A NEW SESSION OF YOGA CLASSES STARTS IN GARVALD VILLAGE HALL THIS WEEK.
Chair Yoga class begins on Tuesday 22nd April at 10 a.m.
Vinyasa Flow class begins on Thursday 24th April at 6.30 p.m.
Vinyasa classes can be booked on a block basis, individually or with an 8 class pass to accommodate busy lives.
The sessions will run weekly until the end of June. All welcome and hope to see the return of regulars and maybe even some new faces!
For details and booking please visit www.yoga-dragon.co.uk
Garvald Show is having a competition for 5 – 12 year olds to see who can grow the biggest/ heaviest tattie.
To enter, collect your free tattie and instruction sheet from Whitelaws, Garvald.
The entries shall be judged on Saturday 23rd August 2025 during the annual horticultural show.
The EIA regulations allow 30 days for responses to this consultation. Any previous response you have provided will still be taken into account and the closing date for any new submissions you may wish to make is 9 May 2025.
If we have not received your comments, nor any extension request by 9 May 2025 we may assume you have no comments.
Please send your consultation response to EconsentsAdmin@gov.scot
THE ELECTRICITY WORKS (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017
APPLICATION FOR CONSENT UNDER SECTION 36 OF THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE CRYSTAL RIG SOLAR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PLANNING AUTHORITY AREAS OF SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL AND EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Natural Power Consultants Limited on behalf of Fred. Olsen Renewables Limited (“the Company”) has submitted additional information in relation to the above application on which you were consulted previously.
The additional information consists of information on Ground Water Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTE). It has also been noted that two figures contained in the EIA Report were not published on the Energy Consents Unit web portal, although they may have been included in some physical hard copies of the EIA Report if you received these. The missing figures are Figure A4.1 and A4.2 contained in Appendix 4.1: East Lothian Consultation.
In accordance with The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (‘the EIA regulations’) details pertaining to the additional information will be published in the local press, in the Edinburgh Gazette, on the application website and on the Scottish Government Energy Consents website.
The GWDTE information and the two figures (A4.1 and A4.2) referred to in Appendix 4.1: East Lothian Consultation are now available from the Energy Consents portal at https://www.energyconsents.sco
The eagle-eyed will have noticed the road closure at the west end of the village this morning!
Notification was posted on ‘Tell Me Scotland’ two days ago: tellmescotland
Please see the GMCC agenda in the attachment, below, for the meeting on Monday 31st March at 7.30pm in Morham Village Hall. All welcome:
Get ready for the next must-see production from Stenton Footlights
7-10th May in Stenton Village Hall
We have a special PUBlic Philosophy event scheduled for Thursday 8 May, 8-10pm at the Garvald Inn.
Inbal Arnon (Professor of Psychology from Hebrew University) and Simon Kirby (Professor of Linguistics and English Language from the University of Edinburgh) will lead a discussion about the similarities between whale language and human languages. You have probably heard about their work in the news recently; the published research is here.
All welcome as always!
Come and see the Haddington Community Choir in St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington, on Saturday 22nd March at 5pm, and spot a few familiar faces from Garvald and Morham in the choir! Please see the flyer link, below.
Donations to the Lamp of Lothian Trust welcome.