http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: NEPN drawing pins en Tue, 19 May 2026 04:12:28 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15776#post-205009 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:50:14 +0000 gembo 205009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We have an anchor that keeps the soul<br /> Steadfast and sure whilst the billows roll</p> <p>From the hymn Will your anchor hold?</p> <p>The boys brigade anthem</p> <p>I was doing well at my pal's dad's funeral until I had to sing that</p> <p>Mulch too heavy on path from rose burn to black hall to spot an tacks I am afraid </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15776#post-204988 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:15:41 +0000 rbrtwtmn 204988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here:<br /> <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.9714&amp;mlon=-3.1908#map=15/55.9714/-3.1908&amp;layers=C">OSM map with marker</a><br /> (am I right?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15776#post-204985 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:55:40 +0000 Kev 204985@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik</p> <p>Really interesting, thanks for sharing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15776#post-204959 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:27:20 +0000 kaputnik 204959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes you're correct about the link between the BB and the place name. The remains of the fountain on the old bridge embankment were erected on the site as a 100 year anniversary memorial to the BB and the site was landscaped and named in their honour. There's a big red iron plaque on the remaining bridge masonry with the details.</p> <p>The fountain was removed from Princes Street in 1926 where it had been to provide water for carthorses, to make way for tramworks (where have we heard that before!) and was put in storage by the Corporation, being lost to time until some parts were much later on re-discovered amongst piles of other monumental masonry that the council had filed away and forgotten about. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15776#post-204958 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:10:42 +0000 Kev 204958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Drawing pins? Not good!</p> <p>Stedfast/Steadfast is a Boys' Brigade thing, isn't it? There's a memorial of some sort there and Pollock Pavilion (their local HQ) is just nearby on Ferry Road.</p> <p>Not entirely sure, though. I was a Scout :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15776#post-204957 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:58:31 +0000 wingpig 204957@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From where the WoL path brushes alongside Connaught Place, there's spur heading off to Victoria Park, just east of and across from the spur to St Mark's Park. There's a sign somewhere on the old red sandstone viaduct abutment saying "Stedfastgate".</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9714738,-3.1910221,20z" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9714738,-3.1910221,20z</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15776#post-204956 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:55:40 +0000 fimm 204956@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What on earth...?</p> <p>(Where's "Stedfastgate"?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15776#post-204950 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:19:54 +0000 Dougie 204950@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On Stedfastgate earlier I was flagged down by a ped who had retrieved a handful. I pushed for a bit and recovered at least 20 and a cyclist heading the other vway stopped to assist. Looked deliberately spaced and may well be some left in the mulch so be careful... </p>