Run number 36 in the ☀️ this morning. An amazing 69 young folk with parents, grandparents, carers, and friends ran, jogged, and walked around the course. - a fantastic 10 doing their first ever Parkrun. 🫶🫶🫶🫶 - 5 running our course for the first time 👊

Meeting this evening. All welcome.

Beautiful morning to welcome Canal View Primary, joining us for run #35. Great to see many familiar & happy faces from Wester Hailes. An amazing 107 young folk with parents, grandparents, carers, and pals, ran, jogged, & walked around the course. - a fantastic 25 doing their first ever Parkrun. 🫶

Sumita Kumar (SNP) elected as the MSP for Edinburgh South Western replacing Gordon McDonald. We are also represented by 7 Reguonal MSPs - Kate Nevens (Grn), Q Manivannan (Grn), Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill (Grn), Irshad Ahmed (Lab), Katherine Sangster (Lab), Miles Briggs (Con), and Angela Ross (Ref).

A hard session for our Giant Hogweed team on the Murrayburn up at Riccarton. Root tap cutting of hundreds of seedlings to put an end to this seed source onto the main river. Lots more sessions ahead but progress being made.

For anyone interested in learning more about viability of developments, commuted sums, and how councillors assessed this unusual request at DM Sub Planning i.e pleading poverty having already completed a development, this is an educational watch Source: Public-i share.google/KRMeDnMI5bqo...

We are regularly asked about this empty housing block, have raised with local councillors, and yet it seems the developer remains reluctant to abide by the legal agreement they signed to deliver an element of affordable housing as part of their planning permission.

📣 Yesterday we launched our renewed manifesto for 2026 - read it here: pedalonparliament.org/our-manifesto/ 🚲 Join us to Pedal on Parliament, 11:30am Saturday 30th May in Edinburgh - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood on closed roads, for a cycle-safe Scotland.

Cold and wet for the 57 tough, young superstars and their families this morning for run number 34. - 14 doing their first ever Parkrun. 🫶🫶🫶🫶 - 2 running our course for the first time 😍 - 12 runners who achieved new Personal Bests! 👏💪 Sign up - www.parkrun.org.uk/hailesquarry...

Agenda for the May meeting. All welcome.

My Blog : 1 Lanark Road - Empty Homes in a Housing Crisis scottarthurmp.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/1... @edinburghminute.com @edinreporter.bsky.social

Many thanks to Andrew Corrigan who did a great job warming the troops up and being our tailwalker this morning. "Jogging on the spot, Jogging on the spot, Parkrun is good for you, and laziness is not!" 🙌🙌🙌

SP Energy emergency works on Longstone Rd have started.

Getting the bed up by the canal ready to welcome people to our community. Looking much better already. Lots of plants and flowers to come. 🌸🌺

We welcomed 65 resilient young superstars this morning to run number 31. 😁 - 8 doing their first ever Parkrun. 🫶🫶🫶🫶 - 8 running our course for the first time 😍 A huge well done to everyone who ran, jogged, or walked and especially the 9 runners who achieved new Personal Bests! 👏💪

Spotted on route to Hailes Quarry Park yesterday. Beautiful!

We shrugged off storm Dave 😎 this morning for Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun #30 and finished in the sunshine as a reward. 🌞 We welcomed 43 resilient young superstars this morning. 😁 - 6 doing their first ever Parkrun. 🫶🫶🫶🫶 - 6 running our course for the first time 😍

There has been a fix at last.

Ian Graham, of Colinton Clocks returns to the Visitor Centre this Saturday with his Mesmerising Mechanisms Exhibition. 10am-4pm, free entry The exhibition features wooden machines he designed and built himself The exhibition is hands on fun for all ages

SW Community Police Newsletter for Jan to Mar 2026 is now available. drive.google.com/file/d/1JOjD...

I’m very proud of this project that @wolct.bsky.social has just completed: 2 air source heat pumps, with heating and insulation upgrades in our old Victorian building making all our heating and hot water zero emissions. www.waterofleith.org.uk/blog/2026/03...

Confirmation from Scottish Canals that the first section of a new tow path project was floated into place this morning helping to alleviate pressure on the tow path.

Health and safety upgrade from Sainsburys.

Can we expect to hear more on the draft being prepared on expediting the Longstone Link bridge at TEC on Thursday? The business bulletin suggests so? Been a while since we had a meaningful update 🙏 @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @cllrconorsavage.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @kate-c.bsky.social

Tough conditions out there in Hailes Quarry Park this morning. Resilient young folks shrugging it off. 👌

About 10 tickets left for 2 April at Baberton. Phil O’Malley & Chris Greive with the Green Note Trio. Baberton Golf Club Lounge Bar — should suit the music. A few seats going. greennote.club #edinburgh #grassrootsjazz #junipergreennote

More of this please! #polwarth #bruntsfield #merchiston #shandon #fountainbridge

New local road safety schemes are up for approval at next week's Transport and Environment Committee meeting @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social. This includes the awful Merchiston Ave/ Rochester terrace junction - pedestrians, cyclists and wheelchair users have told us they feel unsafe here.

Coming to TEC next week, additional safety improvements for local pedestrians with some junctions to be improved, shortening the distance they have to cross, dropped kerbs, and slower driver speeds while doing so. Good to see this on busy routes to schools, church, parks, and local shops. 👍

Kingsknowe Road North up for some carriageway resurfacing in proposed Capital Delivery Programme, 26/27 list going to the Transport & Environment committee next week. Expect this will focus on the awful bottom section.

Sainsbury have claimed this step was being fixed as a priority @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social The evidence after months like this suggests otherwise. Raised at our latest meeting.

86 young runners, joggers, & walkers completed the Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun on Sunday. A new male course record of 7.14 minutes set too. ⚡️⚡️ Stenhouse Primary joining this Sunday to launch their ‘Health Week’. That’ll swell the ranks. 👍

Good to see @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social out making good on keeping the Burnside Path in good condition early in the season. Good result from previous TEC meetings. @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @dastonsnp.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social

Hope those celebrating in our community have been enjoying themselves 🙏🏻

Down at Ocean Terminal today with the crew visiting The Wee Museum of Memory for reminiscence & recording skills training from Living Memory Association with John. We’re going to be capturing people’s memories of living and working in Longstone as part of a new project this year.

Our community parks and the Water of Leith are bursting into life at the moment. Get out and start enjoying them. So many things to spot, identify, and learn about. 😍

Next week works are expected to commence on replacing the lighting columns along Lanark Road. Works will start at the Inglis Green end and progress up to Dovecot Park area. Likely a couple of weeks. Hopefully disruption will be minimal.

First couple of peacock butterflies 🦋 enjoying the sun and daffodils in Hailes Quarry Park. Friends of Hailes Quarry Park and lost count of the number of ladybirds 🐞🐞🐞on hedge at the top of Redhall Drive.

A multi-storey problem story: the thread about the Castle Terrace Car Park Despite being a local history site Threadinburgh does like to try and keep things topical sometimes, so when news broke that car park operator NCP had entered administration with huge debts I felt it was an opportune moment…

In case anyone is wondering what all the red markings are for running along the length of the Union Canal tow path, there is a survey of underground services being carried out by Mackenzie Construction on behalf of Scottish Canals in relation to the towpath widening project.

We’ve waited long enough for Scottish Canals to come finish the job after they installed a new wayfinding pole, put the new signage up, and left the old pole in situ, somewhat detracting from the new signage. Work Request no. WR2611192 and passed to our Maintenance Team

Ever wondered what it feels like to run the Hailes Quarry Junior Parkrun course on a Sunday? Young runner Jacob Cooper made his own video and shared it. Super cool! Get ready to onboard with Jacob 🤘 youtu.be/u3o1y9wR7Sg?...

Thanks to the fabulous group of geocachers that came out to Ford's Road today, joined by some of our regular volunteers. Despite not being able to wade due to the water level, and the area looking quite clean, we still gathered a massive haul, including a troublesome washing machine!

Not Just a weed! 😎 Ground Elder 😋 "This is one of the safest of the carrot family to identify, and certainly the most common. Its serrated leaves are oval with a point and always grow in 3 groups of 3 from a grooved stalk, close to the ground, before sending up their flowering stems."

One of our local councillors running the London marathon. Donate if you can 🙏🏻

Join us for our next in-person meeting focused on road safety and traffic in our community. Cllrs Stephen Jenkinson and others will be there to hear resident views & discuss the issues. @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social 17 March 7pm Merchiston tennis and bowling club, EH11 1NA All residents welcome!

Luckily we have just indicated pedestrian priority at our busy vehicle entrance to two primary schools by compressing red stone chips into the tarmac between the tactile crossing points. Spot the missing ingredient! CEC must follow Wales [email protected] @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social

Delighted to see Water of Leith path between Saughton Park and Murrayfield open again following Scottish Water works. Saves an annoying detour over the bridge! #EdTravCyc

Good to see Scottish Power Networks have resolved this quickly now after we chased them up. 👍