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Eilidh Murray

@letsgetcracking.bsky.social

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Scot living cycling walking in London. LCC trustee. Cycle Islington coordinator. Joy Riders leader. LCC Women’s Network Steering Group member. In Cycling UK's 100 women in 2023. Quite likes bicycles https://www.cyclinguk.org/biography/eilidh-murray

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · Jan 7

What our community lost on 18 February 2021. A reminder of why Islington council should have done better. Remembering Connor’s campaign.

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 19h

Cycle on a pavement: get grief. Cycle on the road: get grief. Cycle in a shared-use space: get grief. Cycle on a *checks notes* National Cycle Route: get grief.

Cycle like a ninja: get grief. Use your voice: how dare you. Use your bell: also, how dare you.

You. Just. Can't. Win.

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 11h

Is this really the most important thing to be talking about at the moment ?

Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 20h

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 17h

In Islington, one space in a cycle hangar is £107.25 pa.
Lambeth charges £30 pa
Hackney charges £53 pa

So it's a good option depending where you live. Secure storage for a family with say 4 bikes for a year would be prohibitive in Islington.

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 18h

Cost of hiring is radically different in London's boroughs !

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 18h

Welcome to @safestreets.bsky.social!

Streets4people Levenshulme & Burnage @safestreets.bsky.social · 6d

If you haven’t got space at home for your bike, here’s your solution.

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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 22h

We are coming to Glasgow! Join us on 30th October for our event 'Travel, flying and the climate crisis'. Travel inspiration and helpful facts from climate scientists, flight-free travellers and behaviour change experts. Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Picture shows someone sitting on a rock looking at the sea. Text says, Flight Free UK presents Travel, flying and the climate crisis (Glasgow), a community event about how we can reimagine travel, and why we must. 30th October 7-8.45pm. Townhead Village Hall, 60 St Mungo Avenue, G4 0PL

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Transport Action Network @transportaction.bsky.social · 21h

As of 2025, many years after National Highways first promised to act, nothing has been done with pollution from the M27 pouring daily straight into the River Hamble.
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National Highways’ Toxic Run-Off

It has been widely reported that our rivers are polluted, with not a single river in England in good overall health. What isn’t so well known is that a major source of this pollution comes from our ro...

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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 21h

Mobility justice is one of our core campaigning principles but what does it mean, & why does it matter?

The latest in our Language Matters series looks at our definition & how it applies to active travel, transport, public space and environmental schemes.

wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/language-mat...

Drawing of two men wearing lycra outfits and helmets riding drop-handlebar sporty-type bikes

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 22h

This ride will be fun for all families who like

🚲 cycling
🍎 apples
🥤 seeing how apple juice is made
🧁 at Ecology Centre

Sign up for a super afternoon !👇🏼
@islingtoncleanair.bsky.social
@camdencyclists.bsky.social
@haringeycyclists.bsky.social
@hackneylcc.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social

Steve Knattress @cycleoptic.bsky.social · 23h

@cycleislington.uk family ride from City farm to the apple festival in Gillespie Park, via some of North Islington's Parks
Sunday 19th October.
lcc.org.uk/events/islin...

Islington Family Ride to Ecology Centre Apple Festival - London Cycling Campaign

Gentle family (12km ride 2hr ish) from the Islington City Farm around some of North Islington’s Parks to the Apple festival being held at the Ecology Centre, in the Nature […]

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Paris en Selle @parisenselle.fr · 22h

Le boom du vélo à Paris n'est pas seulement une bonne nouvelle pour les cyclistes. Moins de bouchons c'est aussi moins de bruit, moins de pollution, et un meilleur cadre de vie pour l'ensemble de Parisiens.
🐦🚴🏻‍♀️🚶🏽‍♀️🌳 #VilleCyclable

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City of London Cycling Campaign @citylcc.bsky.social · 22h

It's time to put in your suggestions to the Fenchurch St Healthy Streets Plan to improve cycle provision in the area between Fenchurch Street and Lower Thames Street in the City of London.
This early consultation closes Fri 17 October.

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/str...

A map of the area between Fenchurch Street and Tower Hill in the City of London

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 22h

London's Network of Cycleways is continuing to grow and get even better. 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲

Great to see the temporary cycle lanes on Haverstock Hill being made permanent by Camden Council - this includes new kerbs to protect cyclists, raised zebras and new bus stop bypasses.

