BILSTON GLEN ANTI-BYPASS CAMP, near Edinburgh, Scotland

BILSTON WOODS PROTEST SITE - PENICUIK,SCOTLAND
About eight miles from Edinburgh near Penicuik is
Bilston Woods. It is an SSSI or the Scottish equivalent and faces having a bypass ripped through it. There is a river running through the site and there's a pond and trees
and animals and flowers and most importantly a lack of
tarmacadam.Work has started on the roundabout to the site with a pond due to drained in about a week. There are many mature trees on-site and a medieval bridge and tower. A site is being set up so please call the number below. No experience required as training will be given.

BIOTECH (famous for cloning sheep) has started a private road construction, a bypass to the A701, 8 miles south of Edinburgh, at Bilston.
The local woodland is in the way & will be chopped down completely. Senseless destruction of our natural heritage for the sake of profit maximation.

In June 2002 a camp was set up to make a visible & radical point that we oppose the plans of Biotech and the council.
More people are urgently needed to survive that harsh, wet & stormy autumn (?...) and winter season.
Just drop in for a weekend, some days, some weeks.
Committed people to stay over the winter would be great.

Directions:

by car
take the A701 towards Pennicuik and you´ll get to Bilston.
Search for a metal gate on your left (opposite the VW garage) just after you get into Bilston. go through, follow the path till you come to a bridge (greeting point underneath)

by bus
take the 37 or 37A from E´burgh towards Pennicuik. Get off the 1st bus stop at Bilston.

Wishlist:
tarpaulins, ropes - for climbing&lashing, blankets & duvets,torches/lanterns/candles, old tools, building material, winter clothing,D locks (etc.),dog food, eviction stash foods, music (tapes, cds, people with instruments) - well, anything else you can think of...
thanx from us all!

site - phone: 07986632429, for more infomaterial

mailing address:
BILSTON GLEN ANTI-BYPASS CAMP
c/o Autonomous Centre Edinburgh,
17 West Montgomery Place,
Edinburgh,
EH7 5HA