http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New cycle path at Gogar roundabout? en Tue, 19 May 2026 20:27:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-289778 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:26:41 +0000 jonty 289778@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of foragers out on Saturday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-289777 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:08:15 +0000 I were right about that saddle 289777@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot</p> <p>Looking good in the southside. Half ripe already, fat and juicy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-289767 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:34:42 +0000 gembo 289767@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw some curious looking black blackberries recently. Almost like black currants. Spent.</p> <p>Checked my stash which are up high in the pentlands last Sunday and they were green. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-289764 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:21:56 +0000 chdot 289764@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Crop should be good this year”</p> <p>Not sure. </p> <p>Some very early, but not sure how plants dealing with v changeable weather. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-289762 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:16:50 +0000 gembo 289762@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds good, I must return your Beowulf. I do always wear my helmet when drinking kid royale as very easy to bump heads </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-289761 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:15:01 +0000 I were right about that saddle 289761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Crop should be good this year @gembo. I shall make both jeely and crème de mûres. Maybe we could get a bottle of crémant de Bourgogne, put our helmets on and have kir royale? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-289756 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:22:25 +0000 gembo 289756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Guy on towpath tonight eating a lot of red blackberries. Clue in name. I was nearly bramble police as in Don't get a sore tummy eating red blackberries </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-289695 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:57:02 +0000 jonty 289695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fencing still up but bypassable fairly easily via well-trodden path on the adjacent field boundary. Went on a nice cycle out this way on Saturday and passed a man who was foraging alongside the path for brambles. His tentative greeting seemed to suggest he might have briefly thought I was the Bramble Police. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-287661 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 20:22:58 +0000 HankChief 287661@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Currently blocked by heras fencing on the Turnhouse Rd side. From the looks of it yo avoid (more) flytipping </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-282414 Fri, 11 May 2018 23:57:52 +0000 Snowy 282414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did it this evening. Perfectly navigable but I regretted having this morning set my tyres to 110psi. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-282280 Thu, 10 May 2018 15:03:14 +0000 Trixie 282280@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent. I look forward to exploring it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-282273 Thu, 10 May 2018 13:16:38 +0000 acsimpson 282273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As jonty says it is very definitely open. I regularly ride it on a Helios with passenger and stoker.</p> <p>It does occasionally get fly tippers and might have broken glass/ceramic tiles on occasion though so watch out.</p> <p>The bumps on the track fill up after rain so best ridden after a day or two of dry. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-282078 Tue, 08 May 2018 10:49:44 +0000 Trixie 282078@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The very one! Thanks. Even if I've to walk bits, I don't mind. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-282077 Tue, 08 May 2018 10:44:20 +0000 jonty 282077@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This bit of track? <a href="https://www.strava.com/segments/3756556?filter=overall" rel="nofollow">https://www.strava.com/segments/3756556?filter=overall</a></p> <p>Yes, open as of a few weeks ago. Dry but bumpy. Probably fine with care on a hybrid, my CdF did fine over it. </p> <p>I was very pleased to discover it, it's a handy link for longer rides. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-282074 Tue, 08 May 2018 10:35:17 +0000 Trixie 282074@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thread resurrection! Does anyone know if that track from Myreton Drive up to the farm/Turnhouse Road is still open? If so is it passable on a hybrid? I spotted it on a map but have no idea if it's viable or not. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170776 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:03:30 +0000 paul.mag 170776@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers for the responses everyone, am sadden that I was right and that it isn't a nice new path connecting the park and ride to the Gogar roundabout shared path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170737 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 00:14:41 +0000 kaputnik 170737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes there is an old right of way that was formalised enough to have at one point two bridges over the railway in close proximity, to the farmstead known as Meadowfield on the north of the railway. One of the railway bridges remains, and you can follow a rough emergency services access track along the airport perimeter fence and pick up the old road, which is pretty cracked up, but navigable on bike. The farmer has blocked the road in one direction at the farm by dumping waste on it, but you can get around the other way and connect onto the Turnhouse Road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170727 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 23:09:08 +0000 cb 170727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It used to be much better - I've driven a Ford Escort along that route, but that was quite a long time ago. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170717 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:43:13 +0000 chdot 170717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"It used to be better before the tram depot was built"</p> <p>Maybe a Right of Way then(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170714 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:17:53 +0000 HankChief 170714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I once saw a running club continuing round the back of the depot - past the gate and onto Gogar Castle Road - must have been a cross country running club as not an obvious route.</p> <p>The depot itself has a couple of bike shelters, so I assume a few must cycle there. </p> <p>Can't say I recommend the track drnoble highlights unless you have a mountain bike and a sense of adventure! It used to be better before the tram depot was built but isn't really useable anymore. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170713 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:13:02 +0000 chdot 170713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Really should have written the blogpost about how appalling the cycle infra is out there."</p> <p>You haven't got <em>that</em> much free time... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170712 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:02:41 +0000 drnoble 170712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is possible to go from the road into the tram depot (Myreton Drive) on a rough track around the end of the airport, over the railway, and connect up with Turnhouse Road near Meadowfeild Farm [OSM map: <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.9426&amp;mlon=-3.3263#map=16/55.9426/-3.3263&amp;layers=N" rel="nofollow">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.9426&amp;mlon=-3.3263#map=16/55.9426/-3.3263&amp;layers=N</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170710 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 20:40:12 +0000 SRD 170710@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pretty sure it is possible to follow a rough path up and around from the gate. </p> <p>Saw it on the map when I was thee and trying to get to the bridge to get home. But wasn't encouraged by folk there to try it. Went back out to the road instead.</p> <p>Really should have written the blogpost about how appalling the cycle infra is out there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170690 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:08:51 +0000 richardlmpearson 170690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Streetview shows it. It looks like it just goes to the gate of the depot.</p> <p><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/ShNf6" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/maps/ShNf6</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170689 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:07:46 +0000 richardlmpearson 170689@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Streetview shows it. It looks like it just goes to the gate of the depot.</p> <p><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/ShNf6" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/maps/ShNf6</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170651 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:43:35 +0000 SRD 170651@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends on what you mean by 'behind'. There is a sort of path around the perimeter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170648 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:31:48 +0000 stiltskin 170648@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Will investigate next time I pass by, but I suspect it was just tram drivers going to work. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13838#post-170635 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:38:42 +0000 paul.mag 170635@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Am sure it isn't but is there a new cycle path running behind the tram terminus at Gogar? I saw 2 cyclists heading west this morning but wasn't sure if they were just cycling along a pavement to a tram stop </p>