http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: new year resolutions - Recent Posts en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:08:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20580 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:09:28 +0000 ruggtomcat 20580@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>freight only? can i send my ortlieb (surely they must count as freight) over from edinburgh and then catch the train doon? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20575 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 20:35:15 +0000 LaidBack 20575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>rtc</strong> <em>to Rosyth to Zeebrugge? boo! thats the route i was going to take, you mean i have to go all the way to pompy or somewhere? </em></p> <p>Well (Danish owned) DFDS bought the (Dutch owned) Norfolk Line. One reason was to consolidate the Rosyth-Zeebrugge traffic on the Newcastle - Amsterdam route (maybe using the extra larger ferries freed up by other routes being canceled.)</p> <p>Norfolk Line was smaller and won awards for its services. Despite its high fare structure there was enough business. Many of these buses, cars and trucks will now come up the A1. Plans are afoot to re-instate the route as freight only with government support (again).</p> <p>DFDS always objected to the original proposal of a direct link from Scotland to the continent. Not surprisingly it preferred to have a monopoly. With this takeover they have fulfilled their wish. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20572 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:58:27 +0000 chdot 20572@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"From £29"</p> <p><img src="http://www.stenaline.co.uk/ferry/rail-and-sail/holland/why-holland/~/media/UK/Misc/DF_Map_Fullsize.ashx"></p> <p><a href="http://www.raileasy.co.uk/go/09/dutch-flyer" rel="nofollow">http://www.raileasy.co.uk/go/09/dutch-flyer</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20570 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:14:02 +0000 PS 20570@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Newcastle to Amsterdam's still operating, I think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20567 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:33:17 +0000 kaputnik 20567@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hull, perhaps. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20564 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:30:23 +0000 ruggtomcat 20564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>to Rosyth to Zeebrugge? boo! thats the route i was going to take, you mean i have to go all the way to pompy or somewhere? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20562 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 14:46:52 +0000 LaidBack 20562@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Smyril Line doesn't call in at Scotland (Shetland) or Norway now.</p> <p>They still do run from Iceland to Denmark.</p> <p><a href="http://www.smyrilline.com/Sailing_Schedule.aspx">Smyril Line - North Atlantic Ferry</a></p> <p>So now gone for time being - as are the ferries from Newcastle to Norway/Sweden and the ferry from Rosyth to Zeebrugge.</p> <p>So contrary to what people may have expected flying is continuing to grow. Then again ferries are dependent on cheap fuel for the cars that fill their decks and the ships engines. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20561 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 14:32:57 +0000 wee folding bike 20561@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CTC have info on Iceland, I picked it up for a friend in the spring, I think it was a bit out of date. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20558 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:47:22 +0000 recombodna 20558@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kaputnik - you could cycle to Iceland - ferry goes via faroes.</p> <p>You need a ferry to get to the top of easter road??? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20548 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:14:17 +0000 ruggtomcat 20548@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am leaving for the continent mid may with a show on a bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20533 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:17:06 +0000 SRD 20533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Collective SRD household resolutions: Look after bikes better: * more regular cleaning/lubricating * find a way to keep bike dry * learn something about maintenance... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20532 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:05:26 +0000 chdot 20532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spokes has a suggestion -</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1958" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1958</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20525 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:18:37 +0000 Smudge 20525@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Continue building fitness, do a couple of audax/sportive type things in readiness for a Scottish tour in the summer :)</p> <p>Oh, and buy fewer toys... :-/ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20508 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:59:44 +0000 gembo 20508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kaputnik - you could cycle to Iceland - ferry goes via faroes. Takes a while I am told.</p> <p>Harris very good cycling island.</p> <p>Hope to come in somewhere behind you on the Kinross Sportive Black route 5500 ft of climbing is nothing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20501 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:19:36 +0000 recombodna 20501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>service my bikes and RIDE MORE!!!!!!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20500 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:10:24 +0000 wee folding bike 20500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Get a Carry Freedom Y large... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20494 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:47:19 +0000 wingpig 20494@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Improve my load-bearing options, leave no gap larger than a week and visit some more of the purple lines. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20492 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:37:00 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 20492@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ride more than just the daily commute.</p> <p>That's about it really. I think I managed two, yes just two, proper decent long leisure rides this year. Must. Do. Better. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20491 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:27:21 +0000 Min 20491@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Make sure I have brake blocks in stock to replace when I want them. My Surly melts through them like a hot knife through butter but needs thinner ones than are normally in the bike shop. Perhaps I can place a regular order, like with weekly veg box deliveries? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1953#post-20489 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:08:44 +0000 kaputnik 20489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apologies for the painful pun. I should get a job on the EEN with skills like that.</p> <p>Anyway, back OT, anyone making any cycling-based new years resolutions? Any where in particular you're going to cycle, any specific bike you've set your heart on obtaining, any new sort of cycling you're going to try? Or maybe just a general more / further / faster / fitter one?</p> <p>One of mine will be more along the lines of attitude. I'm going to <strong>try</strong> and relax more and get less wound up by the inconsiderate actions of other road users (yes, not just drivers but cyclists too!). It doesn't do anything but raise my blood pressure.</p> <p>I'm also going to cycle around Iceland (well part of it)<br /> I'm also going to cycle some of the Scottish Islands on what is currently being planned as the "Ten Malts Tour".<br /> I'm also <strong>not</strong> going to buy any bikes next year! </p>