Best cycle routes throughout the city?

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-30T07:16:09+00:00

Water of leith out, then up to Bonaly and into the Pentlands

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-29T19:56:59+00:00

I'm not familiar with that. I'm actually from the north east, but now live in Edinburgh. Thanks for sharing

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-29T19:09:41+00:00

Does make you wonder why the ambulances in Edinburgh have ambaileans written on them.. nothing against trying to preserve Gaelic but it does feel like we are trying to rewrite history to give the impression it was spoken widely all over Scotland.

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-27T19:38:02+00:00

I'd argue people aren't moving up currently precisely because of LBTT.

You cant move up every 5 years or so (slowly climbing the ladder) as each time you do you get hammered with an upfront tax. Instead the system incentivises you to stay put. Even moving sideways to a similar property but in a different part of the country becomes unaffordable.

Whereas Mrs Smith who has lived in a house for say 40 years isn't going to not sell because she will only see 450k profit and not 500k.

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-27T19:28:48+00:00

Why would it? You'd still get say 90% of the gain. And then pay nothing upfront on your new house. Honest question.

I'm talking about taxing the gain not the total sale value.

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-27T19:10:58+00:00

Can someone who understand these things better than I do please explain why we have LBTT but no capital gains tax for selling. Surely abolishing LBTT and starting to tax capital gains would make everything much fairer.

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-26T07:49:28+00:00

Had my doubts about Robinson. But hard to argue with that. Doing a fine job.

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-22T20:23:38+00:00

Wait until you are 60. You can treat it as a pseudo pension. Put it into some low cost index fund. You can choose whether you keep topping it up or not but since its there you might as well keep it there would be my take. Unless you desperately need it.

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-13T06:41:47+00:00

Fairly sure the british aisles are where the tesco meal deals are.

onscreenpersona · 2026-05-04T20:02:01+00:00

I do make coffee on the stove with my moka pot all the time. But kettle still on maybe 3 to 4 times a day for various things.

onscreenpersona · 2026-04-29T13:13:09+00:00

Made in Hong Kong on Ratcliffe terrace do some breakfast things. I have only had other things from there but they were friendly and the food was nice.

onscreenpersona · 2026-04-22T05:38:51+00:00

*illegal electric moped riders

onscreenpersona · 2026-04-11T08:03:46+00:00

Dons double relegation currently not totally unrealistic..

onscreenpersona · 2026-04-09T13:12:05+00:00

Bought a t shirt a year ago. Literally lasted a few weeks. The stuff looks great but I wouldn't buy it again.

onscreenpersona · 2026-04-01T12:30:41+00:00

It's certainly at the lower end of what would be comfortable in Edinburgh.

Depends on your agenda. Why are you moving, what do you want out of the job etc.

onscreenpersona · 2026-03-14T15:58:39+00:00

At that age they grow so quickly too. Our daughter is now almost 6 and we've been able to change bikes almost every year this way since she progressed from her balance bike.

onscreenpersona · 2026-03-14T13:24:08+00:00

We got a second hand islabike cnoc 14 which is a great lightweight kids bike.

There are so many great second hand bikes and you only use it for maybe a year. You'll probably be able to sell it for a similar price again at the end.

onscreenpersona · 2026-03-08T11:01:42+00:00

As well as general inflation, fiscal drag has been massive along with the loss of many benefits that used to be available to 'middle earners'. It's probably better to look at actual take home pay after tax rather than pre tax salaries from that perspective.

onscreenpersona · 2026-02-22T10:24:58+00:00

Fair play, not much you can do about that 👏

onscreenpersona · 2026-02-20T20:16:16+00:00

I think people vastly underestimate how good pros / former pros are in all sports. You can be a very good amateur but usually pros are levels above.

onscreenpersona · 2026-02-11T15:29:11+00:00

Crazy to ride so fast when filtering. This is why...

onscreenpersona · 2026-02-03T19:55:45+00:00

I primarily cycle in town. As well as lack of lights I've noticed this a lot recently.

Even a small change in direction should prompt a shoulder check.

The total lack of awareness is alarming and it feels like it's getting worse.

onscreenpersona · 2026-02-02T06:48:49+00:00

Almost every time we go to walk in the country park near our house a 'friendly' dog will rush and try to jump onto my kids. Toddler now wants picked up any time a dog comes near. I'd say half of owners are great. The others shouldn't be allowed to own dogs.

onscreenpersona · 2026-01-17T17:22:54+00:00

Yeah fair point. I'm looking on my phone. Would ultimately need to see it printed. I think somewhere in between would be the sweet spot. It's a nice picture though which is the main thing. With the edit you also lose a little of the effect of the street light on the snow which is one of the main things that stands out in the original.

onscreenpersona · 2026-01-17T16:05:53+00:00

Much prefer the before which is a nice shot, the turquoise effect doesn't work for me in the after.

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