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Bear's cove, Harbour Grace See anything wrong with this picture?  Nope. Me neither.  My kids had a wonderful summer in Harbour Grac...

A letter to my MSPs Spokes has asked us all to write to our MSPs .  Here's my effort: As you doubtless know, the Autumn statement ...

I've taken my 4 year old swimming twice.  His big sister went all the time, but that was when Waterworld was open.  We've been t...

photo by Chris Hill If you ask for a list of the top 10 things Edinburgh has done for cyclists recently, you will almost certainly ...

I've been pretty sceptical about the George Street cycle lanes since they were first proposed. But I thought I should at least try them ...

I saw this picture on twitter earlier today, and all I could think was how much better it would make my work commutes (and that of all th...

Yesterday I had to make my way from my office near the Meadows to a meeting near Haymarket. Amazingly, I realised that not only can I get m...

I rather unexpectedly found myself facilitating a table discussion at the first UK Women's Cycle Forum on Saturday.  Have been increasin...

Still no idea what to say at tomorrow's inaugural Women's Cycle Forum .  That's partly because Sally said it all already , and p...

This morning, walking to school, another mum was shepherding  several small children across a small intersection, while a private hire car w...

A third set of plans have been released for the Craighouse site.  A friend of mine, whose response I posted last time, has now written an ...

I've been enjoying reading about one Mum's attempt to go car-free for a week in North London .  She's chronicled her struggle ag...

Making space for cycling has hit the main stream - big rides , campaigns , new guidance.  It's all really good stuff, but I can't he...

A few years ago - maybe even just months ago - I didn't even know what a chicane was.   I've paid so little attention to them, that ...

A couple of weeks ago I posted a video of 5 minutes cycling with my daughter .  It got quite a lot of views and comments. Even the nicest co...

I may have let the cat out of the bag in a recent post.  I said ' Edinburgh's a pretty decent place to cycle'.  And I actually...