http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Murray moves - Recent Posts en Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:39:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385717 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:21:15 +0000 gembo 385717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think something 8n the air yesterday for sure. Though the driv8ng on the A70 last Saturday was also pretty bad.</p> <p>A croney from the Commute, let’s call her The Bionic Woman (I first clocked her racing buses on the route into town but as with the rest of us she has reverted to the WoL Path) hit a dug for the first time in 26 years. She had slowed and missed the critter on a bend that is overgrown which we will tackle next Monday. However, being of a harem sacrum nature said mutt doubled back behind her and ran at her wheels. Dog was ok as was Bionic.</p> <p>Yes the bridge has become slightly more closed this week as the rangers have tightened the chain between t(e two wee plastic fences. But still no diversion signs (would require man6 signs given the proposed diversion) and still everyone crossing though a bit trickier again (a certain member of this group took a Tern people carrier over the fence recently without even having to stop). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385715 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:17:30 +0000 Greenroofer 385715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh it <strong>was</strong> you! I did wonder, but it was slightly out of context as normally we meet on the towpath. I recall that we met at the confluence of several people, and that I was concentrating on all of them at once so wasn't paying a huge amount of attention to the specifics of the individuals I was navigating around.</p> <p>A few minutes later I also saw @steveo.</p> <p>I was heading back from a trip to Carnwath. When we passed, I'd retreated to the WoL path as I'd by then had half a dozen close passes and crazy overtakes, one of which got a yelp of fear out of me and several of which had caused oncoming drivers to slow down or hoot in exasperation at the idiot coming towards them, half in their lane and half too close to me.</p> <p>The biscuit (or perhaps cookie) was taken by the white Transit driving in the mist with no lights on at all (so basically invisible), that came flying past me, causing the oncoming pickup to hit the brakes, and disappeared into the mist leaving a strong smell of weed in its wake.</p> <p>Oh yes, and I continue to enjoy Schrodinger's Bridge on the WoL path. The Rangers clearly like to leave its 'open' and 'closed' states in superposition, rather than bite the bullet and collapse its wave function into one state or the other... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385713 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:43:29 +0000 gembo 385713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer on WoL Path </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385712 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:24:10 +0000 chdot 385712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55504757405_91e79d8e20_b.jpg"></p> <p>No idea if this is an art installation or a warning (for drivers) of the imminent road narrowing </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385711 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:57:22 +0000 chdot 385711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55504754525_0d455d2aa8_b.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385555 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:36:55 +0000 gembo 385555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brompton posse Balerno this morning maybe fifteen of them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385422 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:52:26 +0000 gembo 385422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a Dutch friend, Prof Van Tongeren, a big lad, he would judge some of those hills to be unecessary</p> <p>The WoL path is nice I used it with two heavy panniers to return from Porty today.</p> <p>Ignore the idea it has a council closure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385421 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:30:53 +0000 Greenroofer 385421@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@MediumDave walking down the hill from Torduff Reservoir yesterday evening. I was toiling up said hill, concentrating on trying (unsuccessfully) to keep my heart rate down, so didn't notice them until the last minute. </p> <p>My route then took me up the Exponential Hill, down to Flotterstone and back over the Pentlands via Castlelaw and the Ranges road. It turned into a Lovely Ride, but there was quite a bit of climbing... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385419 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:43:51 +0000 wingpig 385419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was it anyone on here taking a photo of the George IV Bridge footway when I went past at about half one? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385418 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:30:08 +0000 gembo 385418@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Greetings puddle hunters - Big Steveo up Clubhiedeans </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385370 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:35:48 +0000 gembo 385370@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@arobcomp taking a big fella down the WoL on the back of his Tern Monsta Bike </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385353 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:16:59 +0000 Greenroofer 385353@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DaveC stopped to let two pedestrians and me past on the Slateford Aqueduct this morning. Normally when I meet him we're both on Terns, but today it was just me on a Tern. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385327 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:36:13 +0000 gembo 385327@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ha, I was holding the gate tonight for a chap at the soon to return Clubbiedeans big puddle , he had come from the Bonaly direction into a block headwind he seemed to hold me responsible for because it was a tailie for me. All humans should approach The CBP from Balerno side if they wish to avoid a block headwind. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385326 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:56:36 +0000 Greenroofer 385326@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hadn't actually experienced the maximum Quickening, due to having turned round at the lane just before the top of the hill because I reckoned that was halfway through the ride in time terms. As ever, the headwind I'd fought up the hill seemed much less impressive as a tailwind. Being just a week into my retirement, I am still getting a little jolt of guilty pleasure each time I go for a ride during 'normal working hours'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385321 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:27:16 +0000 gembo 385321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer about 25 mins after he experienced The Quickening. Looking very trim </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-385275 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:49:04 +0000 chdot 385275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55437687370_746a6aa439_z.jpg"></p> <p>(On Apple Maps version of StreetView)</p> <p>Someone (likely more than one) has walked random bits of Edinburgh (that was probably when LW was shut for tramworks) including paths around Fiveways </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384922 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:57:29 +0000 bill 384922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lovely seeing you @jdanielp! Nice catch up and I hope all goes well with work :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384909 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:34:54 +0000 jdanielp 384909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bill heading uphill on the way home on her commute as I was heading downhill on the way home at the start of my commute, meeting at the towpath access ramp on Hermiston House Road Bridge. We had a nice chat and cycled together as far as Bridge 8 Hub where Iza diverted off the canal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384897 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:09:52 +0000 urchaidh 384897@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ventured west along the canal today. Spotted Our Glorious Leader and a double header spot of Gembo, once in each direction. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384370 Wed, 20 May 2026 15:58:29 +0000 neddie 384370@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mouth half numb after having a filling! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384366 Wed, 20 May 2026 14:29:42 +0000 jdanielp 384366@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just eating lunch by the window at the Student Union at Heriot-Watt and neddie rolled by down the hill heading towards The Loch... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384305 Sat, 16 May 2026 16:17:25 +0000 gembo 384305@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hand cycle then Electric Fuego style on WoL Path on way back from Sainsbury’s at Longstone - three dejected Jambos also </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384304 Sat, 16 May 2026 13:35:38 +0000 gembo 384304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@mcairney - the AI Dept was there before moving to South Bridge which burnt down. Up the lane not Sandy Bells. I see @SRD’s former PhD student let’s call then Layla, plays clarinet in Sandy bells as part of Och Vey </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384302 Sat, 16 May 2026 11:28:25 +0000 chdot 384302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Helicopter, probably air ambulance, by Murrayfield Stadium </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=489#post-384299 Sat, 16 May 2026 10:22:52 +0000 mcairney 384299@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That would explain why I saw @neddie and A.N.Other walking along Forrest Rd on Tuesday (it's my in-office day and our new offices are up the lane next to Sandy Bell's which I have a tenuous family link to with it being owned by my great Uncle many years ago <a href="https://sandybells.com/history/" rel="nofollow">https://sandybells.com/history/</a> ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384261 Wed, 13 May 2026 19:46:04 +0000 bakky 384261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Better the craic than some crack, mind </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384259 Wed, 13 May 2026 19:21:14 +0000 gembo 384259@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bakky he sounds groovy.. I was walking down the high street in the late afternoon and Scouse Hobo guy starts on at me hey Man I like your suit. We chatted for a while about the cloth, the cut etc and. About it. Being 15 years old. Scouse Hobo remained entirely complimentary and added. For good. Measure - and your hair, I like it too. I enquired what he was after but apparently all he wanted was The Craic. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384246 Wed, 13 May 2026 13:01:29 +0000 bakky 384246@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw some kind of non-partisan James Bond briefly at the protest, assume he was a paid agitator of some kind </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384231 Tue, 12 May 2026 21:33:02 +0000 gembo 384231@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good chat with @roibearrd tonight formerly of this parish. Also @bakky and @neddie earlier. No ifs no buts no Safe Route Cycling Cuts </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=746&page=488#post-384014 Fri, 01 May 2026 13:06:25 +0000 LaidBack 384014@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>VTX achieves the lowness other brands strive for! A trike with a flag near a golf course might confuse golfers though (!)<br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/66067108@N08/55241063607/in/datetaken/" title="Customer&#x27;s VTX on Instagram"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55241063607_b66bcebacf.jpg" alt="Customer&#x27;s VTX on Instagram" /></a> </p>