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Tracy Griffen
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Edinburgh-based Personal Trainer, cook & author who owns a fitness studio in Leith. Allotmenteer, runner, cyclist, tree hugger, porridge fan.
www.griffenfitness.com
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Tracy Griffen @tracygriffen.bsky.social · Feb 27
Hello new followers & everyone in general! I'm a #Leith based #PT who loves #cycling, #running, #gardening, my #pug Coco, #cooking, #allotment life and posting good vibez.
Cheesy? 🧀🧀🧀
Heck yeah.
middle age hippy posing behind a municipal planter with sunflower and unenthusiastic looking pug.
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Fun times at @leithcentralcc.bsky.social to reveal...
Arthur Street Planter is officially a place on Google Maps!
🌿🌱🌳 Come visit! 🌳🌱🌱
maps.app.goo.gl/39piuh2ea7F3...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Rebel Bear strikes again.
🧸 Brilliant!
news.stv.tv/west-central...
Duke of Wellington's cone replaced with pigeon reading a paper
The statue on Glasgow's Queen Street has been given a quirky makeover by street artist Rebel Bear.
news.stv.tv
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
A @metoffice.gov.uk yellow weather warning for ice is in place covering Edinburgh tomorrow morning (18 November).

Our teams will also be out gritting on priority routes.

Plan ahead and keep up to date with the forecast on the Met Office website: weather.metoffice.gov.uk/forecast/gcv...
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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roadcc.bsky.social
On today’s blog:

“Still could do with some bollards”: Fashion designer unveils striking ‘cycle path dress’, as cyclists joke that “someone is going to park a car there”

Plus: Peter Sagan and Tommy Voeckler on ‘boring’ Pogačar; Bike lane near miss; Bernal’s stolen bike publicity stunt + lots more!
“Dress for the bike lanes you want, not the bike lanes you have”: Striking cycle path dress unveiled as cyclists joke that “someone is going to park there”; Sagan on ‘boring’ Pogačar; Driver almost h...
Happy Monday everyone! Ryan Mallon’s back to keep you entertained at the start of the week with all the latest cycling news, views, and gossip on the live blog, and hopefully distract you from all the...
road.cc
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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spokes.org.uk
#Tram consultation - Spokes submission

--> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u...

🙋 You have till midnight Monday for your own response!
HERE--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...

@edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social
Intro... Tram, Granton to Bioquarter consultation Spokes Planning Group response, November 2025 1. Introduction Spokes has the objective of promoting cycling as part of an overall sustainable transport and access strategy. As such, we support a growing tram system for Edinburgh, provided cycling is well catered for in the project design and operation. The aim of the tram is to reduce car traffic, and to head off potential traffic growth in development areas such as Granton and the Bioquarter. If successful, this is a huge benefit to walking and cycling, as well as its benefits in terms of congestion, public health and climate. However, the project should be accompanied by complementary measures to further encourage use of public transport and active travel, for example bus gates, traffic filters, and, notably, congestion charging. It is well established that traffic reduction is best achieved by a carrot/stick combination. The tram project must support and promote active travel as a whole, and cycling in particular, and must not introduce additional dangers without effective mitigation. The Council has ambitious targets to increase cycle use, much of which must come from novice and inexperienced cyclists, as well as visitors and locals using an expanding bike hire scheme. As such it is essential that there is a safe, comprehensive and connected bike network of segregated bike lanes and low-traffic areas, easy and safe to use by anybody, and with any kind of cycles - including cargobikes, adapted bikes, hire bikes, etc. Introducing the tram should be seen and planned from the outset as an integrated sustainable transport place making project, not a tram-only project into which cycling and walking have to be slotted in once all the tramline decisions are taken as happened with tramline 1 and to a considerable (though lesser) extent in the Newhaven extension. The Bridges corridor is hugely problematic.. 8. City Centre to Bioquarter Top issues ● The section through North and South Bridges is of extreme concern to Spokes, with no cycle provision, new tramlines and continued through traffic on a road where width is at a premium. This is making cycling provision far worse than in the current bus lanes. The project should include a bus gate / modal filter (as was planned, though never implemented, as part of the Spaces for People proposals ) potentially single track sections (like at Roseburn) and fully segregated cycle provision, or consideration to tram tracks on one side of the road and a bidirectional bike path on the other. For the reasons in the following two bullet points, many cyclists will continue to use this corridor - our above section on Bikes and Tramlines notes that Princes Street as a good example of this, with many choosing not to use the quieter George Street when it is less direct or lacks desired destinations. Thus cycling conditions must be safe. ● Whilst alternative north-south routes for cycles are proposed in the consultation, these would not suit all journeys, with many cyclists using the Bridges to travel between South Edinburgh and Leith given the more suitable gradient and directness than the Mound. And whilst there is a brief reference to the proposed Meadows to George Street route on the west side of the Bridges, there is no reference to the east side, where the Mobility Plan suggests a new active travel bridge connecting from the Old Town to Leith Walk. Such projects must be an integral part of the tram project provision including during the construction phase, also providing a permanent legacy of improved provision once finished. ● The Bridges corridor is a major residential, shopping and destinations location, and many cyclists use it for that reason; indeed many live along or just off the corridor. Routes via the Mound or Pleasance are irrelevant as alternatives for these categories of user.… linking the North Ed Network to the new canal path without descending and re-ascending - a transformative opportunity - diagram. ● Connecting Roseburn to the new Canal link path - The sketch below shows a possible layout for this crucial linkage. The yellow dotted line shows a ramp down to Russell Road, but this is possibly optional if it would cause engineering difficulties, given that most people will stay at high level, whilst those needing to descend or ascend could do so at Roseburn or at the nearby ramp to the new canal path. Finally, we understand that earlier discussions with Network Rail did not meet objections to a bridge provided that all necessary clearances are achieved. Picture of single-track shopping-street tram in Amsterdam
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Did you know you can support this much-needed #Edinburgh #cycling #news source for £1 a month?
And you get a cool bike sticker...
silver holographic bike sticker on beat up old bike, for edi.bike
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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It's almost time for our student takeover salon! This November, we are going to celebrate St Andrew's Day with our Salon event.
📍Where: The Outhouse, EH1 3LY or online
🗓️When: Tuesday 25th November, 6:30pm
🎟️Eventbrite Free Tickets shorturl.at/8ktIt
🍺Drinks available to purchase from the bar
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
The Visionary Flowers, 2002 by Yayoi Kusama #womensart
Large outdoor sited sculpture of stylised and vividly colourful tulip like flowers with polka dots on the petals and stems
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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unep.org
In a world where you can be anything, be kind to nature.

From climate change to disasters, our planet is under pressure — yet nature holds the key to resilience and life itself.

Let’s act with kindness towards nature, which sustains us all.

Take action: https://www.unep.org/topics/nature-action
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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edcriticalmass.bsky.social
The tram consultation closes tomorrow so if you have any views about the project and how space in the city is used, now is the time to be heard.

consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...
Trams from Granton to Edinburgh BioQuarter and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Beyond - City of Edinburgh Council - Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by City of Edinburgh Council
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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The annual Bridgend Farmhouse Christmas Fair is coming up on Sat 29 Nov 11am-3pm - lots of fabulous eco products made by our volunteers, great food, story telling and music🎄

Our very own Bridgend elf has all the news…
(Please share 😀🎄)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=R0S9...
Bridgend Farmhouse 2025 Christmas Fair
YouTube video by Bridgend Farmhouse Food Deliveries
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November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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spokes.org.uk
☝️ #TramlineCrashes - see above

? Had a tramline crash
? Want to minimise your risk

See HERE--> www.spokes.org.uk/documents/pu...

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Cycleroute crossing tramlines at non-ideal angle at Haymarket. Tramline layout makes a better crossing difficult. Start of spokes webpage about tramline crashes... Contents 1. Important – Reporting tramline crashes 2. Minimising your chances of a tramline crash 3. Developments & documents relating to Edinburgh tram 4. Other useful tram documents [not Edinburgh], including design guidance 1. Reporting tramline crashes All crashes or other incidents relating to tramlines should be reported – this will help future potential victims by identifying causes and possible remedial measures. It may also help you if you later decide to make a claim for injury or damage. See our reporting page which covers.. Making an official report to the Council Spokes survey/records of crashes, to help identify causes and press for improvements Police – when/why report a tramline crash? Claiming for injury or damages [also see para 2301 in (2) below for some successes]
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social
🚶🚴‍♀️⛔ST MARK'S PATH CLOSURE

Been notified of works starting on Powderhall bowling green to build nursery, 27 homes & widen path (hooray!) to St Mark's meaning closure from Mon 17th Nov 'til 12/1/26

Have asked CEC to look to minimise closure on QuietRoute 20.

