Eggsciting News!

Excuse the pun, but we're rather excited at having 100 Followers on Twitter. We'll be posting and tweeting much more in the days leading up to Big Lunch.  You can follow our tweets at @cuthillpark. 

We used Twitter recently to record the Cuthill Park bluebells on the National Trust's Bluebell Map.  We think they are Spanish bluebells as they don't have the graceful curve of the British bluebell which has all its flowers on one side of the stem.

If you're an outdoorsy type you will love the National Trust's free 20 page download A Pocket Portal to Nature. 

We highly recommend families to take a look at the Woodland Trust's Nature Detectives website which is packed full of activities and games to play in the park.
scavenger hunt
spring nature trail kit 
egg trail
Easter bunny trail
spotter sheet
 nest building challenge
Easter nests recipe
Easter basket
rabbit mask
Easter card template
forest floor cake
wordsearch
lamb jigsaw puzzle
spot the difference
Easter chick art sheet
rabbit art sheet 

Hope you all have a great Easter break - and remember the slopes of Cuthill Park are perfect for rolling eggs down!

How to plant lots of bulbs

(Click on the image to make Jan and Sarah work faster!)

Join us for more bulb planting this Saturday, 9 April from 10 a.m. till 12.

Help needed in Community Garden!

We need help in Cuthill Park this Saturday, 2nd April, to weed, move topsoil and start planting our raised beds.

Weather permitting we will be there from 10-1. 

Please bring forks, spades and wheelbarrows if you have them.

Dog Watch East Lothian

Why you must clean up after your dog

Cleaning up after your dog costs nothing and takes only a few seconds each time.  Failing to clean up after your dog can cost you a whole lot more!

• Dog excrement carries disease

Toxocara, a type of worm found in most dogs, can lead to disease in humans, epilepsy and even permanent blindness - children are most at risk.

• Dog excrement smells disgusting

Do you want your friends and family to put up with the smell of dog fouling on their shoes or clothes?

• It's the decent thing to do

As a member of the community, you have a moral obligation to clean up after your dog.

• It's the law

If you don't clean up after your dog, you could be given a £40 Fixed Penalty Fine or face a criminal conviction.

Remember, children often play in long grass so you must clean up after your dog wherever it fouls.

If you experience problems with other people failing to clean up after their dog, contact the Dog Watch team on:

01875 824305

or visit

www.eastlothian.gov.uk

Cuthill Park is a Dog Watch area

Now seeking entrants for the 2011 MuralFest!

Entries invited for murals based on the following poem by John Lindsay.

SCARY HAVEN
 
At Haven's side by Prestongrange
Where the Baltics berthed by night
You might hear the yell of the Hoi-Hoi man
Or the knock of a Poltersprite.
 
You could swim from the stranded Topaz hulk
Whence a voice from the Follets' denShrilled:-
"It's no weel moored! It's no weel moored!
It'll ne'er be moored again!"
 
 John Lindsay for Muralfest 2011

NOTES : "The Haven" was a place that caught the imagination of local bairns. Topaz was the last sailboat of any size to use Morrison's Haven - it never escaped the silted harbour and was buried when the Haven was filled with rubble in the 1950's.  In its prime the Haven was regularly used by Scandinavian and other Baltic traders and foreign sailors on alcohol would no doubt produce strange noises from these boats of a night!

Key dates:
Mon 16 May - Closing date for entries (sent to Tom Ewing, 122 Inchview North,  Prestonpans, EH32 9SE - please include a contact number)
Six competitors will be selected

Fri 3 June - from 4pm - Preparatory drawing (optional), Cuthill Park

Sat 4 June - 9am-7pm - MuralFest, Cuthill Park

Sun 5 June - 9am-6pm - MuralFest, Cuthill Park

Sun 5 June - 7pm - Prizes, Prestoungrange Gothenburg


Notes:

• Competition open to entrants aged 18 and over.
• Murals will be painted in cuthill park in prestonpans on 4 by 8 ft boards mounted on the prestongrange bowling club wall.
• Dimensions for sketches are 1 up and 2 across, ie, 8 inches by 16 inches maximum.
• Paints will be provided but artists must bring their own brushes.
• Prizes are £200 to each competitor chosen for the comp. plus 2 top prizes of £200 for 2nd and £400 for 1st.

Best of luck.
Tom Ewing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomewing/

Friends meeting

Next meeting of Friends of Cuthill Park takes place
Wednesday 2 March
7 p.m.
The Goth
Prestonpans

Amongst other things we will be discussing: the next steps for the Community Garden; events in the park; and site security.

All welcome!