So, here's my journey home of an evening. It's on Colinton Road, just past Meggetland, heading into town.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=craiglockhart+road+edinburgh&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Craiglockhart+Rd,+Edinburgh+EH14,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ll=55.928144,-3.228985&spn=0.001107,0.004128&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=55.928317,-3.229424&panoid=hzPzXaaRtZBWQDctyB_S-Q&cbp=12,66.86,,0,5
I come from behind the camera, cross into the road on the right and then (controversial bit) I go up the dropped kerb,just at the right of the picture, across the pavement beside the two cars, and then up the single-track that's accessible in the corner behind the black wheely bin.
So, my question is, do you think I should be 'cycling on the pavement' here?
In my defence, your honour, I don't cycle along the pavement, I cycle across it. I then go along the bit with the two cars parked on it, which is not paved the same way as the actual pavement and which I assume may not actually be 'pavement' in the legal sense. If they are going to ticket me, they also need to ticket the vehicles that are regularly parked here.
Regardless of the legal niceties, do you think I should get off and push for those few yards?
(...and, if you know the legal niceties, what are they?)