Tracy Griffen
@tracygriffen.bsky.social
Edinburgh-based Personal Trainer, cook & author who owns a fitness studio in Leith. Allotmenteer, runner, cyclist, tree hugger, porridge fan.
www.griffenfitness.com
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Hello new followers & everyone in general! I'm a #Leith based #PT who loves #cycling, #running, #gardening, my #pug Coco, #cooking, #allotment life and #positivepsychology. Guardian of the Arthur Street planter...
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Local women crochet/knit woolly PJs for rescued vulnerable, ill and formally abused elephants to shield them from the nighttime cold, Elephant Conservation Care Center, India #UnravellingWomensArt
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Local women crochet/knit woolly PJs for rescued vulnerable, ill and formally abused elephants to shield them from the nighttime cold, Elephant Conservation Care Center, India #UnravellingWomensArt
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Jessie Newbery (186-.1948), Scottish artist and embroiderer and one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. She created the Department of Embroidery at the Glasgow School of Art where she was able to establish needlework as a form of unique artistic design. #womensart
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Jessie Newbery (186-.1948), Scottish artist and embroiderer and one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. She created the Department of Embroidery at the Glasgow School of Art where she was able to establish needlework as a form of unique artistic design. #womensart
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Of course they do, they can't see over the fucking steering wheel. Accident waiting to happen.
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Of course they do, they can't see over the fucking steering wheel. Accident waiting to happen.
SO EXCITED! I've been accepted onto the Practical Horticulture course at @thebotanics.bsky.social - a dream come true!
#urbangardening #treehugger #plantlady
#urbangardening #treehugger #plantlady
December 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
SO EXCITED! I've been accepted onto the Practical Horticulture course at @thebotanics.bsky.social - a dream come true!
#urbangardening #treehugger #plantlady
#urbangardening #treehugger #plantlady
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The prickly evergreen of winter: holly 🌲With its shiny spiky leaves and bright red berries, it’s steeped in folklore and festive tradition. #Holly trees also provide shelter and food for #wildlife during the cold months. Watch to discover more about this iconic tree.
#FestiveSeason #Christmas
#FestiveSeason #Christmas
December 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The prickly evergreen of winter: holly 🌲With its shiny spiky leaves and bright red berries, it’s steeped in folklore and festive tradition. #Holly trees also provide shelter and food for #wildlife during the cold months. Watch to discover more about this iconic tree.
#FestiveSeason #Christmas
#FestiveSeason #Christmas
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So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
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December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
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Yellow @metoffice.gov.uk weather warnings for wind and rain associated with #StormBram are in place for Edinburgh today and into tomorrow.
A Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Flood Alert for Edinburgh and the Lothians has also been issued.
A Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Flood Alert for Edinburgh and the Lothians has also been issued.
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Yellow @metoffice.gov.uk weather warnings for wind and rain associated with #StormBram are in place for Edinburgh today and into tomorrow.
A Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Flood Alert for Edinburgh and the Lothians has also been issued.
A Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Flood Alert for Edinburgh and the Lothians has also been issued.
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Hidden Door returns to Edinburgh in June 2026, and we're now inviting visual artists to get involved 🎨
Full details: hiddendoorarts.org/call-for-sub...
#HiddenDoorFestival
Full details: hiddendoorarts.org/call-for-sub...
#HiddenDoorFestival
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hidden Door returns to Edinburgh in June 2026, and we're now inviting visual artists to get involved 🎨
Full details: hiddendoorarts.org/call-for-sub...
#HiddenDoorFestival
Full details: hiddendoorarts.org/call-for-sub...
