Save the date 📅 Our AGM is on Thursday 11th June 7pm

Any new (or old) highland politicians we need to be following on here? #highlandlife

Highland's East Sutherland and Edderton ward also up on the 25th of June. A much smaller ballot here: no Labour or Greens from the Holyrood parties, but there is an Independent. If a party wins it'll surely be Lib Dems, but never discount an Independent in the rural Highlands.

Do let us know if you end up with a contingent coming down! Be great to have you.

📆 Eleven days until PedalOnParliament.org! How are you getting to #PoP26? There are folks taking the train from Glasgow, and Ember buses from Dundee and beyond; there's Feeder rides from South Queensferry and around Edinburgh too --> pedalonparliament.org/feeder-rides... Looking forward to it :)

Pedal on Parliament is riding to Holyrood 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 on Saturday 30th May 2026. 🚲 🗳️

"Having more transport alternatives that don't solely rely on the petrol pump is one of the best ways we can protect people's freedom when prices rise," the charity said.

Yes please! It was be extremely popular.

Save the date 📅 Our AGM is on Thursday 11th June 7pm

The failure to keep track of vehicle ownership makes us all less safe. Hit and run crashes are leaving people dead or seriously injured, while tracing the driver, shamefully driving off after causing horrendous harm to a fellow road user, is pretty much impossible. Government needs to grip this.

From 22-29 April, we’re fundraising through @biggive.bsky.social's #EarthRaise match fund to support projects providing increased access to bikes and opportunities to cycle in communities across Scotland. Find out how you can support, with every donation having twice the impact: buff.ly/OF8z5Kj

Imagine if there was a continuous route 😳

Imagine if there was a continuous route between Inverness and Beauly, or Inverness and Nairn?

Making it safer and easier for people to travel by bike helps to address transport poverty. Cycle lanes, like this one in Glasgow, connecting communities to the city centre, reflect the everyday journeys that people make, helping them to get from home to work, school, shops and vital services.

Scottish Parliament Election 7 May 2026 - Highland polling places will offer a range of voting aids including a new audio-linked ballot overlay for blind & partially sighted voters. More here - www.highland.gov.uk/news/article... #SPE2026 #HighlandVotes26

How will your vote impact cycling? The ever hard working @spokes.org.uk have the analysis ahead of them Scottish Election

#Holyrood2026 #SP26 Our #manifesto analysis --> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/04/holy... We looked at #activetravel, mainly 🚲, and some related transport/environment, but not at 🚌🚆 1 Greens, excellent 2 LibDem, positive in a fairly modest way 3= Labour & SNP, poor 5 Reform, bad 6 Conservative, terrible

BLOG - I have reported further offences to Police Scotland under the Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land. andywightman.scot/2026/04/furt...

Hello BlueSky! We're The Bike Station, a charity in Edinburgh and Perth working to make Scotland the best place in the world to cycle. We're #MoreThanJustABikeShop, changing lives through our community programmes like Shifting Gears and Wee Bike Library. Find out more at www.thebikestation.org.uk

Hungarian prime minister-to-be Péter Magyar

We know a few cases in Highland where land owners are standing in the way of communitys trying to provide off road active travel infrastructure

We can now confirm the candidates for the Scottish Parliament Election on Thursday 7 May 2026. Full candidate details are available on our website: www.highland.gov.uk/news/article... Further information about this election is available at: highland.gov.uk/spe2026 #HighlandVotes26 #SPE2026

Cities designed to work for neurodivergent people can make cities better for everyone. Pedestrian-friendly streets with green space, calmer soundscapes and predictable layouts reduce the stress of city life for everyone, a UNSW expert says. www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

Hows that climate emergency 🚨 going? Just our local council advertising short haul flights…

Still time to have your say on Thurso’s future If you missed the recent public consultation events on £100m investment in education & community facilities in #Thurso, there’s still time to give your views. Read more and take part here - www.highland.gov.uk/news/article...

Ember e-bus interchange. E1 arrives 14.15 and then onto 14.25 E11 for Aberdeen via Blairgowrie. All on time today more or less as usual. Reliable public transport deserves to gain customers. @vadundee.bsky.social @highlandcyclists.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @cllrbenparker.bsky.social

How do you feel about car park charges in Highland? We’re looking for ideas on how we can generate more income. 💬 Have your say – post your ideas on our discussion board - buff.ly/J9erIlL 📝 Complete our budget survey - buff.ly/QIL2Gsk #budget26

😃 to new cycle stands!

By-Election Result analysis: Fort William and Ardnamurchan (2025) An easy Lib Dem victory, albeit with a weaker candidate that saw everyone else but Labour gain support, and a timely reminder of how Reform's support varies across the country.

Looks quite bad - though it wasn't the large arched part that went, seems like one of the supports on the other sections collapsed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very sad to hear the news that part of the Spey Viaduct on the Moray coast collapsed today, in the floods. Rode it a couple of years back while researching for #LostLanesScotland. (it didn't make it into the book in the end, but it's a lovely and much-loved piece of active travel & leisure infra)

the Scottish Government are Consulting on compulsory purchase legislation. This could see a big change for cycle routes! Bike paths typically need a small amount of land, bit across many owners. www.gov.scot/publications...

the Scottish Government are Consulting on compulsory purchase legislation. This could see a big change for cycle routes! Bike paths typically need a small amount of land, bit across many owners. www.gov.scot/publications...

We’ve been out doing path maintenance today! Litter picking, gorse chopping, verges pushed back, leaves 🍂 swept! youtube.com/shorts/9gJdk...

Have your say in Thurso’s future by attending our public consultation events www.highland.gov.uk/news/article... #Thurso #Caithness

A guide to reporting hazardous leaves 🍂 for cyclists in the highlands #ClearToRide highlandcycle campaign.org/reporting-hazardous-leaves/

A guide to reporting hazardous leaves 🍂 for cyclists in the highlands #ClearToRide highlandcycle campaign.org/reporting-hazardous-leaves/

Government sources had briefed there would be a clamp down on “tax breaks for high earners riding £4,000 e-bikes in the Surrey Hills”.

🚗 UK Budget Response from Transform Scotland Transform Scotland spokesperson, Emilia Lauder, welcomes the Chancellor’s baby steps toward fairer motoring taxes. The new mileage-based charge for EVs and long-overdue changes to fuel duty finally move us closer to a 'polluter pays' system.

Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...

We’ve been out doing path maintenance today! Litter picking, gorse chopping, verges pushed back, leaves 🍂 swept! youtube.com/shorts/9gJdk...

Great path maintenance session today as part of our #ClearToRide campaign- we partnered with the N.Kessock Residents association and the Black Isle Library of things to borrow tools. before (during) and after

Indicators of safe cycling infrastructure: 🐶 Dogs in baskets 🛞 Wheelie kids 👫 Families riding side-by-side 💃 Dressed in ordinary clothing 👵 Yer granny on a trike 🧑🏿‍🦽‍➡️ Mobility scooters in bike lanes

Walkable Cities: My kid can walk over to her bestie’s house, so I get an hour to myself.

I FOI'd English councils whether they use legal land purchase powers to create traffic-free paths. Just 1% said they have successfully. Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling? lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...

Cycle Path Maintenance Session - Monday 17th , 10am

As part of our ‘Clear to Ride’ campaign we are co-hosting a cycle path maintenance session.

📅 Monday 17th Nov
🕙 10am - 12pm (2 hours)
📍Meet at the A9 Underpass 
🧤 Bring Gardening gloves and tools if you have them
🧣weather forecast fine but cold

Cycle Path Maintenance Session - Monday 17th , 10am

As part of our ‘Clear to Ride’ campaign we are co-hosting a cycle path maintenance session.

📅 Monday 17th Nov
🕙 10am - 12pm (2 hours)
📍Meet at the A9 Underpass 
🧤 Bring Gardening gloves and tools if you have them
🧣weather forecast fine but cold

Access to e-bikes makes traveling the longer distances in rural communities by bike accessible to more people. Its about being able to access your local shop, school or doctor - in areas where public transport is often poor Not everyone lives in London! #cycletowork

What the fresh craziness is this on Culduthel Road? Why shouldn’t we just stay on the road and use the traffic lights? It’s not even a mandatory cycle lane, just a painted dashed line….

It’s pronounced cyclist… 🚲