Cycling in Cities ∞

With the so called summer now here (although you wouldn’t know it from the weather) I’ve been getting out on my bike a bit more. I’ve also read a few...

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Posted: 12 June 2011, 16:41; tagged: cycling, glasgow, link, roads, scotland, transport.

Men of Rock ∞

A review of the BBC series on the geology of Scotland, Men of Rock, and some associated musings.

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Posted: 10 February 2011, 21:28; tagged: bbc, environment, geology, review, science, scotland, tv.

SNP fails in BBC debate court bid ∞

I am amazed to say that I agree with the Lib Dem, Labour and Conservative statements quoted on the BBC news article — this was a colossal waste...

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Posted: 28 April 2010, 19:28; tagged: bbc, election, politics, scotland.

Beauly–Denny power line upgrade given go-ahead ∞

Over a year after the public enquiry, it has been announced that the controversial upgrade to the Beauly—Denny transmission line has been given the go ahead. (BBC News...

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Posted: 6 January 2010, 21:17; tagged: a9, cairngorms national park, energy, engineering, environment, green, outdoors, politics, scotland.

Nuclear Powered Scotland ∞

The BBC has recently published two articles showing opposite ends of the political spectrum on nuclear power.

Nuclear future ‘a serious option’ proclaims the first headline. The article goes on...

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Posted: 23 March 2005, 20:26; tagged: engineering, nuclear, politics, scotland.