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CRAIL MATTERSW/C 19 August 2019. No 122 Free - donations welcome

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Crail: The Jewel of the East Neuk.

Wee CrailersWee Crailers would like to thank everyone who came to our coffee morning on Saturday 3rd August. We had a wonderfulmorning with some familiar faces and many new ones too. We would also like to thank all the wonderful businesses in Crail andthe East Neuk who donated raffle prizes - we have a wonderful community!

The first Wee Crailers session will run on Friday 13th September, 12-2 pm in the Kirk Hall. Find us on Facebook @weecrailers or contact dawn.wallace.100@hotmail.com

Crail Matters HolidayHappy Holidays

There will be no publication of Crail Matters next week and the week after - 26 August and 2 September.

Weekend Road Works at M90 Junction 2A-3:31st August and 1st September

Motorists are advised to expect delays on the M90 over theweekend of 31st August and 1st September, when traffic willbe restricted to a single lane in each direction between Junc-tions 2a and 3. This is to allow operating company Amey toresurface the northbound carriageway. From 00:00 on Saturday31st August until 00:00 on Monday 2nd September (48 hours)a contra flow will be in operation between M90 Junctions 2aand 3. The northbound off-slip at M90 Junction 3 Halbeathwill be closed during these works. A diversion route for trafficthat would normally leave the motorway at M90 Junction 3will be signposted from M90 Junction 2 Pitreavie Interchangevia the A823(M), the A823 Queensferry Road and the A907Halbeath Road.These works have been planned for the weekend to minimisedisruption, however traffic delays are expected. Motoristsplanning to use this route are advised to allow extra time fortheir journey.

Notice From The Ministry Of Defence

A three week Military exercise will take place in the Fifearea from 1st to 20th September 2019.During this period there will be a substantial increase inlow level and night time flying in the Fife area, particularlyin the vicinity of Leuchars, from both fixed wing and ro-tary aircraft.The rolling programme will commence with five days offlying from 0900 to 2359 hrs, followed by four days where24 hour flight operations have been authorised. This rou-tine exercise provides vital training opportunities for allthose involved.Any local enquiries (within 5 mile radius of Leuchars) toAir Traffic Control on 01334 857282.Enquiries from areas outside the 5 mile radius should bedirected to: SWK-lowflying@mod.gov.uk or by phone to01780 417 558 (Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm (excludingbank holidays).

Crail Folk Club

Thursday 22nd August Crail Town Hall 8pm BYOB £10 Tickets www.crailfolkclub.org.ukOur guests are JEZ LOWE AND STEVE TILSTON

Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe, two of the UK Acoustic/Folk scene’s finest songwriters joinforces for a series of concerts filled with songs and music, chat and banter and intimate in-sights into their approach to their craft. Head to head, neck and neck (guitar necks, thatis!) listen in as they rekindle the spontaneity of their late-night living-room song swaps.Questions, answers, anecdotes and anarchy… and a very special evening of music.A masterclass in songwriting and a perfectly formed songwriters event tailor-made for anymusical programme!“They work so well together – 2 of our best songwriters & singers, understanding and en-riching each other’s songs. The audience loved them.” Mike Harding“The formidable duo…” Cornwall Folk Festival“Working with Steve and Jez is great as they’re such lovely blokes. A grand night.” Steve Henderson, Mr Kite Benefits“What a wonderful early Christmas present we all had from Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe. They entertained a packedhouse at the Library Theatre in one of our best concerts ever.” Chesterfield Folk Club

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95 Bus Timetable changes from 21st August 2019Now you have got used to the new 95 timetables they are about to change again – if only slightly – to cope with the newschool term and Waid Academy closing early on Fridays. The new school term in Fife starts on Wednesday 21st August.Beware that some early versions of the printed leaflets from Stagecoach don’t show the correct schoolday column headingsfor buses from Leven to St Andrews – check your leaflet against the picture with this article.What will you notice that’s different? Towards St Andrews the 07:52 from Crail High Street doesn’t get to St Andrews busstation until 08:40 because it serves Madras College on Kilrymont Road.On Fridays during school term time there’s an extra bus at 13:37 from the High Street that gets to St Andrews at 14:12.On Mondays to Thursdays there’s no 15:20 from the High Street, that bus doesn’t get to Crail High Street until 15:57 andthen arrives in St Andrews at 16:32.

