Dalkeith Protest — Wednesday Update & Saturday solidarity picnic info

Today, the evic­tion of the mid­dle site at Dalkei­th Park — anti-A68 Bypass protests con­tin­ued. All pro­test­ers in the trees were removed today from this site result­ing in six more arrests. How­ev­er, pro­test­ers still remain in under­ground defences.

Tomor­row, the evic­tion team will most like­ly con­tin­ue on Mid­dle Site. It is also like­ly that the bot­tom site will be fenced in very soon. There is still time to vis­it, but hur­ry!

Each day, there has been a legal obser­va­tion area. If you want to show sup­port for this protest but are unable to be arrest­ed, you can go to the view­ing area where shouts of sup­port, drum­ming and ban­ners will all pro­vide an extra boost for those who are still resist­ing the destruc­tion of these beau­ti­ful wood­lands. Bet­ter still, don’t enter some sanc­tioned legal pen that’s only designed to con­trol you — break free and wan­der. This’ll take some of the ‘forces of doom’ to deal with you, and so slow down the evic­tion — you don’t have to get arrest­ed to do this, but if you don’t mind, try to break through and lift the spir­its of the treesit­ters!

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Sat­ur­day Sol­i­dar­i­ty Pic­nic at Dalkei­th Coun­try Park! Come out, have some fun, and show sol­i­dar­i­ty with those who remain in the trees at Dalkei­th Park resist­ing evic­tion.

The Plan- Sat­ur­day 21 Jan­u­ary, Pic­nic @ Dalkei­th Coun­try Park

Pack a pic­nic bas­ket, role up a blan­ket, and head out to Dalkei­th Coun­try Park for the after­noon. Ask the friend­ly men and women in the bright yel­low jack­ets if they can point the way to the pic­nic (A.K.A. — the legal obser­va­tion area for the evic­tion). [see above com­ments] Get to the pic­nic area, meet your friends, lay down your blan­ket, trade your egg sand­which for your friend’s pick­le sand­which. Have a cup of tea and a scone. Have a laugh!

Also can bring drums, instru­ments, music, ban­ners, bal­loons, kites, fris­bees, beach balls, what­ev­er you fan­cy.

This may lit­er­al­ly be one of the last days you get to enjoy this patch of beau­ti­ful wood­lands, and by this time next year Dalkei­th Coun­try Park will not be the same with a motor­way run­ning through it.

Pro­test­ers still remain in the trees and deter­mined to resist evic­tion as long as pos­si­ble. This is a great way to show sol­i­dar­i­ty with the cam­paign, encour­age them, and enjoy a nice day in the coun­try.

Rides will be leav­ing from For­est Cafe in Edin­burgh at noon. If you need a ride come and get one; if you have extra space in your vehi­cle come and give a ride.