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Crail Matters Short Story Award and PrizeCrail Matters has established a Short Story Award and Prize to encourage creative writing in Crail and the East Neukin general; if this initiative is successful, we hope it will be offered on a regular basis. The award will consist of acash prize of £50 and a certificate. In addition, selected entries will be published in Crail Matters, and may also beincluded in a collected anthology which may be published as an ebook by Crab Publishing. The Editorial decisionin all matters is final.

Stories can be on any theme or subject but must be original and written in English, and should not be longer than3,000 words. They must also be for adult or young adult readers; non-fiction and fiction written for children under13 years is not eligible. Entrants must be 16 years or over. Work should be submitted by 9 June 2017 tocrailmatters@gmail.com. Authors should be resident within the East Neuk, or be able to demonstrate significant as-sociation with the area. Conditions for entry can be found at www.crabpublishing.co.uk

Crail GraveyardFife Council Workers drive over gravesMourners visiting Crail Cemetery seeking to place flow-ers on the graves of loved ones were horrified onMother’s Day to find deep tyre tracks across graves.

Formal complaints about this have been made to Fife

Council and to Crail Community Council. It seems thata grave was dug opposite but as a visitor to the grave-yard said, whilst it is understandable that vehicles needto be manoeuvred ‘surely care and respect for existinggraves should be a high priority and basic steps takento avoid damaging them.’ Fife Council have apologisedto the persons concerned, and assurances have beengiven that it will not happen again. However, more gen-eral concerns have been raised about the care and main-tenances of the Graveyard, and the deterioratingconditions of the pathways

Unfortunately, as can beseen in the picture to theside, as of Wednesdaylast week what might bebest described as ‘care-lessness’ continues. Judg-ing from the tracks overgraves, this damage ispresumably the result ofgrass cutting. Perhapswhat is most concerningabout this isn’t so muchthe extent and nature ofthe damage (which canbe easily remedied), butthe lack of concern andrespect for the location itseems to indicate.

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RBS to close Branches inAnstruther and Cupar

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that it is to closeits branches in Anstruther and Cupar in October. Theseclosures are part of a wider range of branch closureswhich will also include Cowdenbeath, Dalgety Bay,Leven and Kirkaldy High Street.

Urgent AppealAn urgent appeal has been launched for a stem celldonor for a 10 year old Fife boy, Jay Dalrymple, with alife-threatening blood disorder. Unless he receives atransplant within 12 months he will need to go on tomedication which carries the risk of him developingleukaemia. If you want to help, go to www.antho-nynolan.org, to join the register of potential donors.

Crail Community ChoirThe Choir will next meet on 17th April 7.30 pm in The

Town HallEveryone will be made very welcome.

There is no obligation to attend every week.

St Andrews Citizen

Planning Notices- Two storey rear and side extension to dwelling-house (Non-material variation to 16/03749/FULLfor two storey rear extension) - 30 Bow ButtsCrail Anstruther Fife KY10 3UR- Listed Building Consent for internal alterationsand installation of rooflights - 10 Rumford CrailAnstruther Fife KY10 3SS- Installation of replacement door, external light-ing, re-rendering of building, formation of pathand opening in boundary wall - Doocot ParkNethergate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TY

Crail ScoutsOur Scouts are going to Ireland this summer andwe are looking for Kilts to fit boys & girls aged12-14 along with socks and plain sporrans, if any-one has any of these items that they no longer re-quire and would be happy to donate them to thescouts please contact Lisa or Alastair on 450035.

'Crail in Bloom

Coffee Morning

Saturday 8th Aprilopen at 10.00a.m.

Legion Hall

All proceeds go towards the floral enhancement of Crail.

We hope that all are enjoying the spring flowers nowstarting to show themselves in Crail's street tubs andtroughs. These were all planted in autumn by a wonder-ful band of volunteers. As with everything, the cost ofplants continues to rise so we rely a great deal on thegenerosity of residents and visitors. We hope that manywill show their support by attending the fund raising cof-fee morning. Hope to see you there.

Speeding in Crail

Following the Community Council meeting on Monday,Police Scotland have spoken to Fife Council and haveput in a bid for a speed assessment on BalcomieGreen/Pinkerton Road. These strips were last put in2010 and it is understood they showed an average speedof 23mph. Unfortunately there is a bit of a wait for them– perhaps three months.

Easter Publication Crail Matters

There will be no issue of Crail Matterspublished over Easter weekend - April17. Contributers or advertisers for events over theEaster weekend, and into Easter week, should let ushave details to appear issue of 10 April.

