http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Pencaitland Railway Path Works en Mon, 18 May 2026 21:01:27 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14337#post-180166 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 21:06:56 +0000 Cyclingmollie 180166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is before it gets really bad: </p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/qMXRQ8"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/16272703539_4b6706c376.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/qMXRQ8">Pencaitland railway path near Crossgatehall car park. Ditch dug to improve drainage. Path surface very muddy and broken up.</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/44681630@N02/">Cycling Mollie</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14337#post-180162 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:34:21 +0000 Schemieradge 180162@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah just got back... it's awful.<br /> Never seen mud like that - it made my bike randomly change gears for the next couple of miles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14337#post-180159 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 19:24:11 +0000 Cyclingmollie 180159@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wouldn't recommend it, at least not on a bike with mudguards. The diggers have broken up the red blaes surface which happens most winters because of the frost. But it's the stinking mud over the top of that which is the problem. It glued the blaes to my tyres and they eventually jammed up. I've ridden that path when it's been flooded, flooded and frozen and buried under snow-drifts and that's the only time it's brought me to a stop. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14337#post-179903 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:27:22 +0000 Schemieradge 179903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Went past again tonight. Seems like they're digging out the drainage channels that run parallel to the path.<br /> Certainly plenty of ripe smelling sludge being shifted about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14337#post-179873 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 20:46:23 +0000 Cyclingmollie 179873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd planned to go up there today. Maybe try again tomorrow or Friday and have a look. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14337#post-179831 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:30:31 +0000 Schemieradge 179831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone know what they're up to in the Pencaitland Railway Walk?<br /> 2 big diggers on there this morning - looks like they may be working on the drainage at the Crossgatehall end.<br /> Badly needing done if so. </p>