July 2026

Figure 1: The destination – the view eastwards on the coast in the vicinity of Robertsfors, north of Umeå, where the Rickleån River empties into the Bothnian Bay on the Baltic Sea. This is typical of the very attractive coastal scenery in this part of northern Sweden. (Photograph; David Murray-Smith). I spent most of June […]

The London Cable Car is now known as the “IFS Cloud”. Previously it operated as the “Emirates Air Line”.  An email from a fellow member of the Scottish Association for Public Transport reminded me that it is very easy to think that day to day urban and sub-urban public transport is confined to bus, train,