http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Recent Posts en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:28:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383999 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:02:40 +0000 chdot 383999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>‘Suicidal’ model of capitalism leading to war and fascism, climate summit told </p> <p>Colombia president Gustavo Petro tells 57-country talks on a green energy transition that fossil fuel interests could destroy humanity </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/capitalism-colombia-climate-summit-gustavo-petro" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/capitalism-colombia-climate-summit-gustavo-petro</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21920#post-383998 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:33:38 +0000 chdot 383998@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55238551935_31430089ac_z.jpg"></p> <p>This is the current, provisional, status (29.4.26)</p> <p>All are <em>likely</em> to run (most have done so in previous years), other ones are possible. </p> <p>If you’ve been on one before or something like Critical Mass you’ll know how it works - stick together and ride in a fashion that is safe for you and everyone else. </p> <p>There needs to be someone at the front who knows the route and someone at the back to make sure no one gets left behind (unless they decide to or have an unfixable bike problem). </p> <p>Pace is to suit the slowest not the fastest. </p> <p>THIS IS EMAIL FROM PoP TO PROSPECTIVE ORGANISERS</p> <p>(Email address at bottom if you want to help or are planning a ride that’s not on the map - maybe you could get people together for a short ride to a planned starting point?)</p> <p>“<br /> Pedal on Parliament 2026</p> <p>We’d love to see your organisation running a Feeder ride!</p> <p>Pedal on Parliament 2026 rides from Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, 11:30am on 30th May 2026. </p> <p>In the next week, we’ll have our poster/flyering printing done, and our updated manifesto launched.</p> <p>Feeder rides from all over Edinburgh, and beyond, make a big difference to help less confident folks participate in the ride, as well as being a fun way for everyone to travel in. While Pedal on Parliament is not responsible for these rides, we want to ensure that we support and resource those running them as best as we can.</p> <p>We’re not asking you to run a formal ‘led ride’ - simply to offer moral (and potentially mechanical!) support for folks to ride in together. It’s great if feeder rides can aim to use as much off-road and protected cycle infrastructure as possible along the way to help make the ride as family-friendly as possible, but we also welcome feeder rides that are explicitly following a road route and we can be open about their suitability when listing them online.</p> <p><strong>What we can offer</strong></p> <p>We are:</p> <p>Centrally plotting proactive contact with a number of organisations and supporters around the city who have run feeder rides previously, or who are well placed to contribute;</p> <p>Able to help make suggestions about routes, and tying in with other groups we’ve heard might be running a feeder ride;</p> <p>Asking that some of our marshals try and join their local feeder ride to support it en-route</p> <p>Promoting feeder rides for 2026 on our website (update soon) and social media</p> <p>What we need from you</p> <p>In four stages:</p> <p>Expression of interest; confirm to <a href="mailto:hello@pedalonparliament.org">hello@pedalonparliament.org</a> that you’re able to run a feeder ride on 30th May, with the aim to arrive at the Meadows around 11am</p> <p>Your expected route; we’re asking that everyone plots their route using Komoot and shares it with us, which should allow us to gather these routes into a collection there but also for participants to fully understand the way in — and also lets us spot opportunities for feeder rides to pick up others along the way;</p> <p>Other details; the point you’re gathering at (landmarks are good!), the time you’re expecting to leave, and any other considerations for your specific ride; </p> <p>Promotion: promoting your feeder ride also helps promote PoP26; we can provide some graphics for social media use and / or any RSVP-able online event you might use to track potential attendees. </p> <p>If you have any questions or concerns, just drop us a line on <a href="mailto:hello@pedalonparliament.org">hello@pedalonparliament.org</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383997 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:34:45 +0000 chdot 383997@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Parts of Scandinavia were scorched last summer by 21 days of punishingly hot weather that led to “tropical nights” in typically cool countries such as Norway, Sweden and Finland, according to a scientific report campaigners said showed “all the emergency warning lights are flashing red”. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/nordic-extreme-heat-environment-europe-report" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/29/nordic-extreme-heat-environment-europe-report</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383996 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:42:19 +0000 chdot 383996@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>European State of the Climate 2025: record heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, while glaciers shrink and snow cover declines </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/european-state-of-climate-2025-record-heatwaves-from-mediterranean-arctic-while-glaciers-shrink-and" rel="nofollow">https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/european-state-of-climate-2025-record-heatwaves-from-mediterranean-arctic-while-glaciers-shrink-and</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21892#post-383995 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:38:19 +0000 chdot 383995@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Today, when Transport Scotland revealed its early proposals for permanently repairing the Woodside Viaducts on the M8, they presented three options: repair, replace, or remove. </p> <p>Though still in the very early stages, the current consultation is the first time that the transport authority has ever formally presented the option of removing the viaducts altogether. When Peter Kelly read through the brochure, he was surprised to see the “remove” section – the Replace The M8 campaigner wasn’t expecting it. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://archive.ph/2026.04.28-203320/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25887780.glasgow-m8-woodside-viaducts-campaigners-want-removal-not-repair/" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/2026.04.28-203320/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25887780.glasgow-m8-woodside-viaducts-campaigners-want-removal-not-repair/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383994 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:30:12 +0000 chdot 383994@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Though solar was initially incorrectly blamed for crisis, renewables have helped insulate Spain from gas price rises caused by war in Middle East </p> <p>One year ago today, all of Spain, and much of Portugal, suffered through a blackout of unprecedented scale and duration. In mere seconds, a cascading sequence of events burst through the grid and created Europe’s first “system black” event in recent memory. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/blackout-spain-renewable-energy-grid-solar-wind" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/blackout-spain-renewable-energy-grid-solar-wind</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383993 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:28:30 +0000 chdot 383993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Of the many clashes in worldview between King Charles III and Donald Trump, the greatest is on an issue the White House has sought to silence: the future of the planet.</p> <p>For more than 50 years, as the Prince of Wales, the environmentally minded Charles spoke out often, addressing UN summits and closed gatherings alike, to urge better guardianship of nature and strong action on the climate.</p> <p>The royal visit to Washington will be no exception. The Guardian understands the king will not be silent on green issues, despite concerns within the British government, and sources say the king is likely to touch on the environment in public as well as private. Civil society groups have been in touch with the palace over the potential inclusion of references to the climate and nature in the king’s speech to Congress on Tuesday afternoon.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/28/trump-and-king-charless-clashing-climate-views-are-one-schism-the-royal-touch-cant-heal" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/28/trump-and-king-charless-clashing-climate-views-are-one-schism-the-royal-touch-cant-heal</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21874#post-383992 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:10:45 +0000 chdot 383992@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just over a month to go</p> <p>I’m told ‘lists are being worked through’</p> <p>There’s a draft Manifesto </p> <p>Feeder Rides are being planned -</p> <p>Many will be as in previous years, but it’s not too late to add your own. Pick a starting point, plan a route and a sensible starting time </p> <p>FR’s often join up with others along the way</p> <p>Currently -</p> <p>“</p> <p>Pedal on Parliament - Call for Marshals</p> <p>Pedal on Parliament is back on 30th May, 11:30am - and are seeking ride marshals.</p> <p>Marshals help keep people safe and having fun, and are a big part of making this mass ride to the Scottish Parliament happen. If you’ve helped out with blocking on Critical Mass, Infrasisters, Pedal on Parliament or similar rides in the past, PoP’s co-organisers would love for you to sign up to receive more details over here.</p> <p>Pedal on Parliament is completely volunteer-driven. We can only show up to Holyrood en-masse to demand safer cycling in Scotland thanks to those who can give their time to make it happen. Join us and play your part.</p> <p>“</p> <p>From </p> <p><a href="https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/issue-142-27th-apr-26/" rel="nofollow">https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/issue-142-27th-apr-26/</a></p> <p>Sign up here -</p> <p><a href="https://cloud.pedalonparliament.org/apps/forms/s/RnfgPeGSNewgJ4aRW3GKkYem" rel="nofollow">https://cloud.pedalonparliament.org/apps/forms/s/RnfgPeGSNewgJ4aRW3GKkYem</a></p> <p><img src="https://pedalonparliament.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pop26-STDate-Landscape-v1.png "></p> <p><a href="https://pedalonparliament.org" rel="nofollow">https://pedalonparliament.org</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21711&page=2#post-383991 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:12:13 +0000 chdot 383991@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/midlothian-pupils-launch-official-poster-competition-for-tour-de-france-grand-depart-7961500" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/midlothian-pupils-launch-official-poster-competition-for-tour-de-france-grand-depart-7961500</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383990 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:05:06 +0000 chdot 383990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/uae-quit-opec-oil-exporters-cartel-donald-trump" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/uae-quit-opec-oil-exporters-cartel-donald-trump</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383989 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:59:08 +0000 MediumDave 383989@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Probably the wrong thread but too delicious not to share:</p> <p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-fuel-protest-b2965664.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-fuel-protest-b2965664.html</a></p> <p>They didn't manage to get a disco lorry or even a dog... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20903&page=5#post-383988 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:30:58 +0000 jdanielp 383988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The aqueduct was open by a little after 18:00 yesterday when I was heading home. There was no sign that anything had happened. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=643&page=245#post-383987 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:52:14 +0000 chdot 383987@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/orcas-spotted-on-east-lothian-coast-in-rare-sighting-7808476" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/orcas-spotted-on-east-lothian-coast-in-rare-sighting-7808476</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20903&page=4#post-383986 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:21:09 +0000 jdanielp 383986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yikes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21592&page=6#post-383985 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:44:52 +0000 bakky 383985@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>edi.bike | issue 142 | 27th Apr '26 </p> <p>New ‘Cycle Buddies’ Scheme; Pedal on Parliament Call for Marshals; plus events, infrastructure, route closures &amp; more:</p> <p><a href="https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/issue-142-27th-apr-26/" rel="nofollow">https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/issue-142-27th-apr-26/</a></p> <p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/BPSDgja"><img src="https://iili.io/BPSDgja.md.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20903&page=4#post-383984 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:29:31 +0000 bakky 383984@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A post from Scott Arthur on FB indicates some kind of incident at the Slateford aqueduct, with reports in the comments of a police presence at the builders yard and the rumour that unfortunately someone may have jumped. Will update here if I hear otherwise but would assume it will remain closed for the time being. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21857#post-383983 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:53:59 +0000 jdanielp 383983@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Karl is going to be cycling from Arran to Edinburgh via the Outer Hebrides to raise money for charity in memory of fimm:</p> <p><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/team/outerhebridescycle" rel="nofollow">https://www.justgiving.com/team/outerhebridescycle</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21079&page=2#post-383982 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:47:52 +0000 jdanielp 383982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed. There was also a very interesting six-wheeled Quicab. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=643&page=245#post-383981 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:44:53 +0000 jdanielp 383981@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The swan seemed to have abandoned its nest at Heriot-Watt last week, so that was disappointing, but this morning I saw eight cygnets on the canal near Bridge 8 Hub, presumably with the Wester Hailes swan pair, although I'd forgot to check for the swan being on the nest when passing the lagoon so it is not impossible that they had swum in from further to the west.</p> <p>I also saw some coot chicks and ducklings on Craiglockhart Pond during the weekend. The swan remains on the nest there for now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383980 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:53:53 +0000 chdot 383980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Governments have done too little to address a rising burden of often avoidable illness, she said. “Successive governments, including the current one, have known this but failed to take the action needed. Turning the tide requires a new approach that goes far beyond patching up the NHS to tackling the root causes of poor health,” she said.</p> <p>Ministers should force food firms to make their products healthier, introduce minimum unit pricing of alcohol in England, as Scotland has done, and tackle drug-related harm, Dixon urged.</p> <p>The UK has deep and widening inequalities in healthy life expectancy. It is highest in wealthy Richmond upon Thames, London, where the average man enjoys 69.3 years and average woman 70.3 years in good health. However, in contrast, an average man in Blackpool gets just 50.9 years and the average woman in Hartlepool only 51.2 years.</p> <p>Labour’s manifesto pledged that it would “tackle the social determinants of health, halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions in England”.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/27/people-in-uk-spend-fewer-years-in-good-health-than-a-decade-ago-study-finds" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/27/people-in-uk-spend-fewer-years-in-good-health-than-a-decade-ago-study-finds</a></p> <p>Well ‘cycling’ isn’t <em>the</em> answer, but encouraging/facilitating should be more important/easier than currently… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19103&page=23#post-383979 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:13:07 +0000 chdot 383979@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://archive.ph/2026.04.26-070904/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26048469.outrage-sale-scotland-endangered-wild-salmon/" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/2026.04.26-070904/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26048469.outrage-sale-scotland-endangered-wild-salmon/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21673&page=3#post-383978 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:52:39 +0000 gembo 383978@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The puddle is a dried up husk. Two tiny splodges of mud like where the elephants would congregated if it was a watering hole on the Zambezi. Straight through the middle this afternoon. Some shocking potholes though. Something should be done about them instead of spending money on bike infra that nobody uses. Oh wait this is a tremendous bike route. Even the angler ceded to me on the descent. Gembo Rules. As SAHB nearly saiid. I hope Markus Stitz has put it in his gravel routes book but with an added climb of Everest to make it hard enough. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383977 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:53:30 +0000 chdot 383977@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/26/toxic-exposure-climate-crisis-study" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/26/toxic-exposure-climate-crisis-study</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21079&page=2#post-383976 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:53:56 +0000 gembo 383976@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like a fair number of the Friday CanoPY coffee gang out for CM I was alas up Soutra Hill though the sun did come out for us eventually </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21079#post-383975 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:01:22 +0000 chdot 383975@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some photos of yesterday’s ride to Saughton Park (and back by a different route)</p> <p>First photo a mini version of the PoP ride in a month’s time!</p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55230313866_330dee945d_c.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55229405362_f7b7ac089b_c.jpg"></p> <p>Meet at MMW (CM and PoP)</p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55230395154_ded421820d_c.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55229237612_90029914d9_c.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55230385994_a92f67f72f_c.jpg"></p> <p>Hutchison Crossway. Might make more sense to have a cycle gap here rather than the pavement conflict to the left</p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55230546440_d57e5b61de_c.jpg"></p> <p>Turning into Saughton Park </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=80#post-383974 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:12:53 +0000 chdot 383974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.</p> <p>The secrecy provision, which the European Commission added to its proposal almost verbatim after industry lobbying in 2024, hinders scrutiny of the pollution that individual datacentres emit. It leaves researchers with just national-level summaries of their energy footprints.</p> <p>The rise of AI chatbots has spurred a boom in the construction of chip-filled warehouses with a hunger for power that is being met, in part, by burning fossil gas. Legal scholars warn the blanket confidentiality clause may fall foul of EU transparency rules and the Aarhus convention on public access to environmental information.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/17/microsoft-us-tech-firms-lobbied-eu-secrecy-rules-datacentre-emissions</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20766&page=79#post-383973 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:12:11 +0000 chdot 383973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>One vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean, renewable energy. Another involves making the UK an AI superpower.</p> <p>The government departments responsible for these two visions do not appear to have agreed on their numbers.</p> <p>The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) thinks AI datacentres will consume 6GW of electricity by 2030. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) appears to think they will use less than a tenth of that.</p> <p>Tim Squirrell, the head of strategy for the NGO Foxglove, said: “The government’s cluelessness over the environmental impact of datacentres would be laughable, if it weren’t so alarming.”</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/26/uk-departments-at-odds-over-energy-demands-of-ai-datacentres" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/26/uk-departments-at-odds-over-energy-demands-of-ai-datacentres</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21898#post-383972 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:17:57 +0000 pringlis 383972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is from Edinburgh Planning via Facebook group <a href="https://archive.is/si76G">Edinburgh Past and Present (Archive.is link)</a>.</p> <p><blockquote>By way of an update, the archaeology consultant from the developer has been able to confirm that the tiles have been fully recorded, left in-situ, and there are not plans for the tiles to be removed during demolition. We’re now in discussions with the developer about future plans for the tiles. Preferably they’d be retained and made a feature of within the building, but I cannot guarantee this as it will depend on multiple other factors if this can be achieved</blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21898#post-383971 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:43:59 +0000 acsimpson 383971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The same as happens to the unusual wallpaper patches on the left? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=643&page=245#post-383970 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:58:03 +0000 Frenchy 383970@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pair of flamingos in the Grevelingenmeer (Netherlands). Had no idea they lived that far north in the wild. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21898#post-383969 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:24:24 +0000 gembo 383969@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What will they do with those rare tiles halfway up the wall on RHS? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21898#post-383968 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:49:00 +0000 Frenchy 383968@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&amp;keyVal=RSBP06EWJ9800">23/01417/FUL</a> | "Redevelopment including demolition for hotel use (Class 7) with ancillary bar /restaurant facilities and retail use at basement and ground levels including associated alterations and extensions."</p> <p>In case anyone was wondering. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-383967 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:22:13 +0000 gembo 383967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We did a corking route today - balerno -Dalkeith- Cousland- Humbie- Soutra-Gilston-Heriot-Carrington-Roslin- Fairmilehead-Balerno</p> <p>Quite a bit of new tarmac especially Gilston road that links A68 and A7 and also around Temple on the way to Carrington.</p> <p>Granites need done for the TdeF but maybe next spring? I dropped a grey specialized Bidon near Rosewell if anyone sees it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3708&page=2#post-383966 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:34:14 +0000 chdot 383966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>BikeBiz can reveal that internal documents, titled “Project Horizon”, show that the Accell Group, owner of brands like Raleigh, Lapierre and Ghost are facing significant financial pressures. </p> <p>Whilst recent public messaging has projected a picture of more stable ground, the documents show that the business needs a €95 million capital injection to address a significant working capital deficit that threatens its operational stability. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://bikebiz.com/accell-group-seeks-e95m-funding-internal-documents-detail-radical-restructuring-plans/" rel="nofollow">https://bikebiz.com/accell-group-seeks-e95m-funding-internal-documents-detail-radical-restructuring-plans/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21898#post-383965 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:01:04 +0000 chdot 383965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55227371487_57f0c779cf_c.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55229206197_02b45f6a4f_z.jpg"> </p>