#HiddenDoorFestival
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🚲 edi.bike | issue 122 | 8th Dec '25
Hire bikes in cycle parking update: Our conversation with Voi; Trans Solidarity Rides; Spokes’ December Action Update; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-122-8th-dec-25
#bikeSky #edinburgh
Hire bikes in cycle parking update: Our conversation with Voi; Trans Solidarity Rides; Spokes’ December Action Update; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-122-8th-dec-25
#bikeSky #edinburgh
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🚲 edi.bike | issue 122 | 8th Dec '25
Hire bikes in cycle parking update: Our conversation with Voi; Trans Solidarity Rides; Spokes’ December Action Update; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-122-8th-dec-25
#bikeSky #edinburgh
Hire bikes in cycle parking update: Our conversation with Voi; Trans Solidarity Rides; Spokes’ December Action Update; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:
https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-122-8th-dec-25
#bikeSky #edinburgh
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🦇 Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to roost. Bats roost in houses, both new and old but some species prefer hollow trees, or caves. In buildings they often shelter behind hanging tiles and boarding or in roof spaces.
Learn more here: buff.ly/3PNgDhB
Learn more here: buff.ly/3PNgDhB
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🦇 Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to roost. Bats roost in houses, both new and old but some species prefer hollow trees, or caves. In buildings they often shelter behind hanging tiles and boarding or in roof spaces.
Learn more here: buff.ly/3PNgDhB
Learn more here: buff.ly/3PNgDhB
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⚠️ BREAKING:
Glasgow Hospitals Reintroduce Mask Mandate Amid Rapid Flu Surge
VISITORS have been told to wear facemasks in Glasgow hospitals amid a flu outbreak.
Glasgow Hospitals Reintroduce Mask Mandate Amid Rapid Flu Surge
VISITORS have been told to wear facemasks in Glasgow hospitals amid a flu outbreak.
December 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Glasgow Hospitals Reintroduce Mask Mandate Amid Rapid Flu Surge
VISITORS have been told to wear facemasks in Glasgow hospitals amid a flu outbreak.
Glasgow Hospitals Reintroduce Mask Mandate Amid Rapid Flu Surge
VISITORS have been told to wear facemasks in Glasgow hospitals amid a flu outbreak.
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'The Skate Girls of Kabul' photographic series by Jessica Fulford-Dobson featuring girls from the Afghan capital before the Taliban took control. #womensart #NeverForget women and girls of Afghanistan #HumanRights
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
'The Skate Girls of Kabul' photographic series by Jessica Fulford-Dobson featuring girls from the Afghan capital before the Taliban took control. #womensart #NeverForget women and girls of Afghanistan #HumanRights
💪 NEW! 💪
'Get Fit from Home workshop' at Griffen Fitness, 12 January. Boost your mojo for 2026, or a friend's. Come together! It's fun!
Suitable for all, free healthy nibbles and Q & A.
Only £20.26 from www.griffenfitness.com/shop/p/get-f...
#SmallBusinessSaturday #SBS
#fitness #workshop #Leith
'Get Fit from Home workshop' at Griffen Fitness, 12 January. Boost your mojo for 2026, or a friend's. Come together! It's fun!
Suitable for all, free healthy nibbles and Q & A.
Only £20.26 from www.griffenfitness.com/shop/p/get-f...
#SmallBusinessSaturday #SBS
#fitness #workshop #Leith
Get Fit from Home workshop — Griffen Fitness Personal Training in Edinburgh
Make 2026 the year that you start exercising from the comfort of home. All you need is to know how... Learn everything you need in this interactive 90 minute workshop to get you moving. W...
www.griffenfitness.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
💪 NEW! 💪
'Get Fit from Home workshop' at Griffen Fitness, 12 January. Boost your mojo for 2026, or a friend's. Come together! It's fun!
Suitable for all, free healthy nibbles and Q & A.
Only £20.26 from www.griffenfitness.com/shop/p/get-f...
#SmallBusinessSaturday #SBS
#fitness #workshop #Leith
'Get Fit from Home workshop' at Griffen Fitness, 12 January. Boost your mojo for 2026, or a friend's. Come together! It's fun!
Suitable for all, free healthy nibbles and Q & A.
Only £20.26 from www.griffenfitness.com/shop/p/get-f...
#SmallBusinessSaturday #SBS
#fitness #workshop #Leith
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🦇 If you are new to bats you may find our e-learning resources a great way to get started! Some highlights:
- Intro to bats
- Bat care for non-bat carers
- Bat resources for teachers and youth workers
- Bat talks from conferences
More here:
- Intro to bats
- Bat care for non-bat carers
- Bat resources for teachers and youth workers
- Bat talks from conferences
More here:
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Easily identify bat droppings with this wallet-sized reference guide! Perfect for volunteer and professional bat workers, this digital download helps you distinguish bat faeces from different species.
learn.bats.org.uk
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🦇 If you are new to bats you may find our e-learning resources a great way to get started! Some highlights:
- Intro to bats
- Bat care for non-bat carers
- Bat resources for teachers and youth workers
- Bat talks from conferences
More here:
- Intro to bats
- Bat care for non-bat carers
- Bat resources for teachers and youth workers
- Bat talks from conferences
More here:
Local book! For the 'reluctant' exerciser in your life - Learn to get fit without a gym, only £7.99 from my PT studio or www.getfitandenjoyit.com Also available at Logan & Malloch, foot of Leith Walk. #homefitness #smallBusinessSaturday #SBS #smallbizSaturday #Edinburgh
www.getfitandenjoyit.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Local book! For the 'reluctant' exerciser in your life - Learn to get fit without a gym, only £7.99 from my PT studio or www.getfitandenjoyit.com Also available at Logan & Malloch, foot of Leith Walk. #homefitness #smallBusinessSaturday #SBS #smallbizSaturday #Edinburgh
🌿 Super exclusive! 🌿
Pure Leith mint tea, now in our third year.
Grown, dried and packaged in Leith - delivered by bike (EH only), free UK P&P. Only £5 from www.pureleith.com #SmallBusinessSaturday #uniquegift #SBS #tea #Leith
Pure Leith mint tea, now in our third year.
Grown, dried and packaged in Leith - delivered by bike (EH only), free UK P&P. Only £5 from www.pureleith.com #SmallBusinessSaturday #uniquegift #SBS #tea #Leith
Pure Leith mint tea — Griffen Fitness Personal Training in Edinburgh
Homegrown mint tea from Leith, Edinburgh. Whole leaf and nothing but the leaf - no twigs. Refreshing, healthy and unique. Rehydrate well with this small batch herbal infusion. Limited edition.
www.pureleith.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🌿 Super exclusive! 🌿
Pure Leith mint tea, now in our third year.
Grown, dried and packaged in Leith - delivered by bike (EH only), free UK P&P. Only £5 from www.pureleith.com #SmallBusinessSaturday #uniquegift #SBS #tea #Leith
Pure Leith mint tea, now in our third year.
Grown, dried and packaged in Leith - delivered by bike (EH only), free UK P&P. Only £5 from www.pureleith.com #SmallBusinessSaturday #uniquegift #SBS #tea #Leith
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Good work! Thank you!
🚧 Powderhall / St Mark’s Path – Update
Good news: the path will reopen from Fri 19 Dec to Sun 4 Jan while construction pauses, giving everyone on Quiet Route 20 a safer, more direct link over the festive period.
Council still reviewing options for a better route during future closures.
Good news: the path will reopen from Fri 19 Dec to Sun 4 Jan while construction pauses, giving everyone on Quiet Route 20 a safer, more direct link over the festive period.
Council still reviewing options for a better route during future closures.
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Good work! Thank you!
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PLACES still available for ASTRONOMY walk with Prof Andy Lawrence. Start 12.45 on Saturday (6 Dec) from the Portuguese Cannon, watch the falling of the black time ball, learn about great Victorian astronomers and more. Free for members, donation for non-members. Contact <[email protected]>.
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
PLACES still available for ASTRONOMY walk with Prof Andy Lawrence. Start 12.45 on Saturday (6 Dec) from the Portuguese Cannon, watch the falling of the black time ball, learn about great Victorian astronomers and more. Free for members, donation for non-members. Contact <[email protected]>.
📣 New Leither magazine out now 📣
Writing about a subject close to my heart...
🥔 🥔 🥔 Potatoes! 🥔 🥔 🥔
#Leithlife
Writing about a subject close to my heart...
🥔 🥔 🥔 Potatoes! 🥔 🥔 🥔
#Leithlife
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📣 New Leither magazine out now 📣
Writing about a subject close to my heart...
🥔 🥔 🥔 Potatoes! 🥔 🥔 🥔
#Leithlife
Writing about a subject close to my heart...
🥔 🥔 🥔 Potatoes! 🥔 🥔 🥔
#Leithlife
Food news: Ardfern provisions has launched, with its first two products, a nori hot sauce and a brown sauce
www.businesslifeedinburgh.com/post/launch-...
www.businesslifeedinburgh.com/post/launch-...
Launch of Ardfern provisions
Chef, Roberta Hall McCarron and Shaun McCarron, of Ardfern, The Little Chartroom and Eleanore restaurants have launched Ardfern Provisions, a product range of sauces and pantry staples.Inspired by the...
www.businesslifeedinburgh.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Three reasons to avoid cutting back dead stems and seed heads this winter:
🐞 Hollow stems provide homes for hibernating insects, such as lacewings and ladybirds
🌻 Birds feed on seed heads like teasels, sunflowers and thistles
❄️ They look good when dusted with frost or snow!
🐞 Hollow stems provide homes for hibernating insects, such as lacewings and ladybirds
🌻 Birds feed on seed heads like teasels, sunflowers and thistles
❄️ They look good when dusted with frost or snow!
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Three reasons to avoid cutting back dead stems and seed heads this winter:
🐞 Hollow stems provide homes for hibernating insects, such as lacewings and ladybirds
🌻 Birds feed on seed heads like teasels, sunflowers and thistles
❄️ They look good when dusted with frost or snow!
🐞 Hollow stems provide homes for hibernating insects, such as lacewings and ladybirds
🌻 Birds feed on seed heads like teasels, sunflowers and thistles
❄️ They look good when dusted with frost or snow!
This looks yum 😋
Kai Thai offers a colourful and casual dining experience for Thai street food, with options for sit-in, takeaway, and delivery in the Leith/Easter Road area.
Review: Kai Thai, Thai Street Food on Easter Road - Edinburgh Reviews
Kai Thai is a welcome oasis of colour and flavour on Easter Road. The attention to quality, from the spot-on presentation to the impressive kids' menu, makes it a must-try. It's early days, but this new restaurant is already a winner.
edinburgh-reviews.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This looks yum 😋
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More planting days this Friday and Sunday at Mill Lane and Dalmeny Street Parks.
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
More planting days this Friday and Sunday at Mill Lane and Dalmeny Street Parks.
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🚶♀️ Elm Row: ideas for change
After their recent walkabout, WELM (Windsor Street, Elm Row, Leopold Place & Montgomery Street West Association) has shared practical proposals to fix Elm Row’s long-standing problems with parking, loading and damaged pavements.
Send comments by 3 Dec and we'll pass on
After their recent walkabout, WELM (Windsor Street, Elm Row, Leopold Place & Montgomery Street West Association) has shared practical proposals to fix Elm Row’s long-standing problems with parking, loading and damaged pavements.
Send comments by 3 Dec and we'll pass on
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🚶♀️ Elm Row: ideas for change
After their recent walkabout, WELM (Windsor Street, Elm Row, Leopold Place & Montgomery Street West Association) has shared practical proposals to fix Elm Row’s long-standing problems with parking, loading and damaged pavements.
Send comments by 3 Dec and we'll pass on
After their recent walkabout, WELM (Windsor Street, Elm Row, Leopold Place & Montgomery Street West Association) has shared practical proposals to fix Elm Row’s long-standing problems with parking, loading and damaged pavements.
Send comments by 3 Dec and we'll pass on