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#SpokesComp 2026 result

🙋 Some amazing stories!

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October 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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🙋 #SpokesComp 2026 results

HERE--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/10/spok...

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Spokes and Me: #SpokesComp results Our 2026 competition brought out a cornucopia of experiences, ideas and reminiscences. It is incredible to read not just how cycling and cycle facilities locally have changed over the years, but how individual lives have changed too, sometimes substantially, thanks to Spokes being around. The life of our top prizewinner, Hazel, was revolutionised thanks to a cargo-bike which she bought in part using a Spokes grant. Although purchased, nervously, for child-carrying, growing confidence in the cargobike led to extensive volunteer work, cycling instructor qualifications, and eventually paid work setting up and running Porty Cargo Bike Library. Not to mention family shopping, cargo-bike camping, giving friends lifts – and getting rid of the family car! Second prizewinner, Mike, actually moved to Edinburgh in part thanks to the Spokes Bulletin! Visiting Edinburgh for a job interview he chanced to pick up a Spokes Bulletin on a cafe leaflet rack – and realised there was more to the city than his ‘formal, pompous and pretentious’ interview experience. Some months later, going freelance, he was able to move, and chose Edinburgh!… rapidly buying bikes for his daughters, and joining Spokes! Since then, “cycling has been a central part of my life.” 6 pictures from the competition
October 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
spokes.org.uk
#SpokesComp - closes tonight!

🙋 Don't miss out (and we don't want to miss you either!)
September 13, 2026 at 9:34 AM
spokes.org.uk
#SpokesComp ends Sunday

🙋 We'd love more entries from Non-Members!

-> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

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screenshot of bluesky post about the competition Entries "Could be as simple as using a #SpokesMap to make a great outing or commute route" picture of West Lothian bike map PRIZES FOR THE 2026 COMP Top prizewinner gets first choice of prizes, and so on till all prizes allocated. Runner-up entries which don’t win a prize will get to choose a free Spokes map or buff Museum of Scottish Railways (Bo’Ness) Family annual pass to the extensive museum Bo’Ness & Kinneil Steam Railway Family ticket for one return trip Ember Bus [takes 2 bikes] £50 bus tickets credit Edinburgh Bicycle £50 Edinburgh Bicycle voucher Camera Obscura Family ticket [2 prizes] Filmhouse – prize of 2 tickets Laidback Bikes Recumbent tour or cargobike hire Harts Cyclery One-week ebike hire Edinburgh Festival of Cycling Urban Arrow Cargo-bike day hire Lanterne Rouge bike cafe, Gifford £20 voucher Water of Leith Visitor Centre – £10 cafe voucher Spokes £1000 voucher* towards cargo-bike purchase Spokes £200 voucher* towards e-bike purchase Spokes Set of all 4 Spokes maps RUNNERS-UP Spokes map or Edinburgh map-buff spokes Edinburgh map cover
September 12, 2026 at 8:29 AM
spokes.org.uk
#SpokesComp ends 13 Sept

Not too many entries yet, so good chance to win your choice of super prizes!

🙋 Full list & rules HERE--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

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September 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
spokes.org.uk
🙂 Thank you @laidbackbikes.bsky.social

Could be a great entry for our #SpokesComp - look forward to getting it!

--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

Sadly, though, #PrincesStreet has moved *backwards* since then in terms of 🚲
Cllrs making a big decision on this on Wed 9th - we plan a deputation
September 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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?? 🚲 Are you planning to buy an #ebike / #cargobike

🤩 Get £200 / £1000 off with a #SpokesComp prize

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PRIZES FOR THE 2026 COMP [more may be added] Top prizewinner gets first choice of prizes, and so on till all prizes allocated. Runner-up entries which don’t win a prize will get to choose a free Spokes map or buff Museum of Scottish Railways (Bo’Ness) Family annual pass to the extensive museum Bo’Ness & Kinneil Steam Railway Family ticket for one return trip Ember Bus [takes 2 bikes] £50 bus tickets credit Edinburgh Bicycle £50 Edinburgh Bicycle voucher Camera Obscura Family ticket [2 prizes] Filmhouse – prize of 2 tickets Laidback Bikes Recumbent tour or cargobike hire Harts Cyclery One-week ebike hire Edinburgh Festival of Cycling Urban Arrow Cargo-bike day hire Lanterne Rouge bike cafe, Gifford £20 voucher Water of Leith Visitor Centre – £10 cafe voucher Spokes £1000 voucher* towards cargo-bike purchase Spokes £200 voucher* towards e-bike purchase Spokes Set of all 4 Spokes maps RUNNERS-UP Spokes map or Edinburgh map-buff
September 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM
spokes.org.uk
👍 🤩 spokes.org.uk is now #MobileFriendly !!