Some of the buses towards St Andrews don’t start from Leven on schooldays (there’s no 08:15 or 15:15 from Leven).Towards Leven on Mondays to Fridays the 14:59 from Crail High Street only goes to Anstruther Harbour and if you wantto go further you will either have to cross the road for the next X60 (as these now go the opposite way around Anstruther)or you will need to walk up to Waid Academy where you have a choice of 3 buses including the school express 395.On Fridays the 12:59 from Crail High Street doesn’t serve Lower Largo, it will have picked up a lot of schoolchildren atWaid Academy and therefore runs about 3 minutes later than normal at its other stops.

The 95 still shares a lot of buses with route 97 – many 95 buses which arrive at St Andrews Bus Station change into 97buses and then depart via St Andrews Community Hospital to Leven. And many 97 buses arriving at St Andrews BusStation change into 95 buses. The 97 timetable printed with this article should enable you to work out which buses do this.You can get through tickets between Crail and the Community Hospital (which is across the road from Morrisons in StAndrews) and just stay on the bus as it changes route number. As usual, if you don’t have a bus pass, it will be cheaper tobuy a “North East Fife Dayrider” at £8.20 for an adult than to buy a return ticket between Crail and the Community Hos-pital.

It’s as fast to get from Crail to Leven or vice-versa going via St Andrews on the 97 as it is direct on the 95 – but bewarethat some of the afternoon 97 journeys don’t run on schooldays, particularly Mondays to Thursdays.

Copies of the new printed timetable are available from Crail Museum and Information Centre (open 11am to 4pm Mondayto Saturday, 1:30pm to 4pm on Sunday) and from the Bus Stations at St Andrews and Leven. You can also find the timetableson the internet at https://www.stagecoachbus.com/

Alan Giles

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Crail Matters - the future?The Editorial Board have been considering how best to manage the future development of Crail Matters. A little backgroundinformation - today’s issue is no. 122 and we currently distribute over 550 digital copies, and 120 hard copies each week,with an astonishing 85%+ opening rate of the digital copies within 2 hours of our Monday morning distribution. Over thepast 2 years, we have donated through Crab Publishing, the non profit parent company of Crail Matters, over £2,000 toCrail organisations and individuals involved in community activities, and we are very proud that we continue to offer ad-vertising free for all community groups. This has been possible through the very generous cash donations we receive, andthe commitment of time and energy of the Editorial team.

To continue, and to grow our activities, we need your help! We will need to incure expenditure to replace software systemsand possibly printing. But we also need copy - if you run a local event, send us an account with pictures; if you have an in-terest in sport, send us your views; do you read a lot - then send us book reviews of what you have enjoyed....... We reallywant Crail Matters to be your newsletter, and to reflect your interests, but we can only do that with your help.

Local journalism is growing in significance, and we are very proud to be part of that trend - if you would like to be involvedin the weekly production of Crail Matters, please contact us.

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the end of its safe use in the next ten years.

• Many of the play parks can only be used by children under the age of 5.

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Click https://fif.communitychoices.scot/legislation/processes/3/debateto see where we are having evening meetings

You can discuss and leave comments on our proposals at:https://fif.communitychoices.scot/legislation/processes/3/debate

NOTICE TO MARINERS

Mariners are advised that SSE Re-newables will be conducting a Geo-physical Survey within the Seagreen2 and 3 wind farm site boundaries(hatched in green and pink in below)and also the export cable corridor(shaded blue below). The survey work is being under-taken by Fugro and will be con-ducted from 2 No. offshore vessels:MV Fugro Pioneer and the MVFrontier and 1 No. inshore vessel:MV Seeker.

Seagull Proof SacksSeagull proof sacks are available through Environment and Building Services of Fife Council. There is no cost associated withthem and can be ordered by calling the environment helpline on 03451 550022. At the end of the month when Fifedirect is re-placed by the new Fife.gov website then there will hopefully be the facility to order these online.

Always wanted to try your hand at singing

but never quite got round to it? It's never too late

to try something new!  

With our 'COMMUNITY CHOIR' we aim to provide the opportunity for anyone to be part of a

village choir, learning specially arranged versions of the big hits from stage and screen,

choral and folk songs. No need to read music.

