http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Musselburgh High Street en Sun, 17 May 2026 13:56:38 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11425#post-129546 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:21:47 +0000 algo 129546@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>thanks - that probably explains it then; in particular why most of vehicles seemed surprised and felt the need to weave around to see what was happening.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11425#post-129543 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:19:21 +0000 Cyclops 129543@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think the A6124 is shut for 3 or 4 weeks forcing all the traffic along the High Street </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11425#post-129524 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:36:40 +0000 Cyclingmollie 129524@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's not normally that bad. Lothian buses were Tweeting about delays to their services. </p> <p>I get to Carberry Road by the Inveresk Road cut-through. From Joppa you could reach it from Market Street/Campie Road and across the pavement onto Olive Bank Road then past Tesco. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11425#post-129522 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:25:06 +0000 Schemieradge 129522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The A6124 was closed for some reason yesterday (in the morning certainly) so that would push a lot more traffic onto the High St than normal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11425#post-129515 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:59:05 +0000 wangi 129515@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, yeah - the Fisherrow High St (North High St) is tight; it's only at Bridge St that things widen out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11425#post-129514 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:58:59 +0000 paolobr 129514@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, I bypass the High St if going out east or coming back west. Only time I venture in is to turn off just over the bridge onto the A6124 to head out to Carberry Rd. That turn can be a bit awkward if there are also queueing cars, mind... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11425#post-129511 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:56:19 +0000 algo 129511@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>cheers for that - I'll be sure to do that next time I go that way. I'm not sure why it was so bad last night - perhaps I just found it tough where others wouldn't. There certainly didn't seem like a great deal of space to me - certainly not up the left anyway. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11425#post-129510 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:49:06 +0000 wangi 129510@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Like you say, many cycle New St and Millhill as a good bypass around the busier centre (N High St, Bridge St, High St)... But saying that I've never found it too bad, most parts have reasonable width at least. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11425#post-129499 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:17:59 +0000 algo 129499@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Helo,</p> <p>yesterday my partner broke down somewhere on the A199 near Tranent - I had to go out and fix stuff and drive home, and it meant I cycled through the centre of Musselburgh at around 6. I know now that cycling on the High Street at the time was daft as there are good route options, but I wasn't sure exactly where the van was and so I stuck to the A199...</p> <p>Well that was daft - clearly there's a better way round, but that was the most dangerous 10 minutes I've had in a long time. The traffic jam was causing drivers to meander around to try and work out why there was a blockage. I tried to filter up the right (as good practice suggests), but then it can be tough to find a way back in once the traffic moves without angering people and the visibility was awful- also for me as a glasses wearer. </p> <p>I imagine this was inexperience showing - I reckon I'd try and turn off left at the petrol station next time - which is almost certainly what most folk do. </p> <p>I had some problems keeping my tools from hitting my heel in the pannier, and someone on the entrance to the innocent cycleway stopped to ask if I was ok, which I greatly appreciated, but they were too fast for me (not difficult) and I never got the chance to say hello and thanks. </p>