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On the radio again - setting the world to rights with the lovely @HelenNeedham and @steph_wetherell - chatting about Every Body Outdoors, plus size outdoor gear and how we started out campaign.
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Emily Williams
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Emily Williams
@Flutterbyknits
Inverness Bicycle Mayor #pedalprovost and co-founder of Every Body Outdoors. Talking about the outdoor gear, cycling, body positivity, cycle infrastructure .
Inverness Katılım Ekim 2012
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@HighlandParking @kidicalmassINV @HighlandCouncil @CMInverness Will add the Highland Parking Hotline number to my phone 😇
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@Flutterbyknits @kidicalmassINV @HighlandCouncil @CMInverness Quick email to parking@highland.gov.uk or better call 01463239786 to get someone along at the time.
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Repeat after me - cycle lanes are not parking spaces. This chap is doing some work on the railings, and it's "too far" to carry his tools from the car park 50m down the road, so is blocking the cycle lane and footpath @HighlandParking @kidicalmassINV @HighlandCouncil @CMInverness
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So urgent that the Nature Restoration fund was defunded earlier this year?
Scottish Government@scotgov
We need to take urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity. Our new Strategic Biodiversity Framework sets out our ambition to: 🔵halt the loss of nature by 2030 🔵make significant progress in restoring nature by 2045 Watch for more and visit gov.scot/news/tackling-…
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Tickets are available here!
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I'm going on tour with Capsized! Join us for an evening of talking about canoeing, portaging and talking about the work that I do with Every Body Outdoors - celebrating joy and adventure.
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@ride_the_north That’s almost as good as the oft touted proposal to ‘just’ move Inverness railway station 400m east to make space for a new road to ease congestion on Academy St.
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Fair play to anyone who believes in this (especially if they can refer to evidence as to why). It felt the biggest symbol of a city that had lost touch. We had a lot of trouble implementing ordinary 21st change and come up with a bizarre 'futuristic' gimmick!
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On this day six years ago, the Aberdeen press declared a cable car plan to be 'not pie in the sky'
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Reminder: Repeated fuel-duty freezes since 2011 have cost the govt at least £80bn and raised UK CO2 emissions by as much as 7%
carbonbrief.org/analysis-fuel-…
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@KayleighFONeill @edi_dot_bike Bollards rather than barriers though - it needs to stay accessible to folk who use adapted bikes or have kids in a trailer and barriers often prevent this.
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@edi_dot_bike Absolutely. I love this path and roll through it often 💔🧑🦽
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Horrific scenes. Enquiries are ongoing to trace the driver of the BMW 5 series that did this. I'm hoping to see barriers installed soon and for this reckless driver to be found.
Edinburgh Reporter@EdinReporter
Following an incident involving a blue BMW driven at speed on Sunday on the cycle path in North Edinburgh the Council says it will review exits on cycle paths theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/10/counci…
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😂😂 I wonder if they come in a size 20!
Andy Boenau@Boenau
Paris Cycling Fashion Show debuts the passing distance vest.
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Coincidentally, on the morning that this Times article/puff piece appeared advocating paid-for wild camping as a ‘solution’ to the Right to Roam, I woke up in a tent next on Dartmoor: the only place in England that free wild camping is still (just about) legal.
Here are some of my thoughts on why ‘paywalling nature’ is not an answer…
William Orbinson KC@williamorbinson
Pay to camp wild: could this solve the right to roam debate? thetimes.com/article/7bc502…
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Being "able bodied" is temporary, you will age, you will get injured, you will get sick and you will wish you fought more for the system to protect the vulnerable.
Populism Updates@PopulismUpdates
Tell me your most radical position that cannot be placed on the left-right political spectrum
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One of the many benefits of 20mph limits is that your car insurance is likely to be cheaper - because there are fewer accidents and less damage and fewer injuries.
Will Hayward@WillHayCardiff
20mph news! Insurance company @askesure has said that introducing 20mph could reduce policy costs for drivers by £50 per year. Esure reduced premiums for people in Wales by 10% at the end of 2023 because of 20mph limit introduction. esure’s Peter Martin-Simon, chief customer officer, said: “We are already seeing the benefits in places where 20mph speed limits have been introduced. Not only does this make roads safer for drivers and pedestrians, but an extension would also materially reduce the number of car accidents, as well as the severity and cost of those accidents. "Within three months of us identifying a new 20mph zone, we will proactively reduce policy prices for customers like we have already done in Wales.” No doubt some people will still find a way to get annoyed about this but when you add this to the fall in casualties we have already seen it is clear that following evidence based policy might be a good idea.. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new…
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@jelilahjose Same. But I would say that my listening is now balanced 80:20 between women/women-led and men, which is a probably a distinct difference from 5 years ago.
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@jelilahjose I also really avoid listening to too much music by men as well, all in all I am just more interested in what women write/ sing about.
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Finance Secretary @ShonaRobison has just announced cuts to resource spend on sustainable and active travel.
Yet despite acknowledging that @scotgov “cannot afford all of our capital commitments”, it has decided to make *no* cuts to its multi-billion pound road-building programme.
Its transport policies continue to prioritise the demands of the more affluent while slashing investment aimed at lower-income groups who are more reliant on buses, cycling and walking.
Holyrood@HolyroodDaily
BREAKING: Finance secretary Shona Robison has set out "urgent action" to make £500m of "savings" including cuts totalling £188m across all government portfolios.
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Trying new things - learning new skills. I could quickly become addicted to the feeling of sinking into the depths. It’s the most intimate I’ve felt with the sea in a long time (and also the most lions mane jellyfish 🪼)
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Very difficult not to well up reading this. Since 2013 I've been campaigning for safer walking, wheeling, and cycling infrastructure.
Devil is in the detail but the change in language and mental framing coming from @LouHaigh is phenomenal. 🥳🚶♂️🧑🦽🚴🛴
PAUSED Ed Plowden @edplowden.bsky.social PAUSED@EdPlowden
💚 At long last! ✅major investment ✅ multi year settlement ✅economic argument ✅ transport minister sitting on health delivery board ✅ thinking beyond cities 👏@LouHaigh @laura_laker theguardian.com/politics/artic…
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