Come along and join us! Starts Monday 2nd September 2019

at 7.30pm in the Town Hall, Crail

All adults welcome £1 per night

Need more information? Phone Catriona 01333 450398 Liz 01333 450122

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Notice to Fishermen

OFFSHORE SITE INVESTIGATION WORKSGardline will be performing site investigation works on behalf Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL). The site investiga-tion works consist of an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) survey. The works will be undertaken using the vessel Titan En-deavour.The site investigation works consists of a UXO survey which will commence on or shortly after the 22nd of August (de-

layed from the 16th of August due toadverse weather), weather permit-ting, and take up to 7 days to com-plete.The Titan Endeavour will be operat-ing out of Port Edgar port.The area shown in Plan A will beclosed from the 22nd of August. It isrequested that vessels avoid the areain Plan A for safety reasons, and it isanticipated this site will be reopenedto all vessels by the 29th of August.During the UXO survey the vesselwill be surveying at a constantspeed, towing survey equipment upto 60 m from the vessel. The vesselwill be displaying the relevant RAMlights and displays during periods of

restricted manoeuvrability. Whilst not recommended, vessels entering the survey area are requested to maintain a 500msafety zone from the vessels and be aware that the vessel is towing equipment of a significant length, the ends of whichwill be marked.

East Neuk Book GroupWe meet in the Cocoa Tree

Pittenweem.Come along and join us!

All welcome!

We will be discussing the followingbooks on the first Thursday of everymonth. Discussion starts at 6pm butpop in from 5.30pm and have a chatwith us over coffee or hot chocolate.

£1 payable on the night.Thursday 5th SeptemberBarbara Kingsolver

UnshelteredThursday 3rd OctoberDanny Scheinmann

Random Acts of Heroic LoveIf you would like further informationor would like to join our mailing list,

please contact Coralcoralnapier@yahoo.co.uk

Rain

Through the street of Marketgate,March the tattered hosts of rain,While the wind with vagrant fifeWhips their chilly ranks to life.(based on ‘The Rain’ by Bliss Car-man)

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Letters to the Editor

All letters to Crail Matters must supply names and ad-dresses. If requested we will withhold names. Letters arepublished as received, and reflect or represent the views ofthe author, not the Editors.

Second HomesSirs,Might I be allowed to make some brief observations about theongoing correspondence surrounding second homes?Firstly, I am not sure that the Crail Matters editorial team hasat anytime passed an opinion on the subject. I am happy tostand corrected if I am wrong.Secondly, the anonymity provided to contributors has, I feel,allowed the expression of terms which are not helpful to rea-sonable debate such as "Dickensian characters" or "the Peo-ple's Republic of Crail" in letters w/c 12th August.Finally, given that Crail Matters is going into a well deservedholiday for a fortnight, that consideration be given for thiscorrespondence to be put to bed but also for all residents withan interest in the future of our Royal Burgh to reflect uponhow each can help to contribute to the framing of that futurethrough such initiatives as the Crail Community Partnership.Yours etc,

Paul N Hutchison, The Anchorage, Crail.

Sewage and ParkingSirs,Thanks to the ever eagle eyed Seagull and members of thePublic for alerting me to the Sewage issue near Bow Butts -pleased to say after chasing Scottish Water a subcontractor onbehalf of them cleared and cleaned the area last night Sundayaround 10 pm - and called me to confirm the work completed. It will require further investigation as like other areas in Fifeand Scotland last week huge fast downpours are a big problemand may well continue. I raised the obstructive vehicle parking on the corner and hillof Shoregate which is a vital throughway for fishermen andthe public and emergency vehicles with Fife Council RoadsDept last week and again today. However why folk should badly park vehicles there riskingbroken wing mirrors or worse baffles me !

Cllr Bill Porteous, East Neuk & Landward

Green SpaceSirs,With reference to the article printed in Crail Matters this week– Monday 12th August 2019 giving up to date informationfrom the Crail Preservation Society with regards to the ex-tended green space.I feel the information given is very limited and doesn’t reallyexplain the intention of the change being proposed and thus Ibelieve the people of Crail should be fully appraised. It would appear from the proposal that the field which is con-tained within the conservation area and has been for manyyears tenanted by a farmer to tend his sheep would be changed

