This is an encouraging sign. People will not cycle on a roadster with children in front and rear child seats unless they can do so away from traffic (you see this sort of thing routinely in the Netherlands). The promenade is traffic free from Joppa to Craigentinny, a distance of about 3km. From there there you can get to the railway path network, but it does require some on-carriageway cycling. The woman who rides this bike is something of a pioneer. I wonder if Edinburgh City councillors could sleep at night if she and her family were wiped out trying to negotiate the bits the council hasn't yet made accessible.
I've often heard it said that people do not consider cycling aspirational. I wheeled the £750 Brompton into the Beach House café and discovered it is not for those who are short if money. I bought a cheese and pickle sandwich to eat whilst sitting on the wall outside. It was a very nice cheese and pickle sandwich (made with "artisan bread" and posh pickle), but seven pounds in money? I did check the paper bag afterwards to see if there was a free iPhone in there, but alas no. Earlier in the week we had tried a cheaper establishment at the other end of the beach, but what they had on offer was strangely unappealing ("hot egg sandwich with crisps" sticks in my memory), so I decided to go with expensive. Just this once.
