http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New route suggestions - Castle Terrace to Liberton en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:41:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162350 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:28:21 +0000 gembo 162350@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Notice bike chute now quite overgrown and the cafe sign getting covered by the shrubbery </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162251 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:49:26 +0000 Chug 162251@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm The <em>Canalside</em> cafe is in the big building at the end of the rugby pitch nearest the car park - accessed from the car park opposite the rowing club building (without going through the wire gates into Meggetland "proper"). Quite friendly in an evening IMHO. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162248 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:29:21 +0000 fimm 162248@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS ah, OK. There are always lots of Men Who Ride Bicycles at PY and I'm hopeless with names and faces at the best of times, let alone first thing in the morning... I suspect the odd female may be more memorable...</p> <p>@gembo Boyfriend and I went looking for that new cafe - we think it is in one of the buildings next to the rugby ground there (so not strictly canalside...) I'd also noted that the sign had fallen over. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162247 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 07:28:05 +0000 gembo 162247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On blue goose, you can alight at slateford down the bike chute to the visitor centre or round the back of longstone through the park and out at sainsburys.</p> <p>Have also noticed sign for new canal side cafe at craiglockhart. Further noticed that sign has now fallen down. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162212 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:11:27 +0000 I were right about that saddle 162212@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm</p> <p>You turned up at PY in a long black coat just as I exited in a grubby red Goretex windcheater. Actually I think we've been nodding to each other on Edinburgh's running trails for years. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162211 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:04:47 +0000 fimm 162211@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS - hangonaminute, I don't think I've ever met you, so how did you recognise me? Or have to been to PY &amp; I've forgotten you? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162193 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:02:28 +0000 I were right about that saddle 162193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm </p> <p>Not just a spot but a fossilised spot....I wonder if I'm hitting the age when old memories are more vivid than recent ones? </p> <p>If the Simon Parker Affair had continued for another week I had actually planned to film myself cycling down his proposed Braid Hills Avenue to Hermitage route. Through some iron railings, over a field, off a small cliff and into an impenetrable thicket. That's what I call a Quality Bike Corridor. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162192 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:30:20 +0000 fimm 162192@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS I think you have a Spot :-)<br /> I once passed a couple pushing bikes along the path leading to one of the flights of steps that connects the Hermitage of Braid glen floor path with the Braid Hills road. I didn't have the heart to tell them what was coming (I was running at the time.)</p> <p>@newtoit my map isn't quite right, looking at it again - you can follow the Braid Burn all the way along. I got the route idea from a blog someone linked to on here of someone else who'd cycled it - only I went for a run that way, rather than a cycle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162183 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:12:31 +0000 I were right about that saddle 162183@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Is the Hermitage of Braid cyclable?</em></p> <p>East-West very much so. North-South not so much;</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12143&amp;page=10#post-146366" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12143&amp;page=10#post-146366</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162179 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:51:03 +0000 chdot 162179@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Is the Hermitage of Braid cyclable? I thought it was quite rough / muddy / stoked with walkers?"</p> <p>Going east it's tarmac until house. </p> <p>Then generally good surface, some mud if recently wet - take care on wooden bridges. </p> <p>Out of the woods was very rough as path was washed away, don't know if been fixed 'properly'. </p> <p>Then there is a small hill and the rest of the route is on Blackford Glen Road.</p> <p><em>Can</em> be lots of walkers (and dogs) - but they 'know' you are allowed to be cycling if you are "responsible". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162178 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:46:14 +0000 chdot 162178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7893009924/"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/7893009924_db86c12185.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.zazoucruises.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.zazoucruises.co.uk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162177 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:45:54 +0000 neddie 162177@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is the Hermitage of Braid cyclable? I thought it was quite rough / muddy / stoked with walkers? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162174 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:36:51 +0000 newtoit 162174@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm<br /> Thanks! That route through Hermitage of Braid should open up plenty of options - I had been looking for a way to get out to the west without tackling the 50mph Braid Hills road or going up to KB. I have been down along the Canal before when I lived in Newington in my student days, took the Canal down to the viaduct then followed the WoL path to the shore. Lovely ride until I had to get back from Leith!</p> <p>The Blue Goose looks fine, I would do steps if there is the promise of beer! Been to Cargo before which you're right, is a bit naff for the location. The new Burger restaurant (called Burger, imaginatively) is good though.</p> <p>Never heard of the Coffee Canal boat before, must be worth a look!</p> <p>@IWRATS That sounds like a really good idea, as long as you're good with some slowy slowness :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162165 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:53:29 +0000 I were right about that saddle 162165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm</p> <p>It was the weekend after midsummer. You were doing a reasonable clip which is why I remember seeing you. I was swilling one of those new lager/IPA hybrids and teasing a small dog with crisps. Typical. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162162 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:34:38 +0000 fimm 162162@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>IWRATS: I run past the Blue Goose fairly regularly. I have a pair of Oakley shades that I won in a raffle-type-thing. I occasionally run with a waistpack with water bottles. So it could well have been me - though I think it has been a while since I went out taking water with me, I do not bother unless I'm going for more than an hour, or I think it is very hot. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162150 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:15:37 +0000 chdot 162150@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>IW</p> <p>'Obviously' you'll have to try the new route to Roslin -</p> <p><a href="http://midlothian.cyclestreets.net/journey/42039814" rel="nofollow">http://midlothian.cyclestreets.net/journey/42039814</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162149 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:04:25 +0000 I were right about that saddle 162149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm</p> <p>I've just realised it was you I saw running past the Blue Goose! I stopped for a pint with Madame IWRATS when I took her to walk the route of the Seven Hills...you were running with two water bottles on a waistpack? Oakley type shades.</p> <p>@newtoit</p> <p>I live about 300m from you, and am also trying to get Madame IWRATS out for 20 mile cycles involving beer! Innocent railway to Musselburgh...maybe working up to the Esk valley/Pentlands traverse/WoL return...give me a shout if you're going out? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162143 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:50:37 +0000 fimm 162143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Re-thinking my comment re Blue Goose - I had my runner's head on at that point... if you stick to the cycle path down the WoL from Colinton you come over the bridge over Lanark Road and straight onto the canal. So the Blue Goose isn't that convenient. (It is possible to take a bicycle down the Dells, but there are steps.) </p> <p>You could picnic in the park at Colinton, or somewhere slightly off the cycle path in the Dells, or at Harrison Park. There's the coffee canal boat at Harrison Park, or the Cargo pub (which is expensive and doesn't have a good beer selection, but does have a big seating area at the end of the canal. We only go there for that.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162060 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:51:16 +0000 fimm 162060@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How about:<br /> <a href="http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6405408" rel="nofollow">http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6405408</a><br /> as a route for you and your better half?<br /> Quite a lot of off-road in that. Blue Goose pub just before the Water of Leith goes under the canal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13284#post-162042 Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:53:43 +0000 newtoit 162042@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So, I've been cycling to work from Liberton (just where Kirk Brae/Mt Vernon Road intersect) to Castle Terrace for about a month now, and am looking to shake things up a bit if the sun ever comes out!</p> <p>Think I will stick to my route going in as I can't be bothered getting up much earlier... This is Kirk Brae - KB - QBC - St Albans Rd - Lauder Road - Argyle Place - MMW - NMW - Chalmers St - Lady Lawson St - Castle Terrace. I've been doing similar in reverse (though obviously not up Lady Lawson St!) and would be looking for an alternative that I can take my time over and enjoy, up to perhaps 10 miles max although less is fine! I'm taking about 20 mins on the current route and would happily allow an hour and a half for a leisurely ride home.</p> <p>Off road or on quiet roads suits me better, I haven't quite plucked up the courage to tackle Lothian Road yet, but I am happy enough with cycling on busier roads in small doses.</p> <p><strong>Also</strong><br /> looking for ideas for weekend rides with the better half up to 20 miles (probably starting off shorter though) also departing from Liberton. I'm on my hybrid and she has a pretty standard hardtail mtb. Anything taking in a good picnic spot/café/pub would be a bonus!</p> <p>I would welcome any suggestions you might have; thanks in advance. </p>