http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The way things were en Sun, 17 May 2026 13:04:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127771 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:04:33 +0000 kaputnik 127771@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here's an interesting photo of a view that you couldn't see today, which shows exactly why the "ski ramp" is necessary.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixtiesedinburgh/9655544843/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixtiesedinburgh/9655544843/</a></p> <p>If you can't figure it out, it's taken from the parapet of the <a href="https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Lochend+Rd,+Edinburgh&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=55.964023,-3.161659&amp;spn=0.010677,0.033023&amp;sll=55.941208,-3.205339&amp;sspn=0.170933,0.528374&amp;oq=lochend&amp;t=h&amp;hnear=Lochend+Rd,+Edinburgh,+City+of+Edinburgh,+United+Kingdom&amp;z=16&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=55.963986,-3.161606&amp;panoid=k2pz_tO8S0AaG3a15WM5kQ&amp;cbp=12,246.9,,0,13.57">bridge on Lochend Road</a>, looking roughly WSW. Easter Road stadium in the background helped position this one in my head. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127755 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:13:34 +0000 AKen 127755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127749 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:34:38 +0000 chdot 127749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5526/10171681375_e87c52fd18.jpg"></p> <p>Was <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh,_Leith_and_Newhaven_Railway">Trinity Station</a> now private house. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127747 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:32:49 +0000 kaputnik 127747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@AKen that's the old Trinity station, at the end of the path, beyond Trinity tunnel, when heading south towards Granton / Newhaven. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127740 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:08:24 +0000 AKen 127740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Where was the photo with the old station taken? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127726 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:31:11 +0000 chdot 127726@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I think we all owe a big debt of gratitude to those who were around "back in the day" "</p> <p>A lot of the really useful stuff was done by Lothian Regional Council which was responsible for Transport. </p> <p>So, much of NEPN was done to road building standards - which I thought was overkill at the time and meant that not so much could be done (each year). </p> <p>Meanwhile Edinburgh District Council was making 'paths' - eg WoL behind the Modern Art Gallery to a lesser (and narrower) standard. </p> <p>That may well be appropriate for such places, but it's good that the NEPN was constructed the way it was given the amount of cycle traffic it now has. </p> <p>One of the key people now works at CEC and is involved with ATAP. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127723 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:20:45 +0000 kaputnik 127723@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think we all owe a big debt of gratitude to those who were around "back in the day" and were instrumental in getting the paths from the state above into the tarmacced and (generally) tree-free state they are today. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127716 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:00:47 +0000 cc 127716@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bleurgh! All that mud! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127667 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:05:53 +0000 chdot 127667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bits of NEPN</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/10167702654/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5447/10167702654_dacdbd6767.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/10167951943/"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/10167951943_7d451fcc2b.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/10167716484/"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/10167716484_212657299b.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127598 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 23:58:15 +0000 kaputnik 127598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Accepted.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089122945/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5341/10089122945_aabe3e7e20.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089122945/">Bonnington Level Crossing</a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089082813/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7306/10089082813_cb6661803d.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089082813/">Slalom under construction</a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089145486/"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3738/10089145486_690f0c6155.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089145486/">Ferry Road bridge</a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089072594/"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/10089072594_b58bd7c0f1.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089072594/">Bangholm View bridge</a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089122065/"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/10089122065_4a8ca45433.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/10089122065/">Rodney Street Tunnel</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127575 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 20:52:58 +0000 chdot 127575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apologies. </p> <p>This thread somehow got locked. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11279#post-127034 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:54:06 +0000 chdot 127034@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Following the posting of <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11261&amp;replies=30#post-127016">retro photos elsewhere</a>, there seems to be a demand for 'the days before tarmac'. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/10082722815/"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3817/10082722815_e1cebfcc18.jpg"></a> </p>