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New Bike Toolkit and Pump

Feeling deflated. Pop in to use our new track pump and emergency toolkit supplied by Belhaven Bikes. Available to all members – so easy to join up for free.Keeping your tyres pumped up means more speed and less danger of punctures and rim damage.

Zero Carbon Britain 2030

This is the latest report from The Centre for Alternative Technology’s Zero Carbon Britain project. I have purchased a copy for our library which members are welcome to borrow, otherwise you can download it for free here: ZCB2030 It is a weighty tome, running to almost 400 pages, but it will only take you a [...]

Late train home from Edinburgh Festival

East Coast has confirmed that they will be running a 23:45 train from Edinburgh to Dunbar and Berwick on Friday and Saturday nights during August and also on Fri 3, Sat 4 and Sun 5 September. Print out this handy reminder to keep with your Sustaining Dunbar Train and Bus Timetable.

TIDY DUNBAR

Inaugural civic week clean up. Sustaining Dunbar members were out in force. The posse in the pic. were around Seafield pond West Barns. Cllrs McLennan and Bell organised and were joined by Brownies (beaches) and Rotary Club (John Muir Park) and Woodland Group folk.  Look out for the next  Tidy Dunbar event.

A new way to hitchhike?

Has anyone tried this out? Apparently the free Avego iPhone app matches drivers in real time with any potential passengers along their route. The app also keeps track of journeys to make it easy for passengers to pay petrol money to the drivers. Could be useful for formalising regular car-sharing arrangements too.

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