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Draft storyAround Gullbrae

A busy summer

The shopkeepers plan for summer so good food reaches people.

A draft: the words and pictures are waiting for an educator’s review.

Who’s in it

Meet everyone in Gullbrae

The story

In the bakery, Fiona meets Thomas, Mairi and Ailsa along the counter, each holding a closed notebook, with a few food picture cards beside the bread.

Summer was coming, and lots of visitors with it. Fiona met Thomas, Mairi and Ailsa at the bakery to plan for the busy weeks.

Thomas looks at a long row of bread picture cards next to a much shorter row of shopping basket cards, while Fiona points at the difference.

Thomas looked at their plan. There were far more bread cards than shopping basket cards. Fiona pointed it out: that was more bread than people would buy.

For grown-ups: The picture plan shows more food than the group expects to use. The cards are a planning idea, not counted figures.

In the greengrocer’s, Mairi takes extra food picture cards off a wooden rail and puts them in a drawer, while Fiona points to a smaller basket of whole fruit and veg.

At the greengrocer’s, Mairi took the extra cards off the rail. Fiona pointed to a smaller basket. That was all they really needed.

Mairi: “Let’s plan what we need before we plan what goes in the bin.”

Outside the island shop, Ailsa pins up a picture notice showing a small basket, a plate with a sensible portion and a reusable bag, while Thomas stands beside her.

Over on the island, Ailsa pinned up a picture notice for visitors: a small basket, a sensible plate of food and a bag to use again.

For grown-ups: Visitor message: plan what you need, choose suitable portions, and save good food safely.

At a closed farm gate, Fiona talks to Mairi; behind a separate fence, one small closed container sits in a tidy covered bay.

At the farm gate, Fiona showed Mairi where the last bits that could not be saved would go: a small closed container, kept apart.

For grown-ups: Only food that could not be saved, and that the local service accepts, goes to its own route, after everything has been done to prevent waste. Check your council’s own rules for what is collected. Household scraps are never fed to farm animals.

At the greengrocer’s counter, Mairi passes a basket with a loaf and whole vegetables to Ailsa while Fiona stands beside them.

Mairi passed a basket of bread and vegetables to Ailsa. Good food was going to people, just as they had planned.

For grown-ups: Plan for good food to reach people first.

Draft, 20 October 2026. The words and pictures are not yet reviewed by an educator. The story follows the outline in our story guide.

The real-life bit

The best way to deal with food waste is not to make it: plan what you need, choose sensible portions and store good food safely (Zero Waste Scotland). Only food that truly cannot be saved should go on to a waste route, and your council’s own rules say how. Gullbrae is made up. Your council’s own rules are the ones to follow.

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