Crail Good CompanionsThe Good Companions Group will meet on Tuesday

4 th April in the Kirk Hall at 1:30pm

'From ‘100 best gigs in Fife..ever'.

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WILD CRAILWill Cresswell,

with Photographs by John AndersonI have been away from Crail for the last week whichmakes it hard to comment on its wildlife. Spring hasbeen advancing inexorably while I have been away andI was greeted by chiff-chaff song last Friday morningin St Andrews and really quite balmy temperatures. Thewind has been streaming up from the south so we mayeven expect an early barn swallow and certainly a sandmartin this week to join the ospreys of last week (oneover Kirkcaldy last Thursday, for example).

Even while away in England I was frequently remindedof Crail and the area because I was at the British Or-nithologists Union (perhaps better labelled as GlobalBird Researchers) annual conference. This was themedthis year on how tracking birds leads to understandingecological and conservation problems: a lot of the talksconcerned seabirds and so to the Crail link, some ofthese involved tracking gannets from the Bass Rock andshags from the May Island. It is always quite nice to sitin one of these conferences and be shown slides ofhome: the talks are interesting but always that bit moreinteresting when describing the things that you see ev-eryday on your doorstep.

There is a lot of interest at the moment in measuringwhere seabirds go and how they get there because weintend to put thousands of wind turbines out in theNorth Sea. There is a huge offshore windfarm plannedat the entrance to the Firth of Forth. Crail is right in themiddle, albeit the turbines will be at least 25 km out atsea. A long way from us – we will barely be able to seethe tops of them, but as the seabird flies, this is right onour doorstep. We know this verywell now because if you putGPS tags on a gannet breedingon the Bass Rock you can trackthem flying out hundreds ofkilometres there and back intothe North Sea, crossing the foot-print of the proposed wind farmdaily if they are feeding chicks.Clearly there is a lot of potentialfor the 170,000 gannets to hit the turbines if they arenot paying attention. And with the tags you can also seehow high the birds are flying so in conjunction withtheir tracks, you can see how often they would interceptwith (hit) a turbine, if of course, they take no evasiveaction. When you do the maths this works out at about560 potential collisions a year, which is a very largenumber. But gannets have great binocular vision andturbines are not inconspicuous, particularly in our lightScottish summer nights, so they are unlikely to plough

on into a turbine at random. They will fly above or mostl i k e l yb e l o wthem. Butof courseg a n n e t sare outt h e r el o o k i n gfor fish,so theymay wellbe dis-tracted and looking down at the crucial moment. And itgets more complicated because the wind farms mayalso be avoided by fisherman – who don’t want to hitturbines either – so the wind farm may well make, ineffect, a protected marine reserve where fish numbersmay be higher. So attracting more gannets into the areaand increasing collision risk particularly as they formup into their spectacular diving frenzies to catch thefish.

What will happen with these turbines is hard to call – Ithink there will be collisions but the gannets will prob-ably adjust their behaviour. There are always hazardsto avoid, particularly for a species which specialises indiving into dense aggregations of fish, cetaceans andother individuals, where split second agility makes thedifference between hitting another gannet or getting thefish. So gannets should be able to respond very quicklyto avoid a collision threat: I hope so because regardlessof the collision risk, these wind turbines will be put intoplace. But even if the collision risk is high there maybe many ways to deter birds from collisions and weknow also that for land based turbines, many birdspecies such as geese, soon adjust to the risk and lifegoes on normally in places like Denmark with the geesefeeding reasonably happily in the farmland below the

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Gannets feeding

Gannets going out to forage

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turbines. Perhaps the worse thing about the turbinesbeing out there is they might be out of sight and out ofmind. You can always count what hits a land based tur-bine; it is a bit harder out in the sea, especially during thewinter storms. Again tracking birds should give us someof the answers: and of course I haven’t mentioned the110,000 puffins also shuttling back and forth from theMay Island.

Wild Crail cont.

Denburn DispatchesIn Eira’s absence due to work commitments, thismonth’s write up is brought to you by Erica. It seemslike quite a few had other commitments – or perhapsApril fools? - as we were down to a mere five volun-teers this month.

While some of the larger daffodils are coming to anend, many of the smaller narcissi are still looking very

bonny. Blue seemsto be the colour ofthe month with theblue anemones stilllooking good, themore unusual vividblue pulmonariabringing a startlingtouch of colour to adark corner and thefirst bluebells juststarting to comeout. Still plenty ofshades of yellowfrom the pale prim-

roses to the deeper daffodils and the pinky red of theflowering currant adds to the palette of colours. Thetrees are starting into leaf and the birds are busy mak-ing their nests and singing to their mates (and rivals)– Spring has well and truly arrived.