CCG update: c-c-g.co.uk/community/si...
CCG Site News | Edinburgh | CCG
www.c-c-g.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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lgspace.bsky.social
Winter visiting birds have arrived! Want to know where you might catch a glimpse of fieldfares, goldcrests, geese or a spectacular starling murmuration? Check out this roundup of RSPB nature reserves!
greenadventurestravel.com/Features/win...
Fieldfare in a hawthorn tree
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Completely agree - it's madness to demolish a perfectly good building that's full of thriving businesses...
edinburghminute.bsky.social The Edinburgh Minute @edinburghminute.bsky.social · 3d
In an open letter shared with The Edinburgh Minute, architect Malcolm Fraser, known for his work on the Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Storytelling Centre, DanceBase and Dovecot Studios, argues against plans to demolish Argyle House: www.edinburghminute.com/three-reason...
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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edinburghlibraries.bsky.social
One hundred years ago staff and patients at Leith Hospital pose for a ward photograph.
The hospital opened to patients in 1851 on Mill Lane and closed in 1987.
#ThrowbackThursday thanks to the Living Memory Association
zurl.co/HSuis
Beds draped in white sheets and with reclining patients line two sides of a large airy hospital ward. Female nurses in long white aprons and men in suits stand between and at the end of beds.
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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I've not been posting enough Coco photos...

She's so cute 😍

❤️ Nearly 12! ❤️

#pug #pugchat ##dogsofbluesky #dog
Senior pug standing in profile, with a cheeky glint in her eye. In an autumnal forest
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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theferret.scot
Same mission. Fresh look. Landing 13.11.25
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Six Spurtles Left!
I believe Griffen Fitness on Balfour Street may be the most northerly @spurtle.bsky.social distribution point?
Get yours whilst they're lukewarm...
shop window with wrought iron grill. A4 poly packet is attached to the grill containing six copies of a very auspicious publication, the Broughton Spurtle.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Arthur Street Planter update: ladybirds have been spotted!
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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secretedinburgh.bsky.social
PLEASE SHARE:

On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.

Please join me from

7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November

to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.

We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
#EdinburghHour on BlueSky - Friday 28 November 7pm – 8pm 7:00 Favourite Edinburgh Independent Retailer, Maker, or Organisation: Kick off by shining a light on your favourites by sharing their website and social media handles using #EdinburghHour 7:05 Edinburgh-themed Gifts: Capital gifts for homesick burghers or city lovers. Think art, prints, and souvenirs celebrating Auld Reekie. #EdinburghHour 7:10 Gifts Under £10: Stocking fillers, Secret Santa ideas, and small, affordable treats. Keep it budget-friendly and remember to use hashtag #EdinburghHour 7:15 Experiences: We want to know about vouchers for workshops, theatre, tours, spa treatments, tasting sessions, or classes offered by local businesses. #EdinburghHour 7:20 Charity & Virtual Gifts: Be kind, share your gift ideas which support local causes using #EdinburghHour 7:25 Books: Focus on books about Edinburgh, or titles by Edinburgh-based authors and bookish gifts from your favourite local bookshops. #EdinburghHour 7:30 Food & Drink Gifts: Local coffee, craft beer, whisky, confectionery, chutneys, and hampers. #EdinburghHour 7:35 Unique, Personalised, One-Off: Bespoke items, commissioned artwork, or one-of-a-kind treasures. #EdinburghHour 7:40 For Children & Pets: Toys, books, pet treats, accessories, and supplies for children and animals. #EdinburghHour 7:45 Festive Shopping Events: Promote upcoming local Christmas Fairs, Makers Markets, etc where people can shop in person. Give dates, times, and locations with the #EdinburghHour hashtag 7:50 Everything Else: Anything else! clothing, homewares, stationery, etc. #EdinburghHour 7:55 Crucial Information: Final dates for retailers and event organisers to remind us of offers, festive opening hours and last shipping/collection dates etc. #EdinburghHour 8:00 Ends
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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argonautbooks.bsky.social
✍️ We’re hiring! Link to apply in our stories and the link in our bio.

For the first time in over two years we are looking for an individual (maybe you!) to join our team as a bookseller and social media manager.

Apply: forms.gle/UUKUjuis1ZSum9gT7

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November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Might pop along to this one, with an Arthur Street planter update...
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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leithfeederride.bsky.social
Leith. Is. Go.
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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greenspacetrust.bsky.social
ELGT are working with the Thriving greenspaces team to make improvements to 3 small parks in Leith. This includes Mill Lane, Junction Street and Dalmeny Street Parks. We are working with the The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society to run community planting days in November.
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM