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Today on way into Edinburgh town centre from Balerno I encountered numerous kindnesses from drivers, waiting for me to pull out into the middle of the road to overtake parked cars and buses, giving me a wide berth if they did have room to pass. all very good.
numerous naive cyclists also out. Light mornings, rusty commuters coming on to the route and finding the east wind was slowing them down. I was getting used to it by Tollcross and taking them into account.
I have to say that I've not had reason to really complain about drivers on my commute for a while. Even to the point of being pleasantly surprised at the unexpected patience of drivers at notoriously snarly points. I suspect that no doubt it'll start up again once the children are back from half term next week.
I'll caveat this with an acknowledgement of the usual ridiculous standard of self-absorbed, ignorant driving and parking that is omni-present in Edinburgh.
Half term was last week in Edinburgh state schools, traffic was lighter. This week I find cars all stuck at junctions and the bike snakes through, leaving long stretches of quiet road
I have to say, well done to the good drivers out there today, including the fully-loaded car transporter that followed me all down Cultins Road this morning at a respectful distance. I wasn't sweating at all. Really.
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