We continued clearing the burn and planting up andweeding the new bed from last month and are alreadyconsidering rescuing the patch surrounding the white

willow, whichseems to have somenice planting nowrather overwhelmedby ground elder andnettles. However,for the foragers outthere, the groundelder and youngnettle tops are attheir tastiest justnow and we don’tmind you taking afew ;-) althoughdon’t forget toavoid those closestto the path wheredogs may have done their worst. Water mint and wild gar-lic are also tasty but wash anything taken from the burnvery thoroughly before sampling.

Your friendly Denburn diggers will be back clearing, rak-ing, pruning andplanting on thefirst Saturday ofMay at 10am, docome and join usif you like a spotof gardening orjust like to get in-volved with look-ing after ourc o m m u n i t yspaces.

Willow leaves emerging

The Editors were sent this photograph, apparentlytaken somewhere in Crail. Oddly enough, it arrived onthe morning of the 1st of April. We are not quite surewhat to make of it!

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Birds are chirping, flowers are waking up and tem-peratures are rising at last, all of which makesSpring a perfect season for you and your pet, butthere are hazards, starting with your garden.

Grass is Always Greener.Spring brings lush growth to our grass. It’s not aproblem if your pet munches on it from time totime, though eating in large quantities can be asign of an upset stomach, as dogs sometimes usegrass as a natural remedy. If your pet does thiswith any frequency it’s best to speak to your vet.Spring is the time to get your lawn into shape, butunfortunately many of the chemicals we use canbe dangerous to your pet. Fertilisers, pesticidesand insecticides usually are not meant for con-sumption. The rule here is to read the label on theproduct and take not of the waiting period beforeallowing pets back outside.

Flower Power.While you’re gar-dening pay spe-cial attention topoisonous plantswhich are acces-sible to your dogor cat. Rhodo-dendron, andazalea are twocommon ones,but a completelist can be found

at RSPCA website. If you think your pet has in-gested something unsavoury, it’s best to contactyour vet and if possible take a sample of the plant.

Birds are a treat inSpringtime.They are also atreat for your cat!Cats are naturalhunters, and ac-count for manyfledgling deaths,but you can helpstop undue carnageor leaving you presents on the doorstep. Birds areat their most active around sunrise and sunset, soif you can keep your cat inside at these times it isa benefit. Also make sure that you use bird feedersrather than throwing food on to the ground.

Though cats are excellent climbers, the time delayin reaching birds can give them an advantage.Preventative Measures.

In Spring in-sects begin toemerge. Makesure your petis up to dateon all preven-tative medica-tions includingflea and tickmed i ca t i on .Rabbits arenow out and

about and if your dog has a fancy for rabbit drop-pings, it can cause worms so make sure to wormyour pets regularly.

Out and AboutWhen we go out for walks we often meet strangedogs. Kennel cough is a highly contagious condi-tion as it is spread through airborne droplets pro-duced by sneezing and coughing from infecteddogs. It’s not usually a life threatening conditionunless your dog is elderly or infirm. It sounds muchworse than it is and most dogs recover in time. Ifyou find your dog meeting lots of others kennelcough is a good thing to bear this in mind. A vac-cine is available but is not always successful askennel cough is made up of many types of bacte-ria. If your dog does contract kennel cough it is agood idea to avoid contact with other dogs.

It should benoted thatnot all dogsyou meet arefriendly orwell trained.My vet saidthat the inci-dence of un-p r o v o k e d

attacks on pets by out of control dogs is on the in-crease, so be vigilant.

One last thing. When you’re playing with your dog,please don’t throw sticks for him. The damage thecan be done is potentially very serious and dis-tressing.

Springtime for You and Your Pet.

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ROYAL BURGH OF CRAIL AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL NOTES

Railway linksThe StARLinks campaign (http://www.starlink-campaign.org.uk) have recently lobbied MSP’s in the ScottishParliament to reinstate a rail connection to St Andrews. Any such development would clearly benefit Crail,reducing the time to get to the nearest train stations at Leuchars or Cupar. However, the success of theBorders Railway, not just in terms of ease of access to train services but also in terms of improvements inlocal commercial activity, suggests that such investments can be very beneficial to local economies. It’sprobably too much to expect the East Neuk Service to be reinstated, but we look with interest on futuredevelopments.

