Gray’s College of Art, and a Masters in Design at Edinburgh College of Art. She now exhibits her beautiful pictures internationally, as well as across Britain. Her art, which typically pictures birds set against jewel-like gold backgrounds, is highly sought.

“My work is shown at Affordable Art fairs, where I sell a lot of my pieces,” explains Sally. “My pictures go all over the world, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, New York.” The latest shows that Sally’s work will be appearing at is in Battersea, London and Laurel Gallery in Stockbridge.

Besides having impressive and proven skills in the art world, Sally has all the necessary public disclosure paperwork and fully liability insurance to teach the public, as has Nicola. This means they’ve both been checked out as safe people to be around children and vulnerable adults.

“I have a lot of things here in the studio,” says Sally, glancing at the array of animal bones, sticks, leaves, colours, paint bottles and papers dotted around her beautiful studio that students can use in their art work. “But the key thing is that I let the kids take the lead, though I try to offer them as much choice as I can.”

Letting the children decide which medium they’d like to use is at the heart of Sally’s work.

“A lot of the time the students have already got a strong idea of what they’d like to do, and I let people decide what they want to do,” she explains. Sally herself is the mother of young children, so understands how to encourage and facilitate children’s artwork from first-hand experience. “I try to create a safe and encouraging space for people to do what they want.”

At the same time as nurturing talent, Sally also introduces her students to techniques used by other artists via talks about artists from different periods in the past. “We’ve looked at painters including Matisse, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Picasso and Klee,” says Sally.

A quick glance at the excited, happy faces of children leaving one of Sally’s classes is enough to convince anyone that her classes work.

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Can Being Cold Increase The Risk Of Sickness?

By Tracy Griffen

I’ve been writing articles for Trinity Spotlight for over a decade now, and I always get a thrill when a reader emails me with a question or comment on my column. I recently was asked for clarification on the below point from the last issue, which is timely given the latest cold weather: I wrote “Stay warm, recent research has proven the old wives tale of avoiding a chill is in fact true. Your system is more likely to come down with a virus if the body temperature is low. Rug up and keep your chest warm (it’s what my Grandma told me).”

It is an interesting point I think.

I first saw it on BBC’s Trust Me I’m a Doctor television show where a small study of 90 people by Cardiff University seemed to prove being cold did in fact increase your risk of contracting an infection.

I then consequently read more substantial supporting evidence, from an excellent academic journal, The Conversation (www. conversation.com) in an article published in July 2011. This article proposed that having cold weather could a) alter the nose’s defences and also the immune system b) mean that there’s less UV light, which kills some viruses.

Further research by Yale University in 2015 demonstrated that “that lower temperatures weaken the nose’s first line of immune defences”. The researchers used a strain of rhinovirus to infect mice (poor mice!). It was reported in the New York Times on Thursday 8 March 2015 that: “At body temperature, the cells responded with a sophisticated defense, sending out warning signals to uninfected cells around them. Those cells prepared an arsenal of antiviral proteins, which they used to destroy the rhinoviruses.

weak defense, allowing the rhinoviruses to invade them and multiply. This result pointed to an explanation for why rhinoviruses plague humans at low temperatures: In cool conditions, the immune system somehow falters.”

Further studies need to be done on humans, but judging by the proliferation of research on the subject, that’s not far off. From personal experience I know I am more likely to come down with a ‘cold’ if there’s a bug going around and my body temperature is low. Symptoms of a recent bout of sinusitis worsened when I was outside in the snow.

I’d rather be safe than sorry, so with the unseasonally chilly spring we’re having, rug up and enjoy getting outdoors.

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Overhaul Your Lawn

by Pippa Greenwood It has rained so much in recent months that my lawn has taken a battering, though the flower and vegetable beds are starting to pick up. Over-wet conditions can cause roots to die off and will reduce the oxygen in the soil. Worse still, any areas of the lawn you’ve walked on or moved a wheelbarrow over will have become compacted or squashed. Thus, the air spaces in the soil are dramatically reduced, and the heavier your soil is, the worse the problem is likely to be. So for green grass that’s ready for summer, it’s time to get to work.

contains a lot of clay, the whole lawn will benefit from aerating. I recommend you buy, borrow or hire a ‘hollow-time aerator’, either as a hand operated one, a machine or a mower attachment. This cuts cylinders of soil from your lawn and when filled with the ‘top-dressing’ mix above will result in longerlasting drainage channels.

Any moss should be removed, so apply moss killer and then rake it all out after the time specified on the pack. The lawn will look worse initially, but it allows more air to the roots of the grass plants and gives them Check over your lawn mower and see to more space to grow and spread too. anything that needs sorting. If necessary, Lawns that have suffered from waterlogging take it to a reputable outlet for a service as benefit from a suitable feeding regime. soon as possible.

