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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 3h

Lovely spot! I liked being at the start/end of the NCN too, a line linked by blue signs to Lands End.

Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 15h

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annacycles.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social · 2d

It's on 29th October at Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House at 6.45pm. If you live in Edinburgh or nearby, please come along and please share widely.

While it's heartbreaking to have said goodbye to Tim, we want to continue his legacy as best as possible, by sharing stories of cycling and mental health.

annacycles.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to being back in Edinburgh at the end of the month to share the story of our Ride for Tim. We're also hearing from @nicklifeafloat.bsky.social and the charity Health in Mind.

If you're coming, details are on FB fb.me/e/6IrqxMFSX - pls click 'attending' or 'interested' for updates.

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 17h

Subtle autumnal colours in the Botanics today under cloudy skies.
@thebotanics.bsky.social

A pond in the Edinburgh botanic gardens surrounded by trees and grasses in autumnal colours.

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Red Rope Scotland @redropescot.bsky.social · 20h

Join us on our next day walk on Sunday 26 Oct. From South Queensferry to Hopetoun estate, Abercorn Church & Midhope Castle. Enjoy autumnal woods, fungi and historical highlights - and good chat! More details at this link, all welcome, including non-members:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1-1H...

A wooden footbridge over a burn in a woodland in winter. A group of people are crossing the bridge.

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Planning Democracy @plandemoc.bsky.social · 1d

Want to see a radical overhaul of Scotland's planning system? So do we!
Join us at our manifesto launch event in Edinburgh on Thursday 27 November. More information here:
www.planningdemocracy.org.uk/2025/we-have...

We Have a New Plan and You are Invited

Its time for a radical overhaul of Scotland’s planning system, which currently fuels inequality, environmental harm, and excludes communities in favour of private profit. Over the past few months, …

www.planningdemocracy.org.uk

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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 1d

#Queensferry - consultn date extended to Fri 17 Oct

NB - this is separate from (and better than!) the town centre scheme now under construction

@edi.bike @thebonnieloon.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @johnrobson87.bsky.social

SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 17d

#Queensferry #ActiveTravel 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 consultn, ends 10 Oct

🙋 Respond by email or online

Consultn page & DRAFT response--> www.spokes.org.uk/documents/me...

@edi.bike @sw20.info @thebonnieloon.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social

Picture of the active travel route and connections being consulted on

Consultation heading..

Queensferry: Builyeon Road new primary school and improved active travel connections

Closes 10 Oct 2025

Opened 28 Aug 2025

Start of the DRAFT spokes response..

Queensferry: Builyeon Road new primary school and improved active travel connections
DRAFT Spokes consultation response
The page numbers below refer to the document Queensferry Connections DRAFT Developed Designs
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South Queensferry residents already suffer from the effects of excessive traffic with actual and perceived risk
to life, excessive noise, pollution and negative health impacts of increasing levels of inactivity, especially
amongst younger generations. With over 1600 properties built or planned to be built in just a few years within
the town, Edinburgh Council must act now to make active travel a more attractive option for people to choose
to travel to, from and around South Queensferry.
Spokes broadly welcome these proposals as we believe this could potentially be the start of what is required to
provide adults and children with the opportunity for active travel which for most does not currently exist.
There is an opportunity for a wider active travel network throughout South Queensferry and these proposals as
the currently stand exclude other areas of South Queensferry, for example other schools around the town. All
children and adults should have the right to exercise for free and to travel actively safely and we would urge
the Council, the Scottish Government and other funding partners to take a proactive approach to planning this
(and other) active travel networks, not just individual routes that are not joined up

one of the main proposals maps in the consultation, showing the active travel route beside and crossing a road

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 1d

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 1d

Patisserie at Killiecrankie?! That’s new to me, look forward to visiting. Can’t go wrong around there - at this time of year especially.

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 1d

And what a lovely day for it!

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, agreed

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 2d

This is really worth a read, a clear and informed view from an experienced forester. Reform of the forestry grants system is surely needed.

nickkempe.bsky.social @nickkempe.bsky.social · 4d

Victor Clements, a woodlands adviser, takes a look from a professional perspective at why BrewDog's Lost Forest went so wrong parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/10/09/b...

BrewDog's Lost Forest - What if? - parkswatchscotland

Introduction It has been well covered in the media recently that the craft beer company BrewDog have sold on their “Lost Forest” at Kinrara Estate, which stretches from Speyside into the Monadliath, t...

parkswatchscotland.co.uk

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a great manifesto from the main outdoor recreation organisations.

A set of clear, achievable actions that would benefit everyone, including land managers. Real win-wins. Hope the political parties are reading it!

Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscotland.bsky.social · 5d

🌳Scotland needs Paths Into Nature!🚶

We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.

Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!

ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto

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Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscotland.bsky.social · 2d

Great to chat to Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform & Islands @mairigougeon.bsky.social at #SNP25 this morning and share views on the huge benefits of being active in outdoor spaces.

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 2d

Research by the Diffley Partnership, commissioned by
@revivecoalition.bsky.social featured on front page of The Herald this morning.

Revive is at SNP conf this w/e where conversation expected to be lively after SNP decision to delay muirburn licensing.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/11/s...

Scots demand real land reform as research reveals overwhelming public support for change

Press release from REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform (11 Oct 2025) SCOTS DEMAND REAL LAND REFORM AS RESEARCH REVEALS OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CHANGE Largest ever public consultati…

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Brendan, it was a pleasure to research!

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 3d

Thinking about an autumn walk with some woodland tomorrow, Perthshire maybe, while idly flicking through @ramblers.org.uk Walk magazine and it turns out @helenrambler.bsky.social is three steps ahead of me, as usual...

Page torn from a magazine with a map of a walk around Pitlochry and numbered stages

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 2d

Looks wonderful - you’re really packing in the activities, and the miles! Hope the rain stays off.

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely!

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walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 3d

Scotland really desperately needs a Scottish Paths Fund like this.

Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscotland.bsky.social · 5d

🌳Scotland needs Paths Into Nature!🚶

We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.

Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!

ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 4d

📣You really couldn't make this up!

On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens...

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/b...

Breaking news….’out of control muirburn’ on grouse moor in Cairngorms National Park

You couldn’t make this up if you tried… Breaking News….on the day the Scottish Government announced it was delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing af…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Gavin Corbett @gavincorbett.bsky.social · 5d

Outdoor recreation won’t change the world or solve all society’s ills. But a wee bit of investment will be highly visible, will bring joy and better health to a lot of people and will boost the rural economy. What’s not to love?

Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscotland.bsky.social · 5d

🌳Scotland needs Paths Into Nature!🚶

We’ve launched an ambitious joint manifesto ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, backed by 7 partner orgs in Scottish Outdoor Recreation Alliance.

Our goal? ✅ Make Scotland’s world-class access rights an everyday reality for all!

ramblers.org.uk/scotmanifesto

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 6d

Scottish Outdoor Access Code recognises that specific routes may need to be managed for deer stalking on specific days, but not blanket bans like this.

Section 14 of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 gives councils the power to remove non-compliant signs.

@perthandkinross.bsky.social must act now.

Ramblers Scotland @ramblersscotland.bsky.social · 6d

⛰ Glen Lyon access must be fixed.

We’ve written to @perthandkinross.bsky.social, calling on it to urgently require a landowner to remove ‘No Walking’ signs at popular Perthshire Munros.⛔

North Chesthill Estate in Glen Lyon is trying to stop walkers accessing its 4 Munros during all of Sept & Oct.

A heathery hillside with plantation woodland in the foreground.

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nickkempe.bsky.social @nickkempe.bsky.social · 9d

If you believe what BrewDog did at Kinrara was bad, don't wait to see what is coming - take the time to understand what Oxygen Conservation stands for and protest parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/10/04/o...

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Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️⛰🌲 @countrysideben.bsky.social · 10d

Just published 🙂 I've been wanting to write about the rut for years but never had the piccies to back it up till last autum 🦌. It certainly helps when it's happening right outside your house.

walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 11d

In his latest column, @countrysideben.bsky.social listens to one of the most dramatic sounds and spectacles of the Highlands.

Read all about the Rut:
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/the-rut/

The rut

I always look forwards to the first subzero morning. Coming so early in the autumn season, when summer still holds the days, it typically occurs after a clear night, which means the subsequent morning...

www.walkhighlands.co.uk

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