by Amelia | Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Sunday May 11 was a fantastic day for RiverLife’s first Guided Cycle. The route took our group from Ratho Marina along the Union Canal to our first stop, the Almond Aqueduct. The Almond Aqueduct, also known as Lin’s Mill Aqueduct, is one of 3 major...
by admin | Thursday, May 23, 2019
Annie Lord, works as an artist and has been getting involved with the project delivering a number of workshops and the piece at Almondell & Calderwood Country Park. Here’s her thoughts on Sunday’s workshop in Whitburn. As part of the RiverRubbish...
by Amelia | Tuesday, May 21, 2019
On Sunday 19th of May, Scot and Amelia teamed up with Friends of Polkemmet to deliver a litter pick event along the river Almond that runs through Polkemmet Country Park. They were also happy to be joined by members of the West Lothian Litter pickers who kindly...
by Amelia | Friday, April 19, 2019
(The ante has certainly been upped!). A big thank you to Szymon, biologist, forager and educator in wild plants for his fantastic foraging guided walk. Not only did we get to walk in the lovely Almondell and Calderwood country park, we also got to learn to identify...
by Amelia | Friday, April 19, 2019
With bin bags and litter pickers in hand, David and I met with 5 volunteers by Bathgate’s Bog burn yesterday. We had a refreshing mix of volunteers – including enthusiastic members of the community, community council members, an angler and a local councillor. The...
by admin | Tuesday, April 9, 2019
I grew up living next to an urban burn in Portobello in Edinburgh. When I was a boy I used to marvel at the trout gently breaking the surface of the water to gulp insects or sometimes leaping out of the water completely to catch one mid-flight. Watching these amazing...
