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Photo of two vans parked partially on the Restalrig Railway Path just clockwise from the Seafield St access point.

#EdTravCyc Restalrig Railway Path constricted between Seafield Street and Findlay Gardens by tree-trimming/felling/chipping people and vehicles.

Photo of the remains of a play park in the remains of an outdoor sea-filled swimming pool on Prestwick beach.

Also #EdTravCyc there was a big icy puddle at the bottom of the slope from the Restalrig Path down to Leith Links, though this has perhaps thawed by now.

Photo of an half-frozen puddle on the Goldenacre Path, looking north.

Screenshot of Google Maps showing a pinata the icy puddle on the Goldenacre Path.

#EdTravCyc ICE WARNING on the Goldenacre Path, beneath the puddle at the bottom of the slope from the playing fields. St Mark's Path bridge also a bit frostyslippy.

Photo of a BRAVILOR BONAMAT industrial coffee filter machine, with a BRAVILOR BONAMAT jug filled with coffee under the filter and another BRAVILOR BONAMAT jug filled with coffee on the hotplate on the top.

Somewhere in an alternative present, steam-extracted coffee was never invented and we still have to make do with a polystyrene cup of filter coffee of an unspecified origin from a simple glass BRAVILOR BONAMAT jug, where you could only hope that it was poured from the fresh jug at the bottom.

Age verification?

I remember when 20p pieces were launched, before pound coins, when the 5p/10p/50p were still big and when halfpenny pieces were still in circulation, with the manually-applied price stickers on goods in shops still sometimes specifying half-pence prices.

Loot that drops after defeating me:

- two cotton handkerchiefs
- small squeezy bottle of hand sanitiser
- 20 assorted bicycle lock/house/garage/shed keys in a small leather key pouch
- Endura Humvee ¾ baggy cycling shorts
- two packets rough oatcakes

...and any parked on a footway, blocking a dropped kerb, or just anywhere selfish.

Post a sign from your country that tells a story about how they treat their roads...

Is it worth submitting video footage of close passes? After concerns that police in Wales might not be accepting video submissions of close passing, we met with the Head of GoSafe in Wales to find out more. Here’s what he told us, along with his advice f...

Some important clarification here from @cyclinguk.bsky.social on submitting close-pass video evidence to the police

www.cyclinguk.org/blog/it-wort...

A large group of people, including children, on bikes of all sizes cycle through a green space. The text reads: Pedal on Parliament - Save the date: 30th May 2026, 11.30am - #PoP26 - Meadows to Holyrood on closed roads, for a cycle-friendly Scotland

We’re back - Save the Date! In 2026 we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-friendly Scotland, on Sat 30th May at 11.30am - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, Edinburgh on closed roads.

#ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #pop26

Pedal on Parliament is back Pedal on Parliament (PoP) is a movement to persuade politicians to make the roads safer in Scotland for cyclists. Their strapline is "We're pedalling to make Scotland a cycle-friendly country!" In this election year they are planning a protest ride on 30 May 2026 at 11.30am to bring their demands to the attention of the newly elected politicians at Holyrood. …

Pedal on Parliament is back

Pedal on Parliament (PoP) is a movement to persuade politicians to make the roads safer in Scotland for cyclists. Their strapline is "We're pedalling to make Scotland a cycle-friendly country!" In this election year they are planning a protest ride on 30 May 2026 at…

Aaarg now the tune is in my head.

We've been made aware of malicious QR codes being put on some of our parking ticket machines around the city.

Please do not scan these. If you see any please report them to us.

Cameron's 'on-the-phone-to-Obama' selfie tweet parodied by celebrities Actor Patrick Stewart and comic Rob Delaney post parodies on Twitter as PM’s picture sparks mini meme

The item-to-the-ear reminded me of the patch-me-in Cameron-mocking meme, which I have just horrified myself by reading that it was eleven years ago... www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

"This has already been reported to us and a roads inspector has assessed and categorised it for repair."

The (slightly diminished) Band

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Dropping Muses

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CRATER WARNING on Seafield Road eastbound between the level crossing and Seafield Street. Recently significantly worsened in the cold weather and by heavy traffic turning left out of Marine Esplanade. Reported to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social under 102000111365. #EdTravCyc

Where the road priorities change, I hope there'll be speed bumps/raised tables/rumble-paint. I hope the turns on (particularly two-way) cycle channels will be a bit wider. I hope it'll be useful/easy/findable enough to have been worth doing to avoid a couple of narrow paths under bridges.

As for the New Bit, offering an alternative for a bit of the canal, I hope it has plenty of repeater signs on lampposts so that it's easy to follow. The canal is one of the nice thick purple lines on the @spokes.org.uk map - signifying freedom from junction choices and pestering by motor vehicles.

From Fountain Park direction to the canal is a two-step pain (or get off and walk). Canal to eastbound to Semple St likewise. Lochrin Square looks to have been entirely ignored as a thoroughfare. Also, tweak either the taxi rand or bus stop so that they're not quite so likely to gum things up.

It looks a bit like someone had heard of cycle-priority roundabouts, but then applied it to the wrong sort of junction which isn't a roundabout and on which they clearly prioritise cars. It's removed the desire-line pedestrian crossing from outside Loudon's to the more easterly canal access point.

Screenshot of the Jacobs consultation drawings (sheet 10A) for the Dundee Street/Fountainbridge active travel consultation, showing the junction Dundee St/Fountainbridge/Gardner's Crescent.

Maybe this section of the plans was only drawn since the Port Hamilton cut-through has been out of action. As @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk pointed out in their guide, this absolutely does not cater for two-way traffic to/from the canal. It's also missing advanced stop boxes on all three arms.

Screenshot of the Jacobs consultation drawings (sheet 05B) for the Dundee Street/Fountainbridge active travel consultation, showing the junction between the east/north-bound cycle lane on Dundee St's junction with Fowler Terrace.

I would be fascinated to know if bits like this went past any cyclists before being committed to PDF. I would urge whoever drew it to borrow a long-wheelbase cargo bike, or a trike, or fit a child seat or pair of panniers and then visit the west end of Rankeillor St, or the mouth of Hermit's Croft.

Reminder than the Dundee Street/Fountainbridge active travel improvement consultation closes on Monday 12th January 2026.
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s...
It only took me a couple of hours, working off notes made beforehand, but there were still a couple of bits I only noticed today.

I saw a mini-gritter-tractor heading east from Ainslie Park at about 17:10, which might have done a bit of Five Ways.

#EdTravCyc Blackhall Path ice all the way from Craigleith to Silverknowes Road...
Cramond Prom crunchy ice from the roundabout by the causeway to West Shore Road

Photo of the Chancelot Path between the Water of Leith Walkway and Five Ways junction, looking north underneath Ferry Road.

#EdTravCyc Five Ways and most of the Chancelot Path completely iced, but there was a gritter heading east at Ainslie Park. Most of the WoL path between the Chancelot and Sandport clear apart from the Stedfastgate slope, the Sandport bridge and a patch at the bottom of the new W. Bowling Green slope

#EdTravCyc icy puddles along Leith Links paths and at the bottom of the slope to the Restalrig Railway Path. Puddles across the width of the bridges over the crematorium entrance. Findlay slope frosty but walkable.