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Felt I had to write one last letter to my Councillors: One last comment before your meeting today -  my comments on Waterworld  are pretty...

Fyrishof in Uppsala - now that's a swimming pool! When the council closed Leith Waterworld, we were devastated.  My daughter, who ha...

A local politician keeps telling me to 'think strategic' and 'not bother him (and others) with the little stuff'.   He mean...

My kids seem to do pretty much everything in school - someone teaches them swimming, dancing, tennis, plus normal PE. But, when it comes t...

If one message came out of this year's Pedal on Parliament, it's that we're not 'cyclists', we're everyone.   The wo...

There's a lot of craziness involved in planning pedal on parliament, but right now, my biggest headache is how to get a group of famili...

How many of us wear helmets so that when we get squashed the judge can't say it was our fault?   I know I'm not alone in doing this....

There's a lot of data around these days pointing out that cycling is good for business and that cycle-lanes drive up footfall etc But...

On Friday, I wrote two posts about cars/driving/traffic near my daughter's primary school.  Well worn territory for me, unfortunately (s...

View Larger Map This is a lovely intersection that I go through most mornings. There are at least 3 primary schools in the vicinity, and...

Yesterday and today I found myself stopping to take pictures of vehicles parked on the 'keep clear' area at the end of Montpelier, w...

Two and a half years ago, Edinburgh launched its Active Travel Action Plan .  In many ways, it's not a bad plan.  But it hasn't aged...

I was sent this picture earlier today.  It's a salutary reminder of how far we have come.  On Monday, Spokes is holding a public meeti...

My planned blog about cycle advocacy strategies has been hijacked by computer malfunction and the need to write to my councillors.   So I...

London's announcement seems to have rekindled the debate (on forums, blogs , twitter and even in the comments on my last blog pos t) abo...

Reading Boris' vision for cycling in London was a revelation.  Not because I believe it will all happen, or that funding's in place...

What does it take to make cyclists happy? Dropped kerbs. Photo courtesy of chdot via flickr Honestly. You think that sounds silly?...

Our first trip with the trailer. Picking strawberries to jam. Most of the time, I'm fending off comments about how 'brave' ...

I'm delighted that journals are using social media to promote journal articles.  It's a brilliant idea.  @T&F_Africa is real...

I know I'm not the only one who gets frustrated seeing people chuck huge amounts of cardboard or other recyclable stuff into ...