http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: A Day in the Dells en Sat, 16 May 2026 23:06:10 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12624#post-149667 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:34:32 +0000 chdot 149667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"even at a slow pace"</p> <p>Pace wasn't slow (apart from Porty Prom and the pedestrian weaving), we just stopped and stared a lot. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12624#post-149666 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:31:14 +0000 chdot 149666@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I was merely trying to suggest that I so enjoyed yesterday's ride, that I was up for a repeat."</p> <p>I knew that! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12624#post-149662 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:46:40 +0000 SRD 149662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'Original deviant'. Not at all. I was merely trying to suggest that I so enjoyed yesterday's ride, that I was up for a repeat. </p> <p>I rarely cycle more than 1-2 miles a day. So doing 27 - even at a slow pace - might have been expected to leave some negative effects. But actually, I feel fine except for my 'botty' (as the 7yo puts it) and my shoulders where I had backpack on. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12624#post-149661 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:43:57 +0000 wingpig 149661@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Day in the Dells sounds much shadier and less burny than one at the seafront. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12624#post-149648 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:36:18 +0000 gembo 149648@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Definitely need to get down there and work it out, lot of steps and twists that I usually bypass.<br /> I admit to contributing to the deviation but SRD original deviant of the other thread by asking where we are going today. I find myself painting a small wall and listening to Hosier, not sure of spelling, but v good if a little polished blues man from county Wicklow. The youth claim to know of him?</p> <p>Hozier. Check out his song cherry wine. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12624#post-149641 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 11:02:13 +0000 chdot 149641@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>A </em>route avoiding aqueduct - not 'easy' -</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/40381918" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/40381918</a></p> <p>(Spot the doocot.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12624#post-149640 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 10:54:14 +0000 chdot 149640@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gembo deviated a <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12195&amp;page=4&amp;replies=98#post-149627">different thread</a> with -</p> <p>"There should be a way through craiglockhart dell t avoid the aqueduct. There isn't as the valley side very steep but you can do it walking. There is a lovely house down in the valley floor that must be accessed from the craiglockhart side but it might sit on bend in the river on the craiglockhart side. The council used to own a mansion out that way where they ran training sessions. That will be flats now I bet. Not sure why that bit doesn't get used, it is maybe private land but often see deer and is quite a swathe of hidden countryside. Must consult my spokes map."</p> <p>I responded -</p> <p>"@ Gembo I think you need a day in the Dells (yes plural).</p> <p>See how many grottoes you can discover, and find the doocot."</p> <p>Anyone up for that? </p>