http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Quick Question - Buckstone to Liberton en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:20:58 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14716#post-186735 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 21:18:47 +0000 newtoit 186735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks Arellcat. I am on fairly chunky tyres anyway (40mm) so not too much of an issue. I had done the green route down the bottom before - that was pretty boggy.</p> <p>Gave the red path a go on the way home tonight and it wasn't too busy - 2 dog walkers, a couple of runners, 1 horse rider and about 20 grey squirrels!<br /> Good fun though; agreed about the stony gravel bit past the campsite, I was all over the place trying to avoid the largest stones and the potholes.</p> <p>I like getting about and seeing new places that you wouldn't expect in the city, and it fit the bill almost perfectly.</p> <p>Cheers for your advice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14716#post-186731 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 21:01:11 +0000 Arellcat 186731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>newtoit, this is the route as surveyed by me this evening:</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z8hc6KBbnBMA.kVzDB3Af6lgA" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z8hc6KBbnBMA.kVzDB3Af6lgA</a></p> <p>In the dry, I'd suggest the red path is fine for a tyre 32mm or bigger. The section past the top of the campsite is actually the roughest bit. Stanedykehead is compacted gravel but has many huge potholes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14716#post-186718 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:29:15 +0000 newtoit 186718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds good, I will give it a go if I can be bothered with the hill to get there...</p> <p>Thank you! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14716#post-186717 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:27:44 +0000 Arellcat 186717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The path is indeed cyclable, though the higher stretch around the east of Buckstone becomes a mudfest every time there is prolonged rain. There's a gate at the Mortonhall end that is normally closed which might necessitate carrying your bike over inna olde skool way.</p> <p>The path is also popular with joggers and dog walkers, so the same etiquette as the canal towpath applies.</p> <p>The section at Stanedykehead was broken rock and gravel last time I visited, so wear your biggest tyres. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14716#post-186713 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:57:17 +0000 newtoit 186713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just looking for a nice route home before the good weather finishes - wondering if on this route, the path that Cyclestreets won't send me on is Navigable?</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/44134274/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/44134274/</a></p> <p>There is a direct route through the trees between my start and end point but Cyclestreets doesn't give me that possibility - has anyone done it?! And then any idea if it is possible to get through from there to Alnwickhill past Mortonhall campsite? </p>