SPOKES SUMMER SPACES FOR PEOPLE (SfP) CHALLENGE
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http://www.spokes.org.uk/2021/07/summer-sfp-challenge/
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Enter our summer challenge to win a Spokes Map of your choice or a Spokes Buff – or both!! At the same time, you’ll be helping Spokes by giving us useful feedback on some of the SfP schemes.
Your challenge is to visit either 3 or 4 of the SfP schemes in our list below, each of which must be in a different area, and send us comments (brief or extensive) on the scheme, plus a photo of yourself and/or your bike at each location, to prove you were there.
If you do this for 3 schemes, you can request a Spokes map of your choice or a Spokes Buff. If you do it for 4 schemes, you can request a map and a buff. We’d also welcome comments on more schemes, but you won’t earn further rewards.
THE CHALLENGE – HOW TO TAKE PART
Visit either 3 or 4 SfP schemes from the list at the end of this article. Each scheme must be from a different section of the list. At each of your 3 (or 4) chosen schemes…
get a photo of yourself and/or your bike, showing a bit of background or landmark to confirm where you are
note down some comments on the scheme – as much detail as you like, but a minimum of 30 words for each scheme. Your comments should be constructive, for example saying what you liked and/or what needs improved or changed.
Back at home, create a text or Word document containing..
your name, full address including postcode, email address and (if possible) phone number
your choice of reward
your comments on each of your 3 (or 4) chosen schemes
there is a template you can use here for your entry
If possible, reduce each of your pictures to under 1MB if they are bigger, but don’t worry if you don’t know how to do this
Please send your entry as one email, with the document and the pictures attached to the email
Email your entry to: competition@spokes.org.uk
Only one entry per household.
CHOOSING YOUR CHALLENGE SCHEMES
For Edinburgh SfP schemes, please choose from the map and lists.
Note that our challenge only covers the cycleroute and road closure/ quiet road schemes on the map below. There are many other SfP schemes, but they are not included in our challenge. For a fuller list, see Council SfP interactive map (may not be fully up to date)
To devise your route to each scheme you may need to use a detailed map, such as the Spokes Edinburgh map or online cyclestreets.net
If you are including an SfP scheme from one of the Lothians Councils, you will need to identify it yourself – it must be a cycleroute or traffic-reduction scheme. In the table below the map we only list the few Lothians schemes that we know of.
• Each of your 3 (or 4) chosen schemes must be from a different section below. For example one each from north, south and west; or one each from south, east and Midlothian.
NORTH EDINBURGH
N1 Silverknowes Road
N2 Muirhouse Parkway+ Pennywell Road
N3 Crewe Road South
N4 Ferry Road
N5 Granton, West Shore Road
SOUTH EDINBURGH
S1 Comiston Road
S2 Causewayside + Mayfield Road
S3 Minto Street + Craigmillar Park Road
S4 Gilmerton Road
S5 Morningside Road (uphill) + Bruntsfield (if still in place)
S6 Greenbank to Bruntsfield Links (includes Braid Road closure)
EAST EDINBURGH
E1 Old Dalkeith Road
E2 Duddingston Road + Dudd Rd West
E3 London Road / A1
E4 Canonmills+ Rodney Street (+Broughton St if in place)
E5 Seafield Street
E6 Links Gardens road closure (if still in place)
E7 King’s Place (at the Prom)
E8 Stanley Street/Hope Lane
WEST EDINBURGH
W1 Drumbrae North
W2 Meadow Place Road
W3 Inglis Green Road
W4 Lanark Road
W5 Slateford Road+Dundee Street
W6 Queensferry Road
W7 Cammo Walk (+ Maybury Road crossing)
EAST LOTHIAN
Below are two SfP schemes, but you may choose another that you know if it is a Spaces for People scheme which is intended in whole or part to help cycling. You may find some on the Council SfP web page here (see green entries in the map at bottom of that page)
EL1 Musselburgh, Electric Bridge
EL2 Cockenzie-Prestonpans (Edinburgh Road, at old power station)
MIDLOTHIAN
Sorry we don’t have a list, but choose a scheme that you know. It must be a Spaces for People scheme which is intended in whole or part to help cycling
WEST LOTHIAN
Below are three SfP schemes, but you may choose another that you know if it is a Spaces for People scheme which is intended in whole or part to help cycling
WL1 Linlithgow, Edinburgh Road
WL2 Linlithgow, St Ninians Road
WL3 Bathgate Hills to Winchburgh, speed limit reduced 60–>40mph
OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES
• We will acknowledge receipt of your entry
• If you have followed the rules correctly, we will then send your reward, but please allow up to 4 weeks for this (we are all volunteers).
• By entering this challenge you give us permission to use your photos and name in any Spokes article, document or online
• We hope to run the challenge until the end of September, but we reserve the right to close it at any time
• You are very welcome to also send written comments (photos not needed) on other schemes in addition to your chosen 3 or 4. This may help Spokes in our own comments on schemes in future, but will not increase your reward
• Please help publicise the challenge by telling friends & colleagues and/or retweeting our tweet
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