into an extension of Denburn wood i.e. Woodland area /pathbut predominantly planted to trees.There is no indication as to the membership numbers of theCrail Preservation Society but I feel strongly that the decision to change this area should not be solely down to the discretion of this society and its members as such a change would havean impact to all Crail residents and its visitors.I feel a consultation/ discussion with the wider community ofCrail – whether permanent residents, holiday-home ownersor otherwise should be undertaken to gauge wider opinions.This proposal should it happen would be a massive change tothe landscape of Crail in an area that has been an open spacefor hundreds if not thousands of years. Some may say the pro-posed wooded area would be an improvement however it isevident on recent social media that others feel strongly thatthe field should be left as it is.My understanding of the Preservation Society was to preserveCrail’s history and heritage – a very good example of this wasthe recent renovation of the doocot. I wouldn’t have thoughtits mission was to make or fund dramatic changes such as thislatest proposal.I would suggest that such a momentous and irreversible deci-sion should be taken by the wider audience of all people inCrail rather than the few in the Crail Preservation Society.The field adjoining Roome Bay Avenue, Marketgate Southand Kirkwynd was presented to the people of Crail and there-fore belongs to the people of Crail. The fact that the CrailPreservation Society are managing the area does not meanthat an isolated minority group alone should be qualified tomake the decision on behalf of everyone in Crail to makechanges such as what is believed to be proposed.I would suggest that the Crail Preservation Society should doa leaflet drop or survey and/or hold an information eveningoutlining the proposed plans to give all residents and holidayhome owners a chance to have their input and possibly havethe final decision decided by a vote.

Name and address supplied

SauchopeSirs,Having visited Sauchope holiday/caravan site for the 12thyear in a row with our touring caravan, last week we were in-formed that owners, Largo Leisure, will no longer have tour-ing caravan pitches available next year. They intend to convertall touring pitches into seasonal pitches making the park ba-sically into a holiday home park. This is to the detriment ofnot only the many touring caravan and motor home visitorswho enjoy discovering Crail, but the entire community. Hol-iday makers to Sauchope would stay there from between1night to 3 weeks. With a continuous turn around of visitors to Sauchope, muchmore income is generated into the local community by themthan permanent holiday home owners. Tourists to Crail support the local shops, restaurants pubs, cof-fee shops and the many other attractions giving vital income.Hopefully Largo Leisure will reconsider this planned changein the interest of all in Crail.

James Brown.

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The Putting Green will be open 1.30pm - 7.00pm

22 June - 25 August

Crail Parish Church of Scotland (Charity registered in Scotland SC 001601) Linked with St AyleIntimations

Chat Bite: Entry to Chat Bite has not changed for quite some time but costs for tea, coffee and baking ingredients have risen. Thetime has come when we feel we must reluctantly increase the price to £2.50 per person from September. Thank you for your con-tinuing support. It is greatly appreciated and makes a valuable contribution to Crail Church. Coffee, cakes and chat will be asgood as ever!

Stepping Stone Coffee Morning every Tuesday 10.00 - 11.30 at St Ayles@Anstruther.

Crail Church will be serving Teas and Coffees before the church Service during August at 10.30am. Come and join us for refresh-ments and fellowship.

Items for the next edition of Karail should be sent to Heather by 16th September, you can email to heatheraird@btinternet.com Pastoral visits: As we now have no locum please let the elders or myself (Helen) know if anyone requires a visit especially wherepeople have been admitted to hospital.

Next Sunday the service will be conducted by the Worship Team

Crail in Bloom Best Kept Tub Competition

Every year we rely on a group of volunteers to care for the flowersin the tubs and troughs around Crail. It's quite a commitment andall give generously of their time to water and dead head the tubsand troughs helping to keep the town looking bonny. Many thanksfrom the Crail in Bloom group to all of you. We hold an annual bestkept tub competition, judged this year by Katherine Taylor, headgardener at Wormistoune House, near Crail. The winner this yearwas Margaret McKay for her tubs at the Memorial bench at theChurch Gates, Marketgate. Well done Margaret and thank you forall your work.

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Crail Bowling Club

Our club has now opened for the season and wewelcome new members or anyone wishing to trybowls. Single game tickets are available.

Skeith Surgery

Routine GP appointments - appointments re-leased Monday at 2pm for Monday, Tuesday,and Wednesday morning for the following week.Appointments released Wednesday at 2 pm forWednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday thefollowing week.

Nurse appointments can be booked approx 1month in advance.

Mobile Library

The mobile library calls at Marketgate from10:00 to 11:00 every 2nd Thursday.

Next Date: 15th August

Greens of Crail - reusing plasticThe scallop tubs which are quite well made andare ideal for salmon are available if anyone wouldprefer a reusable tub instead of a plastic bag -please ask. Also if anyone wishes to bring in theirown plastic tubs for haddock there is no issue asit can simply be tared on the scales.

thanks Clem at Greens`

The Children’s Panel.

This year’s recruitment campaign for membership of TheChildren’s Panel will open on Wednesday 21st August andrun for four weeks ending on Tuesday 17th September2019. .Please email directly at kerry.elliott@fife.gov.uk or con-tact me by phone on 03451 55 55 55 EXT441381 to ar-range for further information.

Young Scot / MyFife cardsDo you have children starting first yearafter the summer holidays? Young Scot/ MyFife cards will be issued on the firstday of term at high school.

You'll be able to top up your child's cardonline so they can buy food in school and you’ll get a letterletting you know how to do this. However, it's always agood idea to give your child some cash for the first day incase of any problems. More information is available atwww.fifedirect.org.uk/schoolpayments.\

Older children can continue to use their current MyFifecards. If you need a replacement card or your child's cir-cumstances have changed, please visit

www.fifedirect.org.uk/myfife and choose from the availableoptions to order a new card.All travel passes for children entitled to free school travel(S1 – S6) have now been posted out to pupils. For anychanges or requests for temporary passes, pupils shouldcontact the school office.

School Holidays, Term, and Closure Dates

For all parents and carers, please take note. There will betwo extra, in-service days during the coming school year.On Monday 21st October 2019 and Monday 6th January2020, all schools will be closed to pupils to allow for extrastaff training.In-service days are vital to make sure your children are get-ting the very best learning and teaching possible. It’s im-portant that our staff keep up to date with any changes inthe curriculum as well as any new policies or practiceswhich have come into place. These days allow teachers totake time to reflect on their own work and to share best prac-tice with other members of staff.The additional in-service days were agreed nationally, at theend of April, with the Scottish Negotiating Committee forTeachers (SNCT).For a full list of term times, holidays and in-service daysclick here: http://bit.ly/2GInTZ8

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R.B.S. Mobile Branch TimetableTuesdays St. Andrews Road Car Park, Anstruther –2.15pm -3.00pm; Thursdays North Marketgate, Crail –10.20am 10.50am

Crail Mobile Post Office ServiceLocation - Along High Street opposite the BeehiveOpening times:Monday: 1400-1600Tuesday: 1400-1600Wednesday: 1400-1600

Contact your Fife Councillor?Cllr.Linda.Holt@fife.gov.uk 07725 223773.

cllr.bill.porteous@fife.gov.uk 01333 730837 or07753982311

cllr.john.docherty@fife.gov.uk 07718 66 89 96

Useful Emergency NumbersSamaritans 116 123Breathing Space 0800 838587Social Work Out Of Hours Emergencies03451 55 00 99Adult Protection Phone Line 01383 602200Child Protection or Social Work 03451 551503NHS24 111Police 101CARF (Citizen’s Advice & Rights) 0345 1400 095Homeless Emergency Number 0800 028 6231

Crail Hospital Car Service

Crail is full of good neighbours and it is they who providethe Hospital Car Service. It’s only when you can’t drivebecause you or the car is sick, or it is too daunting to thinkof standing in the cold, waiting for a return bus from thehealth centre or the dentist, or you need to get to Kirkcaldyhospital that you wish for a bit of help. Maybe you’re newto Crail and don’t know many people yet. That bit of helpis there and has been for 54 years in Crail. It’s the HospitalCar Service If you could do with that bit of help, ring.01333 450096.

Singing for the Memory and Music and Movement

for people with Dementia and their Carers atKilrenny Parish Church Hall

1.30pm-4.00pm WednesdaysSinging for Memory Music and Movement28 August 11 September25 September 13 November30 October 11 December27 November

CRAIL MUSEUM AND HERITAGE

CENTREMUSEUM OPENING TIMES1st June - 27th October: Daily Guided Walks: Wednesdays and Sundays Monday - Saturdays: 11am - 4pmSundays: 1.30pm - 4pm Admission to the Museum is FREE but donations are alwaysgratefully received.Guided WalksIt is not a difficult walk but there is a steep hill down to andup from the harbour.Meet at the Museum 2.15pm for 2.30pm start, walks usuallylasts 1.5 - 2 hours. Adults £3.00 Children (10 - 17) £1.00

Community TransportTransport service for people with visual im-

pairments in the East Fife area.

