A New Zealander living in Scotland who loves cargo bikes
It has been 6.5 years since we moved to Aberdeen and in all that time I’ve only visited Hazlehead Park once. This is because it’s very difficult to get to … Continue reading This is why we don’t go to Hazlehead Park
The Aberdeen City Council has a consultation open until the 19th January 2021 on proposed changes to South College Street. This work is part of a bigger project known as … Continue reading South College Street Consultation
A friend of mine started cycling around Aberdeen with her young children during lockdown when the roads were quiet and they’ve continued even now the roads are busy again. She … Continue reading Cycling to Aberdeen beach … with children
Last month for the first time ever I was impressed with the Aberdeen city council for installing European-style bike lanes at the beach. This was a first for Aberdeen which … Continue reading I can’t even begin to desribe my frustration and disappointment with Aberdeen city council … again
Earlier this year I applied for and received funding for the Aberdeen Cycle Forum to commission two visualisations of streets in Aberdeen with a bike path. One of them has … Continue reading A vision for King Street, Aberdeen
The Aberdeen Cycle Forum is organising a mass bike ride on Sunday 28th April at 11am, starting from Marischal College. This is part of Scotland’s Pedal on Parliament 2019 but … Continue reading Mass bike ride in Aberdeen on Sunday 28th April
I’ve started wearing my Fitbit again and yesterday, without doing any exercise at all, I managed to clock up 15,427 steps and 87 minutes of moderate activity in one day. … Continue reading How to get exercise without doing any exercise
I can’t resist temptation. Buy me a block of chocolate and I’ll eat the whole thing in one day. Replace my bike with a car and I’ll drive everywhere becoming … Continue reading The road to hell is paved with chocolate and cars
The demonstration organised by Aberdeen Cycle Forum and members last Sunday was a huge success. It’s the third such demo I’ve helped to organise and it was by far the … Continue reading AWPR demo recap
The new bypass for motor vehicles – the AWPR – is set to open soon and I posted recently about the attempts to make up for the absence of cycling … Continue reading Bike paths for all demonstration on 9th September in Aberdeen
I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry about this article – Is this the worst cycling event EVER? They’ve built a new ring road exclusively for motor vehicles around … Continue reading I think our transport planners are stuck in a 1970s time warp
Broad Street is open to buses again after several months of closure while construction work was carried out. I was there yesterday and took some photos of the new design: … Continue reading Broad Street is open to buses
I had a great day at the Sustainability Festival in Aberdeen yesterday. I was there with Hoss, my new e-cargo-trike, and lots of literature from Cycling UK. The very lovely … Continue reading Recap of the Sustainability Festival in Aberdeen
Have you ever wondered why pedestrians have to push a button and then wait at intersections before crossing the road? Why isn’t it the other way around with cars having … Continue reading Prioritising people over cars
This appeared in my Twitter feed yesterday: Great to see new @WG_Economy funded #activetravel schemes in #aberystwyth @CeredigionCC pic.twitter.com/faLRnRIcbW — Sustrans Cymru (@SustransCymru) June 20, 2018 It generated a lot … Continue reading Sustrans Cymru criticised for active travel scheme
I gave a talk at the monthly climate cafe last night about my petition for a bike path on Union St. It started badly. The microphone was too short and … Continue reading Bikes and mikes
I organised my first ever protest yesterday and it went really well. The protest was to call on the Aberdeen City Council for a protected, segregated bike path on Union … Continue reading Is this our “Stop the Child Murder” campaign?
We’ve had Busby our bakfiets for almost 5 years now. He has been a fantastic investment and I’ve got so much use out of him. However for the past couple … Continue reading Cargo bike options for older kids and adults
Things didn’t go quite according to plan today. We booked the nearest car-club car this morning but it had a flat battery. We’ve been members of the car club for two … Continue reading Haddo House and Country Park
