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Bring: packed lunch, warm and waterproof clothes, boots advised.
Meet: 10.30 am at NT6936 6159, Postie Brae Car Park on B6355 approx. 0.5 km south of Cranshaws village hall.
Route from Edinburgh/ Lothians: take B6355 south-east from Gifford through Cranshaws village. From south take B6355 westwards from Preston, to 0.5 km beyond Smiddyhill Bridge over Whitadder.
Excursion: The excursion follows the west half of the Cranshaws Community Walk. For map see https://www.lammermuirlife.co.uk/visiting/what-to-do/walking-routes/
At Postie Brae look on the river bank with old sycamore trees for epiphytes. Then follow the community walk northwards along west bank of Whitadder, looking at willows etc. Beyond Cranshaws village there is a fine line of old poplar trees which should have a good epiphytic flora. Noted on a brief reccy: Cryphaea heteromalla, Orthotrichum spp., Pulvigera lyellii, Plenogemma phyllantha on Populus and Leskea polycarpa on Salix. See also rocks in and by the river with Marchantia polymorpha subsp. polymorpha. Return by the same path or along the road through the village.
Please contact: lammermuir10@gmail.com to book your place.