We still have some spaces left on upcoming FREE skills classes!

Book now: shorturl.at/uyW18

At the session we will help you familiarise yourself with the components of your bike, go over the importance of cleaning your bike, safety tips, and do's & don'ts for beginners.

The demand for accessible kids bikes is high!

Through our Wee Bike Library families can access kids bikes for free and exchange them for the next size up as their kids grow!

Read our 2023-2024 Evaluation Report on our website: thebikestation.org.uk/impact

Research has shown that poor air quality can affect our mental health. By reducing the most polluting vehicles, our #LowEmissionZone aims to limit air pollution, benefitting everyone’s health and wellbeing. Find out more about why we’re introducing an #LEZ edinburgh.gov.uk/lezwhy

So excited to be running this fantastic event again, please share far and wide!

UPDATED: applicants deadline now 28 April. We're recruiting a Club Development Officer! Keen to promote orienteering and get more people enjoying it? Then this opportunity is for you! See interlopers.org.uk/club_dev_offic…
Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club
EUOC
East Lothian Orienteers
KFO
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4 days of bike packing #expedition #Denmark Sean Barry creating a #Incredible opportunity for #youths this year

A good video showing natural geomorphological changes in a river channel.

Have you visited our ArchaeoIllustration #shop lately? From patent application posters with hand axes & Roman helmets, to #colouringbook , postcards & travel #poster , a total of 18 products for every taste. We are planning something new,so stay tuned😏 #ETSY
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In November 1971, the worst mountain disaster in UK history occurred on the Cairngorms. Two groups of schoolchildren, both from Ainslie Park school in Edinburgh, set off separately from near the top of Cairn Gorm, aiming ultimately for Corrour bothy in the Lairig Ghru. (1/n)

It’s #WorldHeritageDay and understanding stone is an important part of the study of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The IUGS Subcommission on Global Heritage Stone now has 4 books out on the use of stone in world heritage sites #urbangeology CRC Press #naturalstoneandworldheritage

Quite possibly the #urbangeology find of the decade, a hominid mandible in what is very likely to be 600 ka Denizli Basin travertine. Article from John Hawks and find and photos by kidipadeli75 Reddit johnhawks.net/weblog/how-man…

Interested in the history of Scotland's upland peat? Apply for this exciting PhD post working on National Trust for Scotland sites with UofG Archaeology Prof Nicki Whitehouse #madeinsheffield Dr Eileen Tisdall

Some back garden contributions to #Edinburgh Million Tree city. Thanks to Water of Leith Conservation Trust and Woodland Trust🌳 for the wee rowans to go with our more established trees. The Green Team Bridgend Farmhouse

Free Live Webinar 👇

Biodiversity Net Gain: Trees and Woods
📆 Tuesday 30th April
⏰ 6pm
➡️ buff.ly/4abNNjH

A special one-off webinar to provide an overview of the new Biodiversity Net Gain regulations and how they work in relation to trees and woods.

We’ll be

DANCE- Early woodcut of a folk dance in honour of a Pagan Sun God

I was curious though about some of the individual dancers as they're particular finely drawn so I zoomed in and I was quite surprised by what I found

Extraordinary

#Etna 's Southeast Crater continues emitting countless graceful vapor rings ('volcanic vortex rings'), a phenomenon never seen like this before. Someone said 'maybe because we receive so much bad news lately, Etna has decided to do something simply beautiful'. 5 April 2024

#JosephLister , surgical pioneer, was born #otd 1827. One of our favourite things AnatomicalMuseum relating to him is this trowel he was given for laying the foundation stone of Montreal General Hospital Jubilee Nurses' Home in 1897. It comes with a beaver carrying a maple leaf 😍🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Re-reposting this.

Really looking forward to taking part again in this great festival! Hope to see you all there!

A wonderful mini dolmen on a grass verge in Benllech, Anglesey that captures the spirit of a full size one really well. Small enough to count for #FindsFriday I think! More 1/