🙋 We specially recommend the #SpokesComp article
-> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...
🤩 Great prizes

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Picture of website competition article, viewed on mobile Picture of website article about Amsterdam video, viewed on mobile Picture of website article about spokes traffic count, viewed on mobile
September 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
spokes.org.uk
🙋 Calling all #FilmBuffs
[or anyone who enjoys going out to a film!]

📽️ @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social just donated a 2-ticket prize for our #SpokesComp

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Filmhouse bluesky profile page screenshot Filmhouse Edinburgh @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social 1.7k followers 1.3k following 145 posts Great films deserve a great home. Our doors are open, daily from 10am! www.filmhouse.org.uk/home Followed by SW20ed #Edinburgh, Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹 Spokes & Me – the 2026 #SpokesComp In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years. Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century! Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter! In judging the competition, we are wanting to know how Spokes being around made your life that bit better, gave you enjoyment, opportunity, personal satisfaction, health improvement or whatever. It’s not about how much you have done for Spokes (if anything), though if it’s made your life better in any way, it’s relevant. And you definitely don’t have to be a Spokes member to enter – it won’t affect the judging. Full prizelist PRIZES FOR THE 2026 COMP [more may be added] Top prizewinner gets first choice of prizes, and so on till all prizes allocated. Runner-up entries which don’t win a prize will get to choose a free Spokes map or buff Museum of Scottish Railways (Bo’Ness) Family annual pass to the extensive museum Bo’Ness & Kinneil Steam Railway Family ticket for one return trip Ember Bus [takes 2 bikes] £50 bus tickets credit Edinburgh Bicycle £50 Edinburgh Bicycle voucher Camera Obscura Family ticket [2 prizes] Filmhouse – prize of 2 tickets Laidback Bikes Recumbent tour or cargobike hire Harts Cyclery One-week ebike hire Edinburgh Festival of Cycling Urban Arrow Cargo-bike day hire Lanterne Rouge bike cafe, Gifford £20 voucher Water of Leith Visitor Centre – £10 cafe voucher Spokes £1000 voucher* towards cargo-bike purchase Spokes £200 voucher* towards e-bike purchase Spokes Set of all 4 Spokes maps RUNNERS-UP Spokes map or Edinburgh map-buff
August 25, 2026 at 11:23 AM
spokes.org.uk
🙋 Calling all #rail enthusiasts

Win..
🤩 #Bo'nessRailway family ticket
🤩 Museum of #Scottish #Railways annual pass

.. in the 2026 #SpokesComp [above]

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Picture of a family at the Scottish Railway Museum Picture of steam train at Bo'Ness station Full #spokesComp prizelist PRIZES FOR THE 2026 COMP [more may be added] Top prizewinner gets first choice of prizes, and so on till all prizes allocated. Runner-up entries which don’t win a prize will get to choose a free Spokes map or buff Museum of Scottish Railways (Bo’Ness) Family annual pass to the extensive museum Bo’Ness & Kinneil Steam Railway Family ticket for one return trip Ember Bus [takes 2 bikes] £50 bus tickets credit Edinburgh Bicycle £50 Edinburgh Bicycle voucher Camera Obscura Family ticket [2 prizes] Laidback Bikes Recumbent tour or cargobike hire Harts Cyclery One-week ebike hire Edinburgh Festival of Cycling Urban Arrow Cargo-bike day hire Lanterne Rouge bike cafe, Gifford £20 voucher Water of Leith Visitor Centre – £10 cafe voucher Spokes £1000 voucher* towards cargo-bike purchase Spokes £200 voucher* towards e-bike purchase Spokes Set of all 4 Spokes maps RUNNERS-UP Spokes map or Edinburgh map-buff
August 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
spokes.org.uk
#SpokesComp - new prize!

