The driver's distance from the road surface also makes a difference to perceived speed.

I think they sometimes don't perceive it as an overtaking manoeuvre. I've had people start to pass me approaching a speed bump and have to slow down right next to me.

Princes St in the wet gloam.

Beginning to lose faith completely in all socials as very few people are seeing them.

If you like them please do share them. Thanks neebs.

#Edinburgh

Have any of you come across such a thing? And what insurance have you used in the past?
Thanks

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Bit of brain-picking if you don't mind. Currently planning a major European tour over the Summer. It was suggested to me that there might be some kind of combined cycle/travel insurance available...

www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happe...

Don't think so. TBH, think I noticed the bike more (or at least the arrangement of bags)!

Well done! I passed you (on a Voi bike) but didn't realise that's what you were doing.

A poor imitation. It (almost) scans!

Reminds me of that old saying/joke/aphorism. "When god made man she was only joking".

Romani ite domum.

a drawing of a man with flowers coming out of his mouth Alt: The opening credits of Monty Python's Flying Circus

At this juncture we move to something totally unrelated.

Me too, not good at just going out for a ride without a specific destination. But I need to up my fitness for a planned big tour (EV12). Bike's in the dock this week though...

Beat me to it!

Brilliant shop, great food.

More like flying rats

Wouldn't be interested, it's not in their back yard

Apparently "non-denominational" actually means Church of Scotland...

I don't want self-driving cars. I want cars with speed governors and doors that won't open when cyclists are approaching.

Ratcliffe 'sorry' for language after 'colonising' remarks - BBC Sounds Manchester Utd co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants".

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sorry-not-sorry

But the celts were immigrants too. From memory they came from Central and Eastern Europe. So get yourself off back to Austria!

Epstein victims demand US time limit on sex trafficking cases be dropped Democrats introduce ‘Virginia’s Law’ to remove barriers for survivors of sexual violence from seeking justice

Isn’t it time we changed the language of “sex trafficking”? Instead use “Rape trafficking”. Sex implies consent. There is none. This is rape, coercion and abuse of vulnerable people. Our language should reflect the harm inflicted. Words matter.

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...

Watched the first one. Definitely promising. Slow burner.

McSweeney or Starmer?

We've got tree sparrows in the garden just now! Never thought I'd see the day.

And further down the hill:
bsky.app/profile/corn...

Someone set the ball on fire!

Misleading photo. There's no bus stop at the top of Bank Street, let alone bus stop bypass. That's just the pedestrian crossing for the lights at the High Street. But let's not let the reality get in the way.