http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Forum: Leisure - Recent Topics en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:24:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=643#post-5310 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:10:20 +0000 amir 5310@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pair of deer near Dalkeith campus today &amp; they didn't run away.</p> <p>Lots seen yesterday on a lovely ride through East Lothian, including deer, woodpecker, mating toads, curlews, lapwings, sky larks, gannets, loads of blosson .... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5246#post-56064 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:12:06 +0000 chdot 56064@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>kaputnik noticed this -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36844288@N00/3997860281/">British Railways - diagrams of Edinburgh Suburban services, 1958</a> </p> <p>It's only 50 years since Edinburgh had a fairly extensive suburban rail network. Other lines (e.g. Balerno) had already been shut. </p> <p>Many have now been converted into routes for other modes of transport. </p> <p>A lot of the stations (at least the platforms) are still visible, though perhaps most walkers and cyclists don't know their names. </p> <p>It's not possible to go train spotting, how about some station spotting? Tick them off as you travel through!</p> <p><a href="http://www.railscot.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.railscot.co.uk</a> is a good source of historic and current railway info. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19574#post-305493 Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:39:56 +0000 Frenchy 305493@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...because posting about greyhounds in the "wildlife" thread seemed wrong.</p> <p>Several greyhounds on the canal towpath today, including a fawn one with a scar on her face and some bells attached to her collar. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13163#post-160003 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:40:40 +0000 chdot 160003@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/dalkeith-country-park-to-gets-3-5m-revamp-1-3484071" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/dalkeith-country-park-to-gets-3-5m-revamp-1-3484071</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21671#post-377683 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:51:00 +0000 HankChief 377683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here's one for train nerds (me included)...</p> <p>There's a '<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c624e74p0qzo">thing</a>' at Northampton where one of the station staff has gone through the tickets relinquished at the station gates to see how many of 2,600 UK stations they have had a traveller from.</p> <p>So far (after several years) they are at c.2,000 and have put them on a big display on the wall.</p> <p>Someone has compiled a list of those missing </p> <p><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/180Q8_9sjMy8uXe5CC-rXJLQEy3EpwDqA/edit?usp=docslist_api&amp;filetype=msexcel" rel="nofollow">https://docs.google.com/file/d/180Q8_9sjMy8uXe5CC-rXJLQEy3EpwDqA/edit?usp=docslist_api&amp;filetype=msexcel</a></p> <p>By my reckoning there is still around 160 of the 360 Scottish stations unfilled.</p> <p>Not a surprise that lots are missing but also surprising for some they already have, like Georgemas Junction, Dunrobbin Castle, Tyndrum Upper &amp; Maybole to name a few...</p> <p>Plenty of suburban Edinburgh Stations still do as well if anyone fancies a daytrip to Northampton sometime... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21665#post-377494 Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:02:22 +0000 Baldcyclist 377494@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm dumping my old spinbike and have bought a virtual trainer which I'll use with my road bike.</p> <p>Determined that when the spring comes round I'll be in better cycling shape for my 2 hour commute home - long distance walking and a wee bit mtb has been helping as well.</p> <p>I don't like the look of Zwift, too gamey and I don't like people. I've been looking at Rouvy, what other options do folks reccomend?</p> <p>I'd envisage 1-2 hour sessions probably once /twice a week in conjunction with the other stuff mentioned above. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1719#post-17037 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:42:16 +0000 chdot 17037@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One great thing about the Innocent from the top of the tunnel is the 'endless' slope.</p> <p>On days like today (no wind), and in no particularly hurry, it's fun to enter tunnel down the slope, through the barrier, stop pedalling and glide.</p> <p>Speed increases initially and gradually drop as you come alongside the back of Duddingston Loch.</p> <p>I ran out of momentum here -<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5189918222/"><br /> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1266/5189918222_5a43ab149a.jpg"></a></p> <p>and kicked a small cairn of leaves. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=137#post-719 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:20:38 +0000 chdot 719@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"So, if you are coming by car (no need to book for café visits), please reserve your car parking space in advance by following the 4 simple steps below, which will enable you to print off a windscreen sticker that authorises your reservation. If you're coming by any other means, e.g. taxi, public transport, shank's pony, bicycle or rickshaw, just turn up when you turn up."</p> <p>Along the Union Canal (from Tollcross) past Ratho. </p> <p>Re-opens May. </p> <p><a href="http://www.jupiterartland.org/bookings" rel="nofollow">http://www.jupiterartland.org/bookings</a></p> <p><img src="http://cyclingedinburgh.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/p_382_290_a550e954-85e5-470a-93da-55b3fcc8336a.jpeg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21494#post-374119 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:22:22 +0000 chdot 374119@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only just been told about this group. </p> <p>“</p> <p>We are a cycling community based in Edinburgh, Scotland that centres the experience of women in cycling. </p> <p>…</p> <p>All bikes and all bodies are represented, no one ever gets left behind and there is zero pressure to be the fastest, the most kitted out or have the fastest bike </p> <p>”</p> <p><a href="https://www.queensofpain.cc" rel="nofollow">https://www.queensofpain.cc</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21478#post-373777 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 23:34:40 +0000 the canuck 373777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My newphew and his GF are coming in June. They want to see Colinton Tunnel, Roslyn Chapel, and coos.</p> <p>I feel like I can send them off the WoL path somehow, if they rent ebikes.</p> <p>Am I going to ruin their trip? Is there a better route for people who don't do much urban cycling? I won't be able to go with them.</p> <p>Bonus points if you can find Swift Tickets going spare... hahaahaha. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9159#post-95114 Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:27:44 +0000 BikeFan 95114@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.specialized.com/bc/microsite/holiday/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.specialized.com/bc/microsite/holiday/index.html</a><br /> Enjoy!</p> <p>And to be really slushy - thanks for an excellent forum from a most-of-the-time lurker. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15185#post-193906 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:50:21 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 193906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apologies for a new thread but I can't find my original question!</p> <p>Many thanks for the advice a few months back on cycling in the Netherlands, in particular, the advice to go via the dunes heading south from Ijmuiden.</p> <p>We had planned a direct-ish route from the ferry to Gouda, but the route via the dunes was just beautiful. I'm sure the hot sunny weather helped the seaside route.</p> <p>Apart from a bit of confusion leaving the port to get into/around haarlem, navigating was a doddle.</p> <p>The weather, the infrastructure and the people we met all contributed to the six of us enjoying that first day's 100k through dunes, flower fields and along the banks of the Old Rhine so much, that we have already booked hotels for the start of the Giro in Holland next year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20652#post-352949 Sun, 18 Jul 2021 17:08:30 +0000 tk 352949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Been doing a few overnight cycle camps including the Five Ferries route on the West Coast and last weekend up towards Loch Earn. Any good routes and camping spots from Edinburgh you would recommend?</p> <p>Ideal would be up to 100km a day cycle on quiet roads or good quality cycle paths (25mm tyre friendly) with a decent camping spot near some water for cooking and a wild swim. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21311#post-368237 Wed, 24 May 2023 17:08:51 +0000 dessert rat 368237@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thurs 15th June @ Summerhill / Royal Dick @ 1800 onwards.</p> <p>Table booked. Fancy dress as usual. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1274#post-11624 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:23:57 +0000 Arellcat 11624@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sure everyone is familiar with the 1978 Rule Book and subsequent revisions including the 1983 abridged version which was withdrawn a year later owing to a series of errors in the Chaucer Gambit (advanced style), but I was wondering if anyone has ever seen an actual copy of the Edinburgh Rules, rather than it being passed on only by word of mouth?</p> <p>Anyone like to join me in a lighthearted invoking of said Rules as pertaining to north, east, south and west Edinburgh? We can play Active Moves only, and remember, no circumventions using the M8 are allowed during Festival time.</p> <p>A nice easy move to start things off: Pinkhill. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21175#post-364422 Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:21:13 +0000 chdot 364422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>- until this week -</p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52457266286_22265705ff.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52457014859_64292867f1_c.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52457014239_c9830216f9_c.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52455473536_4c40bc2879.jpg"></p> <p>I’d seen the slope from the road many times, but hadn’t realised there was flat bit at the top!</p> <p><a href="https://friendsofstarbankpark.org" rel="nofollow">https://friendsofstarbankpark.org</a></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52457715450_5f5df793e9.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3049#post-32229 Fri, 27 May 2011 10:12:04 +0000 chdot 32229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“One of the top UK outdoor art festivals”<br /> (The Sunday Observer) </p> <p>"<br /> The 3 Harbours of Prestonpans, Cockenzie and Port Seton provides the perfect setting for this unique festival showing arts in unusual spaces. 28th May to 5th June 2011 <br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://www.3harbours.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.3harbours.co.uk</a></p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5764587210_06a07d3222.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20837#post-358285 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:16:40 +0000 CocoShepherd 358285@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi all, looking to start a thread for suggestions of good routes for cycling that are of reasonable distance and technical ability of kids. If anyone can add in their recommendations then that would be very much appreciated. Hilly routes, flat routes, mountain bike routes, pathed routes, single track, woods, riverside, any kind of fun route at all! And of course those that keep them away from drivists would be ideal. Thanks </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21044#post-362160 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:14:14 +0000 SRD 362160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This was fun - fairly easy navigation but very challenging gravel riding, especially stage 3 </p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52244682786_e25cdec7e5.jpg"></p> <p><a href="http://deceasedcanine.blogspot.com/2022/07/stage-1-of-tour-of-little-france.html" rel="nofollow">http://deceasedcanine.blogspot.com/2022/07/stage-1-of-tour-of-little-france.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://deceasedcanine.blogspot.com/2022/07/stage-2-of-tour-of-little-france.html" rel="nofollow">http://deceasedcanine.blogspot.com/2022/07/stage-2-of-tour-of-little-france.html</a></p> <p><a href="https://deceasedcanine.blogspot.com/2022/07/stage-3-tdlf-queen-stage.html" rel="nofollow">https://deceasedcanine.blogspot.com/2022/07/stage-3-tdlf-queen-stage.html</a></p> <p><a href="https://deceasedcanine.blogspot.com/2022/07/2022-dorman-family-tour-de-little.html" rel="nofollow">https://deceasedcanine.blogspot.com/2022/07/2022-dorman-family-tour-de-little.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21006#post-361640 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:57:43 +0000 LaidBack 361640@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.visitabdn.com/ascents/" rel="nofollow">https://www.visitabdn.com/ascents/</a></p> <p>New one on me but will be known to Audaxers.<br /> Contact on FB posted pic which showed blue road sign with bike and ascent on it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20977#post-361169 Sat, 04 Jun 2022 13:24:16 +0000 chdot 361169@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/environment/hitachi-rail-and-friends-of-figgate-park-come-together-to-build-new-cycle-track-in-portobello-3719434" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/environment/hitachi-rail-and-friends-of-figgate-park-come-together-to-build-new-cycle-track-in-portobello-3719434</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17334#post-240543 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:58:32 +0000 Rosie 240543@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm meeting my sister in Slovenia in April. We both cycle - about 30-40 miles a day upper limit &amp; off-tarmac but not strewn with boulders/precipitous drops etc. We'd probably do day trips rather than a tour.</p> <p>I've had a look at Slovenia and it looks like it's very good for cycling - plenty of cycle routes easy and hard. Has anyone done any cycling there?</p> <p>Haven't checked out Slovakia as yet but doesn't look so good so may just stick to public transport sight-seeing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=990#post-9038 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:29:40 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 9038@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've not been to the East Fortune Museum of Flight airshow for a few years, so plan this year to ride out. Checking their 'Getting to the Show' details on the site there was nothing about bikes. Plenty of car directions, a train option to North Berwick, and buses for onward travel.</p> <p>So I phoned up and asked if there was bike parking, or if I'd be able to take the bike in with me. "Good question," was the response.</p> <p>To be fair to the guy he was very helpful and at worst I'll have to chain up to the railings beside the ticket entrance they set up. But he reckoned I'd be able to come through and chain up to the bike stands they have by the main visitor building. Just an odd omission when they're beside a lot of cycle routes and clearly do cater for cyclists the rest of the time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20949#post-360699 Sun, 22 May 2022 21:50:53 +0000 Frenchy 360699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Probably been mentioned somewhere here already but I couldn't find it quickly, and a new thread for the actual consultation is probably useful anyway.</p> <p>The Scottish Government is currently consulting on ideas for a new national park, adding to the two existing ones (Loch Lomond and the Cairngorms).</p> <p>They're asking not just about possible locations, but about what the criteria for picking the new one should be (so "Accessible by active travel" might be a suggestion).</p> <p><a href="https://www.ideas.gov.scot/the-future-for-national-parks-in-scotland">Consultation website</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19458#post-301459 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:12:47 +0000 Frenchy 301459@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Planning application in for this: bit.ly/2S51GY2</p> <p>Wonder if they can do anything to make it safe get there by bike.</p> <p>Previously mentioned <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14124">here</a>, and possibly elsewhere, but I couldn't find a dedicated thread and figured it deserved one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20911#post-359526 Sat, 09 Apr 2022 16:57:03 +0000 Frenchy 359526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll be in Eindhoven at the end of the month. Hoping to hire a bike one morning, and just cycle around for a few hours.</p> <p>Anyone been before and done similar? Any advice—either on bike rental or routes/places to visit by bike? Kerb-nerdery definitely allowed (The Hovenring is already on the radar). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20858#post-358625 Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:59:02 +0000 chdot 358625@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East, </p> <p>Rebecca Lowe </p> <p>Cycling from London to Tehran, covering 11,000 kilometres and taking in 20 countries along the way, has plenty of ups (cathartic moments whizzing across Jordanian plains or twisting through Albania’s aptly-named Accursed Mountains) as well as downs: </p> <p>…</p> <p>Her idea is to capture everyday life, reporting on the “silent 99.9 per cent” who rarely make news bulletins, attempting to understand the connections between the West and this troubled region as she takes its temperature rolling on by.</p> <p>…</p> <p>In Istanbul, a dreadful city for cyclists with its chaotic dual-carriages and spaghetti-like streets (“almost entirely bike-proof”), locals open up about the tough policies of controversial President Recep Erdogan: “He’s a classic dictator. He steals our freedoms, then distracts everyone with big shiny things.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://thecritic.co.uk/revolutions-and-revelations" rel="nofollow">https://thecritic.co.uk/revolutions-and-revelations</a></p> <p>“</p> <p>From 2010-15, Rebecca was chief reporter at the International Bar Association, where she specialised in long-form features, filmed interviews and mini-documentaries on rule of law and human rights issues. Most recently, she wrote and directed a documentary on military impunity for human rights abuses in Myanmar. </p> <p>…</p> <p>She now specialises in the Middle East, with a focus on human rights. In 2015-16, she embarked on an ill-advised 11,000km, 20-country solo cycle ride from London to Tehran, via Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Oman, the UAE and Iran. Her aim was to challenge people’s preconceptions by showing that a woman could cycle through the Middle East safely. At a time of increasing prejudice and division, her hope was to humanise the region by moving away from the usual stories about terrorists and conflict to those about everyday people. To gauge her success, visit her cycling website here.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://rebecca-lowe.com/about" rel="nofollow">https://rebecca-lowe.com/about</a></p> <p>Mentioned link goes to blank page. </p> <p>This might be intended one -</p> <p><a href="https://rebecca-lowe.com/other-work-2" rel="nofollow">https://rebecca-lowe.com/other-work-2</a></p> <p>Or</p> <p>“</p> <p>Three continents. Twenty countries. Eleven thousand kilometres. </p> <p>One 30-something who deeply regrets not doing any training. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="http://thebicyclediaries.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://thebicyclediaries.co.uk</a></p> <p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IdFJUKmkzBI" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IdFJUKmkzBI</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20819#post-357783 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 12:33:08 +0000 HankChief 357783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is a fantastic resource, tracing where raindrops go once they hit the land.</p> <p><a href="https://river-runner-global.samlearner.com/" rel="nofollow">https://river-runner-global.samlearner.com/</a></p> <p>(Apols for the drop in productivity for anyone having an explore with it) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20810#post-357642 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:50:40 +0000 steveo 357642@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any one ridden the "Kips Bypass" runs down from the base of West Kip to Green Cluech? Oddly says cycling forbidden in kommute but I can't really see why given access codes, I've ran it before and can't think of reason that it would be dodgy on a mtb. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20737#post-355005 Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:18:08 +0000 SRD 355005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The SRD family is quite taken with this series (even if their boat and bike choices seem a bit poor) </p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008n9l" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008n9l</a> </p>