Royal Voluntary Service volunteers provide CommunityTransport for trips where mobility issues can make it diffi-cult, if not impossible, for you to use public transport or ifyou live in rural areas with limited transport. Trips usuallyinclude getting to or from hospital or to a GP appointmentbut can also include trips to the shops or into town or to so-cial activities.Telephone: 0330 555 0310Email: fifegnhs@royalvoluntaryservice.org.ukOr have someone do it on your behalf:https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/ourservices/ser-vice-enquiry?serviceid=884

Crail Matters

We continue to need funds. If you have already donated,then thank you. If you haven’t, will you consider making adonation? You can make a bank transfer to sort code 83-26-28, Account No. 15518709, or by cheque payable to ‘CrabPublishing’ given to any member of the Editorial Board orposted to Crab Publishing, 1 Fife Ness, Crail, KY10 3XN.

Advert/Copy Submission to Crail Matters

The Editors are happy to accept material for publication in avariety of formats, but we prefer .jpg and .pdf copy.We would urge anyone submitting material to have regard toefficient use of space - we cannot guarantee to publish inoriginal format large adverts designed as posters. We reservethe right to edit material.

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The Crail Seagull

Where did summer go? Or rather, where did the sun of summer go? What an odd August so far. Anyway, along with the EditorialTeam, I’m off on my hols next week. I think I might take a jaunt to the Highlands, but if it’s just too bad, I’ll stay home in Crail.I think Crail Matters should take their holidays in early July - seems like there is better weather then.

Like lots of holiday makers, I get cross with the parking in Crail. All the cars make it difficult for me to find dropped food - butsome of the visitors don’t seem bothered by using bins, so at least that (for me) is a positive thing. But you might not feel so pos-itive! Lots of huge motor homes parked up on Marketgate today, 3 from Spain, one from Germany, one from Netherlands. In-teresting, I don't think we realise how many foreign visitors pass through.

Nobody took me up on the bet that the play area in Roome Bay wouldn’t be finished until after the children return to School.Well, my usual well placed mouse in Glenrothes tells me that indeed will be the case. No surprise there! Spied not one but twoCouncil trucks on Marketgate today SPRAYING WEEDKILLER! The weeds are about knee high now.

Material for inclusion in Crail Matters should be sent to crailmatters@gmail.com and received on Friday middaybefore publication. Any views expressed in Letters to the Editor are those of the author, and not of Crail Matters. Wereserve the right to edit copy for length and style. Submission does not guarantee inclusion. © Crab Publishing 2019:Editorial Team this week: Helen Byres, Julie Middleton, Isla Reid, Valencia Sowry, Max Taylor, John Wilson

Crail Community Partnership and Crail Charrette

Crail Community Partnership invite all members of the Crail Community to join. An application form can be found here:https://crailmatterscom.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/membership-form-short.pdf

Community Council Notes

Our new website is https://crailcc.com/

Next Community Council Meeting 7.15pm 26 August in the Town Hall

Consultation on the Common Good Register. Fife Council is undertaking a consultation on the Common Good Register. The Common Good Register and online consultationis available at FifeDirect (www.fifedirect.org.uk/commongoodregister). The Community Council understands that some peoplefeel the register is inaccurate - anyone who feels this is the case should either contact Fife Council through the consultationexercise, or inform the Community Council who will pursue the matter. We understand the Provosts Chain (listed as location notknown) is held by Crail Kirk. The consultation closes end September.

Parking ShoregateAs noted in last weeks Crail Matters, there have been a number of complaints about parking in Shoregate. The Police have beeninvolved and we understand this will now be followed up further with Fife Council. A proposal being actively considered amongstother initiatives is to have double yellow lines along the length of Shoregate to prohibit all parking.

Electric Vehicle chargingThe Community Council were disappointed to learn that Crail was not included in the recently published plans to install newcharging points. There have been extensive discussions about this already, and we understand that the proposal remains activeand will be implemented. The proposed location will be on Marketgate.

Sewage Outflow BowButtsThe scale of the sewage spillage at Bow Butts is simply unacceptable, and this view has been very firmly expressed to Fife Counciland Scottish Water. We understand that immediate remedial action has been taken, and that longer term action will be undertaken.The speed of responding by the Water Company is complicated by the very bad weather and flooding problems across the region.

Community Council Agenda - meeting 26 August 7.15pmThe following items will appear as agenda items: Parking at Shoregate; Crail War Memorial Trust.