196th Session (2017-2018) Excursions

Summer Visits 2017

Visit to INEOS – Grangemouth Refinery and Chemical Production Site

On Thursday 15th June (4.30pm – 8.30pm)

Details:

• Leave Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, at 4.30pm and proceed by Horsburgh Coach to the Visitor Centre at the Grangemouth site, where there will be a presentation about the site, and the refinery and production activities undertaken by INEOS.
• The presentation will take about 45 minutes after which Fellows and their guests will re-board the coach for a tour of the site which it is anticipated will last a further 45 minutes.
• The Coach will then return to Waterloo Place, at approximately 8.30pm.

There will be a charge for this visit of between £10 and £12 depending on numbers. Payment to be made on the day.

Visit to the Scottish Ambulance Service

On Tuesday 20th June (3pm – 4.30pm)

Details:

• Meet at the Scottish Ambulance Service South East Division Headquarters at Kings Haugh, Peffermill Industrial Estate EH16 5UY (On road from Cameron Toll to Craigmillar, go past the Nairn Oatcake factory and then take first turning on the left and second on the right - SAS HQ are straight ahead, no parking in their compound but plenty of adjacent parking anywhere on the roads in the industrial estate.
• Fellows will be provided with an opportunity to learn about the nature and scope of activities of the Scottish Ambulance Service and should be able to see some of the vehicles currently used by SAS and the facilities they provide – (an opportunity to see inside an ambulance and the facilities and equipment available when not a patient or accompanying one!)