Whether you choose a granular or liquid feed, make sure that it is a spring lawn food If your grass needs cutting, make sure you formulated to give the balance of nutrients don’t set the blades too low for the first few lawns need now. Granular feeds must cuts, as this weakens growth and makes be watered in unless it rains shortly after weed invasion more likely. application.

After mowing, you can relieve some of the Walking on a very wet lawn soon wears it soil compaction to allow air down to the roots, making for better growth and healthier out and kills off grasses. To repair bald or thin patches, roughen up the areas using a grass. If only small areas are compacted, rake and then sprinkle a suitable seed mix drive a garden fork into the lawn every 4-6 inches or so, getting the fork tines to a depth on to match the existing grasses. If you’ve not got many patches to sow, you can buy of 4-6 inches, then gently ease the handle small patch repair packs. of the fork back and forth to enlarge each drainage hole.

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LOCAL ORIENTEERING EVENTS

Orienteering is an outdoor adventure activity that provides both physical and mental exercise. The aim is to navigate between control points marked on a special map and decide on the best route to get from point to point until you reach the finish. You can go on your own or with others. You can walk, jog or run, whatever suits you. People of all ages are welcome to take part.

You don’t need any special equipment, just suitable footwear and clothing which should include leg cover i.e. tracksuit bottoms or similar, bearing in mind it might be a bit muddy!

Local clubs, Interlopers(INT) and Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club (ESOC) will be organising a series of events in Edinburgh on Saturdays throughout the year. These are especially aimed at beginners There will be a series of courses available from complete beginners to those with more experience. Help and assistance will be on hand to tell you what to do. Just turn up between 1.30pm and 2.30pm. (Costs are £3 per child or £6 for adults or family groups).

Further details will be available nearer each date at www. interlopersedinburgh.org.uk or www.esoc.org.uk. We hope to see you there!

Dates and locations are as follows: 14th April (Castlelaw/ESOC) 5th May (Colinton Dell/Interlopers) 16th June (Bonaly/ESOC) 7th July (Kings Buildings/Interlopers) 21st July (Blackford Hill/ESOC) 1st Sept(Braidburn Valley Park/Interlopers) 8th September (Lauriston Castle/ESOC) 6th October (Mortonhal/Interlopers) 13th October (Holyrood Park/ESOC) 7th Nov (Royal HS & Davidsons Mains Park/ESOC)

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Fun Quiz

Dancing 1. Which dance has a name that means “two step” in Spanish?

2. The title characters in which famous poem went “hand in hand on the edge of the sand” and “danced by the light of the moon”?

3. In 1996, which song gave Los Del Rio their biggest hit and led to a new dance craze?

4. Name the two dances that feature in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

5. In which 1980s film does a teenager called Ren McCormack move to a small town where dancing has been banned?

6. Who created and choreographed the original Riverdance?

7. Which 1980 hit single by the Gap Band is typically danced to by sitting on the floor in rows and performing a rhythmic rowing action?

8. With over 1,000 complaints, an advert featuring “Gary the bodyguard” was the most complained about TV advert in the UK in 2016, with viewers saying Gary’s dance moves were overtly sexual and not suitable to be seen by children. What website was this advertising?

9. Which Spanish dance features in the lyrics to the number one hit singles A Whiter Shader Of Pale by Procul Harem and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen?

10. The Infernal Galop from Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus In The Underworld is a tune that is most associated with which dance?

Quick Crossword

Across 7. Buff up (6) 8. Equality (6) 9. Throw (4) 10. Used by trains (8) 11. Tangled (7) 13. Dizzy (5) 15. Frighten (5) 17. Laughed (7) 20. Fuel (8) 21. Applaud (4) 22. Light wind (6) 23. Hug (6)

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16. Seats (6) 18. Authorise (6)

19. Repaired (5) 21. Surrender (4) (Solns on Pg 40)

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Everyone is welcome Talks, songs, poems, cake. at Stockbridge Church.

Lifecare Edinburgh, 2 Cheyne Street, Stockbridge EH4 1JB. Find us in Saxe-Coburg Street Sundays (off Henderson Row). : 1 April, 6 May, 27 May, 1July Sunday services 11 am

Friday 10.30 - 12 in the church. Please join us for Fairtrade tea/coffee, biscuits and good company to raise funds for our Malawi projects.

Wednesday 2 May - Sunday 6 May

Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 10.30 - 16.30 Thursday 10.30 - 20.30 Sunday 12.00 - 13.00 In support of the Edinburgh & Lothian’s Branch of Down’s Syndrome Scotland

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Puzzle Solutions

Blackhall St Columba’s www.stockbridgechurch.org.uk "Malawi every Artmornings" Club Exhibition

SODUKO

(including children's activities).

QUICK CROSSWORD Across: 7 Polish, 8 Parity, 9 Hurl, 10 Railways, 11 Knotted, 13 Giddy, 15 Scare, 17 Giggled, 20 Gasoline, 21 Clap, 22 Breeze, 23 Cuddle.

Down: 1 Column, 2 Till, 3 Churned, 4 Spoil, 5 Brawling, 6 Stayed, 12 Turnover 14 Silence, 16 Chairs, 18 Enable, 19 Fixed, 21 Cede.

FUN QUIZ 1.Paso Doble 2. The Owl And The Pussycat (by Edward Lear) 3. Macarena 4. Foxtrot and Tango 5.Footloose 6. Michael Flatley 7. Oops Up Side Your Head 8. MoneySuperMarket.com 9. Fandango 10. The can-can

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All Trades DCM Construction Accountants TaxAssist Accountants

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Art Classes Art Classes For Children 26/27 Baby Massage and Signing Scents of Wellbeing

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Bathroom Design & Installation DCM Construction 3 Building Services DCM Construction Ronald G Graham Carpenters Henry Seymour Carpets & Flooring James Erskine

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Childrens Activities Art Classes For Children 26/27 Botanics Bunny Easter Trail 22 Chiropodists Mary O’Sullivan New Town Footcare

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Estate Agents ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan 4/5 Retties 11 Savills

18/19 Events Edinburgh International Magic Festival 1 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 22/23 French Polishing James Erskine

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Gardening Interest An Afternoon with Carol Klein 23 Scottish Rhododendron Festival at the Botanics 22 Your Botanics - An Open Evening 23 Gardening Services Bernie Reddington

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Gas & Central Heating JSB Plumbing & Sons Plumbfaster

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Going Out Botanics Bunny Easter Trail 22 Complementary Therapies Edinburgh International Magic Scents of Wellbeing 17 Festival 1 Neals Yard 9 Science Festival At The Botanics 22 Computer Services AV & PC Homehelp 9 Scottish Rhododendron 22 Simplyfixit 8 Festival at the Botanics Handyman Services Construction Services David A Burnett 29 DCM Construction 3 Health & Fitness Counselling Services Griffen Fitness 31 Bright Lights Relationship Tai Chi & Qigong Relaxation Counselling 12 Classes 21 Counselling Conversations 37 Health Food Shops Real Foods 44 Decoratoring Services AM Decorating 15 Hearing Services DCM Construction 13 Hear Here 15 Henry Seymour 7 Job Opportunities Body Shop At Home 33 Dry Cleaning Butlers Linen 21 Jewellers Sheila Fleet 30 Electricians Kelly Electrical McElhone Electrical

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Landscaping Servicces G M Land Solutions

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Language Classes/Courses Speak Out With Confidence 9 Yakety Yak 13 Laundry Services Butlers Linen

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Office/Garage Clearance Man/Men With A Van

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Organic Produce Real Foods

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Plastering Services DCM Construction

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Plumbing Services DCM Construction JSB Plumbing & Son Plumbfaster

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Property Letting Retties Savills

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Property Maintenance DCM Construction

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Property Rental Greatbase

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Removals/House Clearances Man/Men With A Van 36 Roofing Services DCM Construction Ronald G Graham

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Sculpture Courses Powderhall Bronze

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Social Activities Body Shop At Home Party

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Solicitors ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan

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Tai Chi Classes Tai Chi & Qigong Relaxation Classes 21 Tree Surgeons G M Land Solutions

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Upholstery James Erskine

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Window Renovation Craftworx

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Spice Crusted

Baked Salmon Fillets Serves 6

Ready in 1 hour

This salmon dish is ideal for easy weekend entertaining.

Bake the day before and when cold cover and chill in the fridge overnight. Allow to come to room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

Preheat the oven to 200C, 180C Fan, Gas 6. Run your fingers along the top of the salmon fillets and remove any fine bones with tweezers. Mix together the spices and rub over the surface of the salmon fillets.

Season with a little salt.

• 6 x 150g salmon fillets • 2tsp mild chilli powder • 2tsp ground coriander • 2tsp ground cumin

Place the salmon pieces in a foil-lined roasting tin. Whisk together the lime or lemon juice and oil and drizzle over the salmon.

• 1/2tsp freshly ground black pepper • Squeeze of lemon or lime juice

Bake for 20-25 minutes until the salmon is just cooked to the centre. Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely.

• 2tbsp olive oil TO SERVE

Arrange the cold salmon fillets on a platter.

Mix together the mayonnaise or soured cream, spring onions and lime zest and juice. Serve the salmon and mayonnaise garnished with lime wedges and spring onion curls.

• 6tbsp mayonnaise or soured cream • 2 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped • Zest and juice from 1 lime • Lime wedges and spring onion curls (see tip) to garnish

TIP

To make spring onion curls use a sharp knife to thinly shred a few spring onions.

Place in a bowl of iced water and leave in the fridge for about 1 hour until curled.

Drain on kitchen paper before using.

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