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ISSUE 354 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW!

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As you read this, advance copies of the September Spurtle are already to be found across the barony, lingering like swallows on telephone wires waiting for an Uber that’s supposedly round the corner and travelling south but never comes.

 

Issue 354 leads with officials in no hurry to talk their way out of an an awkward corner. There’s news of a New Town blackspot where cars travel too fast, a bureaucratic log-jam where decisions sometimes travel in circles but don’t progress, and Elm Row … where there’s motion of sorts but only into thin air. 

 

STREET CIRCUS

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Very much the Marmite of Festival experiences. 

#Edinburgh 

#hyperlocal 

#news 

#Edinburgh Fringe Festival 

#streetcircus 

Go-see advert poses non-see-through danger

 

Dear Spurtle,

For at least the third year running, there is one of those pole-based poster boards advertising the Fringe right next to the mini-zebra crossing on the bike lane that I use every morning to go up Leith Street.

 

It obscures my view (as a cyclist) of any pedestrians waiting to cross.

 

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Yes, the bike lanes aren't designed well. And yes, 80 per cent of cyclists ignore the zebra crossings, and 80 per cent of pedestrians don’t notice them or don't trust cyclists to stop. But I (and a few other cyclists) try to make an effort to respect the zebra crossings and those who attempt to use them.

 

However, this sign really doesn't help.

 

Obviously, I should report the sign, but instead as I pass I give it a shove so it turns through 90º, making things considerably better.

 

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In fairness, the sign isn't always square-on. At the time I took the photo below, I found it at 45º. But by the evening it was back to being square-on.

 

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Cranky of McDonald Road

 

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ISSUE 353 – PUBLISHED TOMORROW

Submitted by Editor on

As you read this, advance copies of the August Spurtle have already begun appearing across the barony like lost Oasis fans shambling at dusk in search of affordable hotel rooms. 

 

Issue 343 starts with concerning times for a local institution, nothing-to-be-done problems for pavement users, the good and the not-so-good aspects of green glad tidings, and crass hats. 

 

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