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Tomorrow, the Licensing Committee of the Council will decide whether or not to issue a license for 'On the roll' - as can be seen ...

Today's soundtrack has been 'we shall overcome' and many other great protest ballads that I, and many others, learned from Pete ...

@EDIworstdrivers has been an excellent addition to Edinburgh's social media scene over the past year or so.  On twitter and facebook, th...

This pedestrian crossing, near where I stay, has been coned off, with signs up saying 'crossing not in use'.  Of course, it is still...

We have three regular events on Saturday mornings: the farmer's market, football practice, and a trip to the optometrist.  The first two...

After my rather derivative post yesterday, a friend, who is both local to the area and well-informed, contacted me, and offered to let me...

Haven't done much blogging recently, but thought it might be worth posting up my letter of objection to the Craighouse developments -- ...

I popped into Waterstones today to pick up a last minute gift for my wee boy - a pirate stickerbook  that he'd asked Santa for.  As ...

We've been asking the Scottish government for 'a step change' in their policies for a while now. But I was taken by surprise tod...

South-West Edinburgh is bifurcated by the Western Approach Rd.  Created by the removal of a train line, and lacking any cycle infrastructure...

With thanks to Chris Hill for the image from an old Pedestrians' Association publication. It's not often that I get to call on...

Cyclists and pedestrians have much in common, but have been pushed apart - quite literally.  It will take a major shift in how they both cam...

There are lots of jokes about the tensions, splits and divides in bike groups, but one of the joys of being involved with Pedal on Parliamen...

ht tp://www.flickr.com/photos/blackpuddinonnabike/10991019106/ In the past few days, more shared use signs have appeared around the city...

I wrote this yesterday for the Scotsman, to accompany this article .  Not sure if it's gone in or not.  It's a slightly more critic...

I suppose it was inevitable, that in a week when Scotland's dire record of pedestrian safety  was splashed across the media, when I can...

I've written before about the last 10 yards of the school run being the part that puts me (and others) off letting my kids cycle to sch...

This morning, I was trying to explain to my six year old why I had put lights on her bike, even though it was fully light, if a bit murky.  ...

Sometimes I just don't understand people.  This morning, I was taking my wee boy to nursery on his balancebike, and we came past this bu...

...is that we all behave as if we're 3 years old.   And no wonder. The only time that we learn road safety is at pre-school or nursery...