http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Fowl smell on Gogar Station Road en Fri, 22 May 2026 08:14:42 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172728 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:13:32 +0000 paddyirish 172728@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig</p> <p>without clicking on the link- that would be Farmer Bunce? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172727 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:12:51 +0000 steveo 172727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The biscuit factory, Sloans the baker, the caley brewery and the distillery who needs over air fresheners that's the olfactory tour of west Edinburgh. (Bit of a weird commute though)</p> <p>Nothing says home to me like the smell coming over the approach road. Though at the old Tynecastle when the wind blew in the wrong direction that distillery really did reek! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172726 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:10:46 +0000 wingpig 172726@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ISBN%3A+9780141346441&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;safe=active&amp;gfe_rd=cr&amp;ei=kGxsVJftL8Og8wezgIGICw"><em>"He mashed the goose livers up into a disgusting paste, then stuffed the paste into the doughnuts. This diet gave him a tummy-ache and a beastly temper."</em></a></p> <p>I've never liked the smell of that biscuit factory as it smells like the wrong sort of biscuits. Then again, I love eating oatcakes but don't particularly admire the Nairnwaft on Peffermill Road either. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172721 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:55:14 +0000 richardlmpearson 172721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When cycling into town, the smell of the biscuit factory makes up for it a few minutes later. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172718 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:48:06 +0000 AKen 172718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I did. They sympathised but refused to do <em>anything</em> about Krispy Kreme. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172698 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:12:13 +0000 RJ 172698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Phone SEPA ... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172694 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:58:40 +0000 chrisfl 172694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I see someone else has already mentioned the labelling of the farm on OSM.... <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/230939628" rel="nofollow">http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/230939628</a></p> <p>The worst of it is when cycling over the bridge next to Krispy Kreme on some mornings there is a point where the sweet fried fat odour mixes with chicken stink and the transition is the very worst smell. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172621 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:25:21 +0000 paddyirish 172621@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was a geocache called "Abraham Lincoln" near here... </p> <p>Not sure if it still is... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172608 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:58:31 +0000 threefromleith 172608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In the early days of work being in its new HQ in Edinburgh Park, the chicken 'stench' was so bad that it was sucked in by the aircon and circulated round the entire building. You could barely breathe without wanting to throw up. My manager (who was into aromatherapy) soaked tissues in aromatherapy oils and paper-clipped them to our sleeves, to give us all 'something more pleasant to smell'. Later in the day, the property and catering staff were made to walk around the whole building, liberally spraying cans of air freshener as they went.</p> <p>Thankfully the intake of the reek of putrifaction doesn't happen any more, although it can be throat-catchingly bad sometimes when cycling down towards work from Ed Park Station. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172601 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:31:05 +0000 cb 172601@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Still labelled as "Stinkin' Chickin Farm" on OSM. Seems appropriate. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172578 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:08:09 +0000 I were right about that saddle 172578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The smell can only be characterised as Satan's own sneakers. </p> <p>Those sheds makes me think of my grandfather's stories of the end of world war two and the places he came across that could be smelt from several miles off. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172577 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:06:07 +0000 chdot 172577@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I take it it is something to do with chickens or something."</p> <p>Wind direction and probably (recently) 'still air'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172575 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:55:00 +0000 Snowy 172575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My office is only about 600m away. When the wind is a prevailing WSW-ish, we get the smell blowing over Edinburgh Park and South Gyle all day long. Highly unpleasant. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172572 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:49:56 +0000 Instography 172572@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fattening them up for Christmas. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13957#post-172569 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:47:00 +0000 richardlmpearson 172569@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has anyone noticed the smell in this area getting worse?</p> <p>I was almost gagging coming up there this morning and struggling to breathe.</p> <p>I take it it is something to do with chickens or something. </p>