Tracy Griffen
@tracygriffen
Edinburgh-based Personal Trainer, cook & author who owns a fitness studio in Leith. Allotmenteer, runner, cyclist, tree hugger, porridge fan. www.griffenfitness.com
My offer of help with Picardy Place landscaping still stands. Here's what I've grown, with no budget, in the Arthur Street planter (find it on Google maps). It could be so nice...
Can you please make Leith Walk safer by removing these signs blocking the line of sight coming out of Balfour Street into traffic? Thank you!
Furthermore, extra obstacles/ line of sight 'challenges' for Leith Walk. @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social what is the thinking behind this?
Arthur Street planter update: We have nasturtiums! And some sedum about to flower. Can you spot the bee on the yellow flower? @leithcentralcc.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social #Leithlife #urbandgarden #Leith
Watch the Golden Spurtle film now on freeview, yay! www.itv.com/watch/the-go... #worldchampionship #porridge #goldenspurtle @spurtle.bsky.social
The bling lily in the Arthur Street planter about to bloom! Any day now... Exciting.
#newprofilepic I've been cycling since I was wee, Feels so free! #happydays #cycling
📣 Leith Festival Gala Day is this Saturday. 📣 Hooray! leithfestival.com/events/ The programme looks amazing, pick up a copy around Leith, or from the Griffen Fitness shop window... #Leith #community #persevere @spurtle.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com
Howzat!? A bollard topper. Oh, yes it is... Spotted in Ripon, for @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social 😍🏏🛑
It's not-freezing-weather! To celebrate, my last newsletter for a wee while. Taking a tech break over summer (as much as is practical running a biz). #fitness #newsletter www.griffenfitness.com/campaigns/vi...
Quite excited that Paradigm Shift is opening around the corner from my studio. I've recently started sewing again... @edinburghminute.com @secretedinburgh.bsky.social
Thank you Jack. I'm RHS qualified & I'd love to do freelance for @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social planting Picardy Place. I can work on a low budget - all plants in Arthur St planter were free (or grown from seed). Seriously, how can I tender for work? @spurtle.bsky.social
Evidence of abseil earlier. 😬 Funds raised for @mndscotland.bsky.social
Arthur Street planter update: daffs may be gone, but kale has decided to flower, lily is nearly there & perseverance-in-a-tree, snapped off acer is regrowing. hooray! @leithcentralcc.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @secretedinburgh.bsky.social
Last night in Istanbul (not Constantinople). Had an amazing time, but looking forward to fresh clean air and water of auld reekie...
... and when the internet breaks, I'll still have a writing machine... Excited about his vintage typewriter impulsively purchased from St Colomba's Doocot, Leith Walk. #Leithlife #type #writer #typewriter
Arthur Street Planter update: Lots of lovely lush leaves as parts of the planter are warm and protected. 🌱🌿🍃 Photos of lillies, euphorbia and sedum. (find it on Google maps) #leithLife #urbangarden @spurtle.bsky.social @leithcentralcc.bsky.social @secretedinburgh.bsky.social
Pop-up poetry on Portobello Prom earlier. Bought an Orwell essay from @magpiebooks.bsky.social in the gazebo. Happy day!
This portrait of my favourite pop artist, Paolozzi makes me happy when I cycle past (on the new cycle path)... @wwctrustscot.bsky.social #Leithlife
Gorgeous morning on The Shore for Leith Connections launch. @spokes.org.uk @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edi.bike @edinburghminute.com
Daffs dancing in the breeze... #Leithlife #urbangarden #Arthurstreetplanter @leithcentralcc.bsky.social
Arthur Street planter update: Spring has sprung, the daffs are up. It's a very windy site, so they're at all sorts of Leith Walk angles... #persevere #urbangarden #Leithlife
Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Pick up your old-school print edition of Spurtleshire's important news, @spurtle.bsky.social from Griffen Fitness, Balfour Street.. #hyperlocal #nothyperbole #Edinburgh #Leithlife
Whilst the world was at war, today I tried ikebana for the first time. I recommend it. #zen
Thank you, she was my constant companion for a dozen years. It feels very weird. I see her everywhere...