👏👏
@adamdkharrison.bsky.social

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Haringey Cycling Campaign @haringeycyclists.bsky.social · 1d

Show Us Green Lanes! 🚲
This month, please snap or film the good, bad & baffling bits of Green Lanes for walking and cycling. 📸 Capture moments that show, for example:
- No safe space for cycling
- Tricky crossings
- 🚴 in action
Avoid close-ups of 😃. Pref take photos from behind.
Post to this thread

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 1d

Yha top of Leith Walk. Excellent value

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2d

"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring."
-Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist

#BicycleBirthday
October 7 (1931 -2021)

Photo of a man wearing a tie standing astride a bicycle with one arm raised in the air.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Cycle Islington @cycleislington.uk · 1d

🛎️ monthly meeting Wednesday 8 October 1900 in the Town Hall. All welcome to discuss what's on in the world of cycling in Islington followed by social drinks 🍺 ☕️ 🍷

Talking of what's on 👀
👇🏼 tomorrow at 0800 - Cycling Collective ride from north to south of the borough
lcc.org.uk/events/commu...

Commuter Collective run by Cycle Islington - London Cycling Campaign

This is a regular social bike ride for commuters from the north to the south of the borough, welcoming others en route. The initial ride is on Wednesday 24 September […]

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 1d

Amazingly, our Vancouver visit has coincided with the construction of Canada’s very first Dutch-inspired fietsstraat (“bicycle street”).

Burnaby’s Frances-Union Bikeway is currently getting an all ages and abilities upgrade that treats cyclists as the main users of the corridor, and cars as guests.

Photo of a Dutch-inspired fietsstraat (“bicycle street”), where cyclists are treated as the main users of the street, and cars as guests.

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Gary Outram @kentridergaz.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic chance to join the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, working within the Active Journeys team as our new Project Officer.

London, East and Southeast.

#Vacancy #ActiveTravel

environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/107682-...

Project Officer - Active Journeys

In this varied role, you will be responsible for planning and delivering practical activities for young people in schools, supporting the implementation of School Streets to create safer and healthier...

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Jacqui B @ashbycloudtrail.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent news!
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Government launches £1 million competition to take active travel innovation to the next level

Organisations and businesses can bid for a share of £1 million funding to help them deliver initiatives that enable more people to walk, wheel or cycle.

www.gov.uk

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be back at @activetravelcaf.bsky.social tomorrow evening with something a little bit horrifying given it's the run-up to #Halloween

Signup online:

www.activetravelcafe.org.uk

Zoom in, 5pm Tuesdays! | Active Travel Cafe

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Transport Action Network @transportaction.bsky.social · 2d

The Department for Transport has sat on the evaluation reports for nine ‘smart’ motorway schemes that were completed in 2022... The results must be so embarrassing that the DfT are refusing to publish them!
transportinsights.blog/2025/09/25/e...

Exclusive: Labour blocks smart motorway safety data

Ministers are sitting on a huge amount of data on the safety and value for money of smart motorway schemes, including at least nine that were due for completion in 2022. The concealment of multiple…

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 2d

Who on earth thinks this is a good idea ?

Hedgehog Cycling @hedgehogcycling.bsky.social · 2d

This is the Ugly: a narrow, painted cycle lane in between two traffic lanes on the approach to a busy junction. How would you redesign this? 3/3

Painted cycle lane on Chain Lane, Knaresborough.

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · 3d

Good grief. @christianwolmar.bsky.social @seatsixtyone.bsky.social

Carla Francome @carlafrancome.bsky.social · 3d

I can confirm once again that it would probably be easier to have a conversation with a sheep in Latin than buy the correct train ticket for a journey in the UK. 🐑

Today I’m travelling to Leeds for work, and given my past troubles in this area, my boss, the ticket guru, … 1/10

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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arqnetwork @arqnetwork.com · 7d

#CPD #replay

RIBA + VitrA Talk: Carlos Moreno and the 15-minute city

If you missed this webinar, a replay is available.

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RIBA + VitrA Talk: Carlos Moreno and the 15-minute city

Daily life in the modern city is structured around long commutes and daily activities far too reliant on the car. Our alarmingly high carbon emissions...

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