Any visit to Charlotte Square in August confirms an affinity between bicycles and books - and the usefulness of railings!
A former Poet Laureate of the United States, Kay Ryan, has said "I usually do a lot of idle woolgathering, punctuated with bicycle riding and a certain amount of cooking"
"Kay Ryan is widely regarded as one of America’s great living poets." - https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/kay-ryan