Tree CharterThe Community Council at its last meeting agreed to join The Tree Charter movement. More than 70 or-ganisations from across multiple sectors have joined forces to lead society in creating a Charter for Trees,Woods and People that will guide policy and practice in the UK, enabling a future in which trees and peoplestand stronger together. The Tree Charter will be launched at Lincoln Castle on November 6 2017, the800th anniversary of the historic 1217 Charter of the Forest which established rights of access and usefor the Royal Forests in England. Lincoln Castle is home to one of the last two remaining copies of thishistoric document, which will be joined by the new Charter for Trees, Woods and People.The Tree Charterwill set out how people and trees should be able to benefit each other. The guidelines and principles itcontains will be applicable to policy, business practice and individual action. The articles of the Tree Charterwill set out practical roles and responsibilities for the people of the UK to ensure that the principles or aimsof the charter can be achieved. The articles are being written by experts from the organisations involvedin the call.

Beach CleanThis is advance notice that there will be a call for volunteers to participate in our annual Beach and VillageClean. Last year this was a very successful event, with an enormous amount of debris removed fromRoome Bay beach in particular. This year the weather (at least so far) has been somewhat kinder, andthere has not been the number of damaged creels washed up. However, this is an opportunity to cleanand tidy up not simply the beaches, but also the village in general. We hope you will support this year’scall when made.

IssuesComplaints were received at the recent Community Council meeting about potential pollution problems inDenburn. This has been referred to the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) who will under-take tests. Complaints have also been received about cars exceeding the speed limit, particularly in Mar-ketgate and when passing through Denburn Dip. Police Scotland have been informed, and it is understoodthey will respond appropriately.

Home Energy ScotlandA presentation by Home Energy Scotland was made to the Community Council. They are holding an eventin the Community Hall on Tuesday 4th April, from 1.00pm to 3.00pm, at which advice on home energy ef-ficiency and use will be made available. Speakers from Fife Council Planning, Home Energy Scotland,Green Homes Network members and the University of St Andrews will make short presentations, and beavailable for advice.

Signage at the Entrance to CrailThe road signs at the entrance to the Village are scheduled to be replaced; it seems however this hasbeen delayed and will not commence until the new financial year. The Community Council has sought toensure that the full name of the village (The Royal Burgh of Crail) is displayed on the sign. This is partic-ularly appropriate, given that the Lord Lyon King of Arms has granted to Crail Community Council the rightsto the Crail shield, ensuring continuity with our past.

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Lifting the Arbroath Lifeboat at Anstruther Harbour, 31 March,

Alasdair MartinCrail Airfield

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The CrailSeagull

An eye on our world

Cars really do sometimes whizz around Crail withoutmuch regard for seagulls, let alone people. And itseems to me that the biggest offenders are not the boyracers going to the Airfield, but middle aged to elderlymen on their own in big cars! Is this called the JeremyClarkson syndrome? And one of the funniest (or sad-dest) thing I see are elderly men in sports cars whizzingaround. I wonder how they manage to get out of suchlow down vehicles, given their age and infirmities?

My cousin who lives in Kingsbarns tells me that thedispute with Fife Council and the Golf Club over theGolf championship continues. It seems that Fife Coun-cil had conveniently forgotten that as a condition of theoriginal approval of the Golf Course construction in1997, a strict planning condition was imposed andagreed that no golf traffic may use the Back StilesRoad. The current proposal is, of course, to close BackStiles Road for Golf traffic. Well well .......

I met a little mouse on Nethergate recently - mice aresneaky and gossip a lot, especially this one - and she(it was a she) asked me if in my travels around I hadseen notices advertising the AGM for the Town HallCommittee and the Community Trust. Not seen any-thing I said - have you?

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sion.© Crab Publishing 2017: Editorial Team this week: Graham Anderson, Julie Middleton, Isla Reid, Valencia

Sowry, Max Taylor, John Wilson

Crail KirkEaster Services9th April - Palm Sunday Service in Crail Church at 11:15am12th April- Holy Wednesday Service in Kingsbarns Church at 6:30pm. (Cluster Event)13th April- Maundy Thursday Sacrament of Holy Communion in Crail Church at 6:30pm14th April- Good Friday Service in Crail Church at 6:30pm16th April- Easter Day Early morning service at Triangle Park 8am followed by breakfast in the Kirk Hall.16th April- Easter Day Service in Crail Church at 11:15am

Coffee MorningThe Easter Coffee Morning will take place in the Kirk Hall on Saturday 15 th April, 10 - 12 noon. Bakingstall andraffle. All welcome. Come and begin the Easter celebrations with us. (Donations of bakingand/or raffle prizes would be very welcome).

14th – 17th April: Crail Art Group will be holding their Exhibition in the Kirk Hall times in the Magazine

Alasdair Martin