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New luxury hotel opens in East Linton!
Early visitors have left glowing reviews complimenting the tasteful decor - the spacious columns and tubes, the crevices under bark, the...

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Sep 19, 20211 min read


All Sewn Up with Sashiko!
Thanks to everyone who came along to our Sashiko Embroidery Mending workshop this morning and to Millie Scott for sharing her creative...

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Sep 18, 20211 min read


Bringing the cutting edge to East Linton!
Thanks to all who attended our Tool Sharpening Workshop this morning and to Chris Chapman, East Linton Tool Library volunteer, for...

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Sep 4, 20211 min read


Marvellous Bike Masterclass with Mark!
Thanks to all who came along to our 'Fix Your Own Bike' workshop this morning for 2.5 hours of intensive bike repair skills with Mark...

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Aug 28, 20211 min read


How to Make a Bird Feeder
East Linton Tool Library volunteer, Brian Suttie, teaches us how to make a bird feeder from stuff we have lying around the house! I have...

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Aug 26, 20214 min read


What Makes Good Climate Fiction?
Climate fiction – or “cli-fi”, as it is popularly stylised – is the new realism. The stories that I have read that are typified as such...

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Aug 19, 20217 min read


Rain, Bikes & Tools - Again!
All happening at our Bike Repair Workshop this morning. Despite landing on another grey, drizzly day, we had our best turnout yet! Thanks...

eastlintontoollibrary
Jul 31, 20211 min read


Presenting our bricklayer's hammer and corded orbital sander!
Chris Chapman, East Linton Tool Library volunteer, using the bricklayer's hammer to reclaim and refurbish some old bricks covered in...

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Jul 7, 20211 min read


Rain, Bikes & Tools!
Thanks to all who braved the rain to come along to our Bike Repair Workshop at The Mart on Saturday 26th June - and to bike repairers...

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Jun 26, 20211 min read


Why join East Linton Tool Library?
(Many thanks to Hanna Veers, East Linton Tool Library volunteer, for the photos in this post and making our tools look their best!)... As...

eastlintontoollibrary
Jun 9, 20212 min read


What does 'repair' mean to you?
East Linton Tool Library talks to Millie Scott, local designer and member of Fashion Revolution Scotland, about Slow Fashion, the...

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Jun 6, 202111 min read


Introducing ELTL's Pressure Washer!
Dave Foley, East Linton resident and volunteer at East Linton Tool Library, sings the praises of our Karcher Pressure Washer... "We had...

eastlintontoollibrary
Jun 3, 20211 min read


ELTL Wrecking Bar 1: Rotten Shed 0
"A perfect example of a project made much, much easier with the right tool; a tool that we'll probably only need for this one job and not...

eastlintontoollibrary
May 26, 20211 min read


Why Buy when you can Borrow?
Beautiful sunny evening to open the doors of East Linton Tool Library for the first time! Opening hours 5-7pm Tuesdays and 10-midday...

eastlintontoollibrary
May 17, 20211 min read


East Linton Tool Library is Go!
We are delighted to let you know that East Linton Tool Library is now up and running! To find out more click here To check out our...

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May 12, 20214 min read


Make a Bath Mat from Old Clothes!
Zelia Carreira Bowles of Coastal Creative Arts puts her ethos of 'make something you need from something you have' into practice,...

eastlintontoollibrary
Mar 28, 20212 min read


The Eco-Worrier Reviews "The Sea Around Us"
"The Sea Around Us." Rachel Carson. Oxford University Press, New York. 1951. “It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life...

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Mar 7, 20215 min read


Make a Dish Scrub from a Fruit Net Bag!
Zelia Carreira Bowles of Coastal Creative Arts puts her ethos of 'make something you need from something you have' into practice,...

eastlintontoollibrary
Mar 1, 20211 min read


What does 'repair' mean to you?
Repair Cafe East Linton talks to Zelia Carreira Bowles about the importance of using what we have to make what we need, passing on...

eastlintontoollibrary
Feb 20, 20217 min read


A Non-Polluting, Non-Electric Engine
"The subject discussed here has both a colourful and slightly eccentric back story as well as possibly opening one route to reducing...

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Feb 13, 20213 min read
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