🙋 @wolct.bsky.social £10 cafe voucher

🙋 Enter now! -> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

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Picture from WOLCT home page, showing the river and canal acqueduct Picture of the cafe Community Café Our volunteer run café serves delicious snacks, coffees & teas – enjoy sit-in or takeaway. Café Opening Times Daily 10am to 4pm map showing WOLCT centre location What the centre does (AND! it sells Spokes maps) .. The Visitor Centre The Water of Leith Visitor Centre is situated in a renovated schoolhouse by the Water of Leith. It combines a free exhibition together with a community cafe selling teas, coffees, freshly baked goods and snacks. There’s also a gift shop selling eco friendly and wildlife themes books and gifts. The Centre is accessible to wheelchairs throughout and caters well for families with young children, and dogs. The centre serves as a base for our volunteer conservation activities and includes rooms available to hire for events and birthday parties. Open Daily 10am to 4pm Our Visitor Centre and Community Cafe is staffed by our lovely volunteer team, pop in for excellent value refreshments, fresh baking and all manner of river information.
August 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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#SpokesComp 2025 : My Favourite Bike Ride
www.spokes.org.uk/2025/06/spok...
For our 2025 summer competition, we’d like to hear about your favourite local bike ride, in Edinburgh and/or the Lothians. It may be a leisure ride, or your daily commute, or perhaps the school ‘run’ with your kids.
#SpokesComp 2025 : My Favourite Bike Ride « Spokes
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August 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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#spokescomp 2025 : My Favourite Bike Ride
http://www.spokes.org.uk/2025/06/spokescomp-2025-my-favourite-bike-ride/
For our 2025 summer competition, we’d like to hear about your favourite local bike ride, in Edinburgh and/or the Lothians. It may be a leisure ride, or your daily commute, or […]
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August 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
spokes.org.uk
#SpokesComp 2026

Great Prizelist - now official!
--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

includes..
🤩 @cameraobscura.bsky.social
🤩 #ScottishRailways museum
🤩 @laidbackbikes.bsky.social #recumbent tour
🤩 £200 towards an #ebike
🤩 £2000 towards a #cargobike
🤩 @edfoc.bsky.social #cargobike hire
& more
Spokes & Me – the 2026 #SpokesComp In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years. Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century! Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter! picture inside camera obscura Ticket prizes include family annual pass to the Scottish Railway Museum. Also a separate prizes of a family ticket for a ride on Bo'ness Railway. Recumbant bike tour prize, by Laidback Bikes Tours £30 At Silverknowes £30 Tours operate from Laid Back Bikes, 13 St Peter’s Place, Edinburgh EH3 9PH • 7 days a week Bookings require notice. Please email: laidbackscotland@googlemail.com Text / phone: 07981 430159 Parties of up to 3 people can be taken. Initial test rides are done on quiet neighbouring streets. Tours do involve some riding on quieter roads once experience has been gained. Can combine easier trike riding wit ha chance to ride on a two wheeled recumbent. Our electric ICE trike allows people of all abilities to do a tour - latest version has automatic gearing.
August 6, 2026 at 11:57 AM
spokes.org.uk
The #SpokesComp 2026 is open till early September, but we've just received our first (lovely) entry

🙋 Don't delay to the last minute, get thinking now!

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spokes.org.uk SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · Jul 9
'Spokes & Me'

In 2027 Spokes will be 50!

For our 2026 #SpokesComp tell us any way that Spokes being around has been good for you

Could be as simple as using a #SpokesMap to make a great outing or commute route

--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

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Start of the competition article... Spokes & Me – the 2026 #SpokesComp In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years. Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century! Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter! Spokes maps - cover picture of the West Lothian map Cycling across the Meadows was illegal until a 5-year Spokes campaign succeeded. This photo is from the opening, in Edinburgh rain in 1983. You still officially had to dismount at the end! Our first-ever cargo-bike grant, to Edinburgh University's Hearty Squirrel student food-sharing organisation
July 23, 2026 at 11:59 AM
spokes.org.uk
👍 😉 We look forward to your entry into our 2026 #SpokesComp

Who knows what it might lead to!

--> bsky.app/profile/spok...
alastairdalton.bsky.social Alastair Dalton @alastairdalton.bsky.social · Jul 13
Spokes' Glasgow cycle map has been invaluable - and someone needs to update and reprint it!
July 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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#SpokesComp 2026

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spokes.org.uk SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · Jul 9
'Spokes & Me'

In 2027 Spokes will be 50!

For our 2026 #SpokesComp tell us any way that Spokes being around has been good for you

Could be as simple as using a #SpokesMap to make a great outing or commute route

--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

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Start of the competition article... Spokes & Me – the 2026 #SpokesComp In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years. Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century! Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter! Spokes maps - cover picture of the West Lothian map Cycling across the Meadows was illegal until a 5-year Spokes campaign succeeded. This photo is from the opening, in Edinburgh rain in 1983. You still officially had to dismount at the end! Our first-ever cargo-bike grant, to Edinburgh University's Hearty Squirrel student food-sharing organisation
July 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
spokes.org.uk
#SpokesComp 2026

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spokes.org.uk SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · Jul 9
'Spokes & Me'

In 2027 Spokes will be 50!

For our 2026 #SpokesComp tell us any way that Spokes being around has been good for you

Could be as simple as using a #SpokesMap to make a great outing or commute route

--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

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Start of the competition article... Spokes & Me – the 2026 #SpokesComp In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years. Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century! Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter! Spokes maps - cover picture of the West Lothian map Cycling across the Meadows was illegal until a 5-year Spokes campaign succeeded. This photo is from the opening, in Edinburgh rain in 1983. You still officially had to dismount at the end! Our first-ever cargo-bike grant, to Edinburgh University's Hearty Squirrel student food-sharing organisation
July 11, 2026 at 9:45 AM
spokes.org.uk
'Spokes & Me'

In 2027 Spokes will be 50!

For our 2026 #SpokesComp tell us any way that Spokes being around has been good for you

Could be as simple as using a #SpokesMap to make a great outing or commute route

--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/07/spok...

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Start of the competition article... Spokes & Me – the 2026 #SpokesComp In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years. Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century! Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter! Spokes maps - cover picture of the West Lothian map Cycling across the Meadows was illegal until a 5-year Spokes campaign succeeded. This photo is from the opening, in Edinburgh rain in 1983. You still officially had to dismount at the end! Our first-ever cargo-bike grant, to Edinburgh University's Hearty Squirrel student food-sharing organisation
July 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
spokes.org.uk
😥 The (in)famous #Clubbiedean Big Puddle
- featured in our 2026 #SpokesComp -
is no more

--> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/10/my-f...

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As it was ... photo of the Big Puddle by Martin Gemmell, as submitted to the 2026 Spokes 'Favourite Bike Ride' competition Google map showing exact location of the puddle, just down from Clubbiedean reservoir It was apparently visible from space; so we are told! Martin's description of the puddle in his competition entry... Go through two gates and behold the majesty of the Clubbiedeans Big Puddle [t-shirts available]. Sometimes it has dwindled to two ruts on the road of dried mud, sometimes it is impassable without getting wet. Mostly you can use the stepping stones on the left or the sliver of land on the right or just batter right through it. Photo of the resurfaced path, by John Robson The indentations in the grass verge made by people trying to skirt the puddle are still very obvious One of those moments where we have to say goodbye to a much-loved historic artefact for the sake of 'improvement' ...
July 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
spokes.org.uk
👍 New path #Newton - #Winchburgh

🙋 video by #DonaldTainsh of 'Lost In Livi'
--> www.youtube.com/watch?v=HULX...

[he was a 2025 #SpokesComp prizewinner
bsky.app/profile/spok...

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June 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM
spokes.org.uk
😍 #SpokesComp prizewinner #KateThomas won a contribution to a @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social

"My new #FoldUpBike! No trouble getting this guy on the #train - my #commute is so much less stressful"

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photo of Kate with new Brompton on her rail commuter journey Part of Kate's entry, including picture on Forth Bridge bike path... 5. If doing it as a there-and-back route from Edinburgh the Honeypot cafe in South Queensferry is lovely. Lo ok at all of the single track roads and paths in Dalmeny Estate and take a different route home. Highland cows and their calves are a particular treat in late summer. 6. On days when the weather plays fair, my commute home is the best part of my job. Crossing the Forth Road Bridge, the view always stops me. No matter how many times I’ve seen it, the wide sweep of water and sky makes me feel lucky to live here. Often my colleague and friend Tom rides with me. We always stop on the bridge, take in the view, and let the working day fall away. From there the route drops into Dalmeny Estate. The lanes are car-free and quiet, lined with trees and fields where highland cows and sheep graze. Pheasants dart out and, for a while, the pressure of the day is replaced by simple rhythm — turning the pedals, moving forward. more from Kate's entry; pictures of cows & landscape At Cramond Brig we pause again, a small ritual that gives us time to catch up outside the hospital walls. Those moments of conversation and quiet are as important as the ride itself. The Roseburn Path then carries us back to the city, busy with other cyclists heading home. There’s a kind of shared purpose, even without words. The new link to the canal makes the route flow easily, and by the time we reach Bruntsfield Links the ride feels more like a privilege than a commute. The last stretch, past James Gillespie’s school and down into Morningside, is quiet and familiar — a gentle end to the journey. I work as a paediatric radiologist, and the job brings its own intensity. Families depend on the decisions I make, and the responsibility can be heavy. But this ride — when the weather gives me the chance to take it — restores perspective. It makes me grateful: for the beauty just outside my door, for work that matters, and for the chance to share the journey home with a friend.
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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#Balerno-#Slateford path

#Rail200 exhibition 3 Nov-6 Dec #Balerno library

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Headline of article.. Railway 200 – Celebrating the History of the Balerno Branch Railway Organiser The City of Edinburgh Libraries Venue 210 Lanark Road West, Currie, Edinburgh, EH14 5NX, United Kingdom Dates 6 November 2025 to 3 December 2025 Further information Open to the public, no booking required Email: currie.library@edinburgh.gov.uk or 0131 529 5609 Article... In conjunction with Railway 200 we are bringing together a unique railway exhibition at Currie Library celebrating the history of the former branch line known as the Balerno Loop which was part of the Caledonian Railway. It will focus on the former stations Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green and Colinton as well as the mills which formed part of this historic railway branch. We will also be hosting a special talk by the Colinton Tunnel organisation – Scotland’s largest historical mural. You will learn about the people who helped build these communities through the railway in a golden era of steam and engineering. We will showcase digital displays, working models and interesting topics on local history whilst celebrating 200 years of railways within the UK. The exhibition will take place within Currie Library – 210 Lanark Road West, Currie, Edinburgh from Thursday 6th November to Wednesday 3rd December 2025. Opening times Monday and Wednesday 1pm – 8pm , Tuesday Thursday Friday and Saturday 10pm-5pm. This free exhibition is aimed at anyone who has an interest in railway history and how railways helped build local communities in a bye gone era. It will also feature an extensive collection of books about railways past present and future which can be borrowed through a library membership. Photo of Colinton Tunnel mural by Gregor STeele, first prizewinner in the recent Spokes competition... http://www.spokes.org.uk/2025/10/my-favourite-bike-ride-spokescomp-results/
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
spokes.org.uk
#Aberlady to #Bruntsfield

👍 Great @ternbicycles.com + #bassoon (🤩) commute by our #SpokesComp 4th prizewinner #JaneWaters

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picture of the Tern cargobike, carrying a bassoon page 1 of Jane's entry It's in handwriting so we can't put the text here, sorry page 2 of Jane's entry It's in handwriting so we can't put the text here, sorry Also a picture of a river and the cyclepath on her journey
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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#SpokesComp #EastLothian prizewinner @mrjasonrose.bsky.social chose our £200 #ebike voucher

😍 Delighted with his #Raleigh Motus from #EastSideBikes

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Picture of Jason Rose looking delighted on his Raleigh e-bike Jason's competition entry... Hungry for Haddington! 2. Who is it suitable for? – Families with young children / Experienced cyclists / Novice cyclists / 3. Where is the route located? – East Lothian 4. Brief description of route a. Start point…Longniddry railway station b. End point (or circular)…Longniddry railway station via Haddington Farmers Market c. Brief description…Follow the old railway line, now an excellent walking/cycling path from Longniddry station five miles to Haddington and then return via the same route 5. Any interesting / useful / beautiful features / facilities en route It's a good surface, away from traffic, through beautiful countryside, always lots of birds in the hedgerows, you often see deer in the fields, sometimes hares and there is a picnic bench half way along if small people need a break 6. Why is this a favourite route of yours? I'm a hardy cyclist but have a family who prefer fair weather and no hills, so this old railway line is perfect as it's pretty flat and sheltered but affords wonderful views and if you time it right - last Saturday of the month - you can stock up on tasty treats at the farmers market in Haddington. The ride justifies a bit of cake!
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM