http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Ferris wheel Leith - Recent Posts en Thu, 21 May 2026 07:03:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18958 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:00:43 +0000 kaputnik 18958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Blame the trams. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18957 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:56:14 +0000 cb 18957@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I don't see any mention of the Scottish Parliament"</p> <p>Fair point. You mentioned the parliament so can I blame you? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18956 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:51:08 +0000 spitfire 18956@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@cb - from reading the story I don't see any mention of the Scottish Parliament having anything to do with this </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18953 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:43:06 +0000 chdot 18953@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"you'll get marvellous views of the chancelot mill from the top, "</p> <p>Would have been better if they'd left the old bit.</p> <p>I DO think those silos are <em>iconic </em>. The way that they change colour with light/clouds is really inspiring (from a distance)</p> <p>Maybe Leith is just trying to be more like Falkirk? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18951 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:42:48 +0000 PS 18951@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Scotland's notional wheel" might be more appropriate for the timebeing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18950 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:41:40 +0000 kaputnik 18950@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Scotland's national wheel</em>.</p> <p>Yeah. Get it right up yae Falkirk. ours is the <strong>national</strong> wheel </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18949 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:39:28 +0000 cb 18949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder if a "flight" on the wheel will be similar to the London Eye? Currently an eye-watering £18.90.</p> <p>UPDATE: Or £29.70 if you want to skip the hour long queue! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18947 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:38:42 +0000 kaputnik 18947@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>you'll get marvellous views of the chancelot mill from the top, apparently </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18944 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:30:52 +0000 chdot 18944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"could be operational by as early as 2013"</p> <p>More wheels in Leith than the tram(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18943 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:27:59 +0000 Min 18943@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just what we need for...what do we need it for?</p> <p>"It is understood that the wheel could be operational by as early as 2013 if the planning process goes smoothly. "</p> <p>Oh, okay. Phew. It'll not happen in my lifetime then. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18941 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:26:01 +0000 chdot 18941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Will it be powered by wind or hot air? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18940 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:25:22 +0000 cb 18940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's going to have a gigantic picture of Alex Salmond on the side, slowly revolving... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18938 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:23:12 +0000 PS 18938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Plans for the structure, which is expected to be ... labelled "Scotland's national wheel""</p> <p>Dear God, what a name. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18934 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:09:37 +0000 spitfire 18934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>pity they couldn't have buldozed the <strike>$*!7£hole</strike> parliament... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1860#post-18932 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:06:14 +0000 cb 18932@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/A-good-turn-for-big.6655118.jp">http://www.scotsman.com/news/A-good-turn-for-big.6655118.jp</a></p> <p>"PLANS to build one of the world's biggest ferris wheels in Edinburgh have taken a huge step forward after it emerged a deal has been struck on a site. </p> <p>Great City Attractions - the company behind the world's biggest observational wheel in Singapore - has clinched a deal to build a similar structure at Edinburgh's waterfront." </p>