Jane's page 1
SWT photos - also Edinburgh Ukearist Songwriting Videos
of The Kist
and pictures from the 10th Loanhead Music Festival
In 1993 I did a government training course with the Scottish Wildlife Trust in Countryside Care And Conservation and had some adventures... also Jane's page 2 and also Craft page
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Smoked
Sox 1024 x 710 168K |
After a hard day's mowing a meadow on a nature reserve in West Lothian, Steve smokes his sox while the team solemnly observes, and Alex directs the proceedings from a wheelbarrow. |
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Rock
Flora 1 800 x 600 161K |
Moss, lichen and ivy colonising a rock wall at Falls of Clyde, where much of the river water has been stolen by the hydro-electric station. |
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Beechmount 1024 x 768 140K |
This grand old building on Corstorphine Hill was once a hospital. It served as our base. |
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Conservation 800 x 534 129K |
Much work was done around this flooded quarry near Ratho to try to save some of the resident wildlife from the M8 extension. |
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Wellies 800 x 600 81K |
Some wellies standing about doing nothing, and a minibus full of marsh marigolds about to be transplanted from the same quarry near Ratho to the old Roslin Curling Pond. |
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Rock
Flora 2 800 x 600 199K |
More plantlife at Falls of Clyde. |
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Roslin
Pond 1024 x 694 222K |
Roslin Curling Pond after a good clean-up. It may now be at some risk from the proposed dual-carriageway to Penicuik. |
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Rock
Flora 3 800 x 600 165K |
Another small but irresistible patch of plantlife on the rock wall at Falls of Clyde. |
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Jane
on log 519 x 768 93K |
Adventures in the river gorge at a nature reserve in East Lothian. I only did this because turning back was not an option. |
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Woodhall
Dene 1024 x 688 282K |
The nature reserve is at Woodhall Dene. Three pictures of the burn follow. |
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Woodhall
Dene 2 1024 x 688 241K |
In the absence of a path, the only route is along the burn. |
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Woodhall
Dene 3 1024 x 768 256K |
The last of the Woodhall Dene pictures. |
| Loanhead 00 1280 x 609 210K |
Pictures from Loanhead Miners Club - Songwriting Competition June 2010. Dave Foggo and Jane Henniker await their turn. Vocalist Yvonne Hynd will arrive shortly. |
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Loanhead 01 1280 x 850 178K |
Other competitors perform their original songs. Apologies for not naming the musicians. Send me an email or tweet if you know the names and I'll update this page. Guitar and fiddle. |
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Loanhead 02 1280 x 910 249K |
Guitar and six-string electric bass guitar. Innovative music well received. |
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Loanhead 03 1280 x 877 264K |
Solo performer with guitar. |
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Loanhead 04 1280 x 850 297K |
A wider shot. |
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Loanhead 05 1280 x 988 274K |
Also performed at Edinburgh Folk Club. Song: Just Another Soldier. |
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Loanhead 08 1280 x 818 358K |
A view of the bar at Loanhead Miners Social Club. |
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Loanhead 09 1280 x 911 254K |
The Re-Cycled Instrument Competition included a hosepipe which was blown by one man and played by another. |
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Loanhead 10 680 x 1024 198K |
Another recycled instument, a drum made from two large flower pots joined together and decorated appropriately. |
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Loanhead 11 968 x 1024 258K |
He's holding the trophy for the winner of the Re-Cycled Instrument Competition, which is itself recycled and bears the image of a rubbish skip. |
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Loanhead 12 1280 x 804 255K |
Dave Foggo accepts the winners' prize for the best new song out of 16 entries - The Kist. |
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Loanhead 13 1280 x 850 286K |
Yvonne, who sang the winning song, had to leave early but Dave Foggo, Jane Henniker and Jim Barr (all co-writers) were on stage for the award. |
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Loanhead 14 1280 x 850 224K |
A happy end to the afternoon. |
Edinburgh Folk Club Annual Song Writing Competition
2010
2nd Prize won by Ukearist members
The 10th Loanhead Music Festival - Winning Song in the Song Writing Competition
Jane's Pictures page 2 - Craft page
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Dave Henniker 






















