Thanks again to everyone who came along to last weekend’s Postcode Challenge and made it such as success – stallholders, participants, the People’s Postcode Trust and of course my lovely colleagues who organised it – Ruth, Espe and Lyndsay from ELGT, plus Ruth, Ruairidh and Mark. Around 300 people finished the course, despite some pretty [...]
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Sustrans North Edinburgh volunteers got stuck in to making some path improvements on Wednesday evening at the Craigleith Junction. Long frustrated by mud and puddles taking up half the width of the path, and soil and grass encroaching on the edges, a team of six assembled with spades, shovels and brooms to try and tackle [...]
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For many years, a stream of water has been running across the Trinity path near Warriston Gardens, and in very wet conditions is often joined by a second stream a few metres away. Usually, this is nothing more serious than an unpleasant, wet and muddy mess, but in the winter the two streams freeze into [...]
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Look at the Innertube map, and you’ll notice that in the north there’s a missing link between two routes – the short strip where the path from the city centre/Leith ends abruptly on Lower Granton Road (the yellow line), and the start of the new segregated cycle lane along Waterfront Avenue, which links to Silverknowes [...]
+ READ MORECouncil plans for Princes Street are being criticised by bike campaigners and green politicians after it emerged that cyclists would only be able to cycle one way. The plans, which are intended to improve the street-scape, would create a large pedestrianised area on the south-side of Princes Street. But whilst the plans include a cycle [...]
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Over the past two years, Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust have been running bulb-planting sessions on several sections of the north Edinburgh cycle paths, supported by the People’s Postcode Lottery and local volunteers. The most recent section to get the floral makeover was at Fiveways Junction back in November. Those that were planted in 2011 are now in their second [...]
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Hope you’re all getting ready for Sunday’s Postcode Challenge (seehttp://bit.ly/M94Beb for more info). In the meantime, we’d like to say a massive thank you to all the stall holders – be sure to say hello as you’re whizzing around the paths. Edinburgh Bicycle Co-operative My Adventure Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre Pedal on Parliament (especial thanks for stepping [...]
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We’re all set to go for Sunday’s challenge, but unfortunately two stallholders have dropped out, leaving us with a couple of gaps. Can your organisation help? The Challenge is made up of 10 stalls on the North Edinburgh cycleway, where participants can get their entry card marked, with the chance to win a prize when [...]
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This coming Sunday is the third Postcode Challenge on the north Edinburgh paths – a chance to explore the routes, discover new ones and win prizes at the same time. Dotted around the network will be ten stands, run by local organisations. Find your first one and they will give you a card. Get the [...]
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We’ll be celebrating the completion of the Granton Tunnel graffiti artwork today (Friday 19 April 2013) and The Bike Station’s Dr Bike will be there from 2.30 – 3.30pm. Please stop by to admire the wonderful artwork created by Chris Young and the Fet Lor group and have your bike sorted at the same time! [...]
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