http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Christmas tree seller blocking bike path en Tue, 19 May 2026 11:28:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824&page=2#post-238962 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:08:51 +0000 gembo 238962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good old immanuel </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824&page=2#post-238948 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 21:06:54 +0000 unhurt 238948@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I want to make a joke about the categorical imperative but I just Kant... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824&page=2#post-238941 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:28:34 +0000 gembo 238941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, was that my fault, non-standard, wrong category, sounds like me? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-238933 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:56:19 +0000 chdot 238933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"My search isn't finding it..."</p> <p>Yeah, I had that problem.</p> <p>Was in non standard format.</p> <p>(And in the wrong category.)</p> <p>Now modified. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-238926 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:26:44 +0000 unhurt 238926@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is there a PY Dec 16 thread? My search isn't finding it... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-237673 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 21:36:57 +0000 unhurt 237673@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How can we be sure this isn't just a way of luring more people to the upcoming PY?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-237663 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:31:43 +0000 chdot 237663@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Talk of PY Dec 16th"</p> <p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/jutju35">Talk is cheap</a>.</p> <p>New thread required. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-237658 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:01:35 +0000 gembo 237658@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Talk of PY Dec 16th, I have some wrong brake pads and a protective Lycra top and shorts for 12-13yr old (unworn) for prezzies. You do not need to bring prezzies. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-237636 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:51:35 +0000 I were right about that saddle 237636@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The advisory cycle lane in question is not currently obstructed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-237635 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:49:47 +0000 SRD 237635@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let's just say that the fact that none of the nearby newsagents sell wee potted trees is not a coincidence....</p> <p>Full story available at Christmas Special PY. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-237632 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:09:15 +0000 Frenchy 237632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Noticed yesterday that they were getting the site ready again, and made a mental note to keep an eye out for the bike lane obstructions when I'm passing. Steve Burgess got the Local Roads Inspector on to them last year, and that seemed to fix the problem. No doubt they'll chance their luck again though.</p> <p><em>Re gembo's original, now deleted, allegations. I heard a new equally alarming story yesterday... </em></p> <p>You <em>can't</em> say things like that and not follow up... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-237626 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:37:26 +0000 SRD 237626@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Getting to be that time of the year again. Please don't buy trees from the characters mentioned up thread. </p> <p>Loads of other options, including <a href="http://www.caringchristmastrees.com/edinburgh/" rel="nofollow">http://www.caringchristmastrees.com/edinburgh/</a> where you can support a local charity as well. </p> <p>Re gembo's original, now deleted, allegations. I heard a new equally alarming story yesterday... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206144 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 22:33:24 +0000 Tulyar 206144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well AFAIK its section 129.2 Roads Scotland Act 1984 (obstruction of traffic) and possibly also 129.6 blocking a cycle route. The English (s.137 Highways Act 1980 - split away from the original s.72 HA 1835) equivalent is a level 3 tariff which has a maximum fine of £1000.</p> <p>Unlike driving on the footway there is no in flagrante delicto requirement so a photograph (or repeated daily pictures) should emphasise the case and demand action from Police Scotland.</p> <p>Then again if there is one of those fine heavy duty bakfiets (the sort for carrying a piano) around and a suitably decent load I'd fancy piloting it along the road with as much of the bakfiets as possible in the cycle lane (it would probably just about reach the rear wheel...)</p> <p>Although the low geared fixed wheel versions I've ridden seem reasonably good at stopping I'm told that the braking is not actually that good with a load on..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206134 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 17:23:54 +0000 The Boy 206134@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And then claim against the vendor's insurance...? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206133 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 17:22:10 +0000 kaputnik 206133@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone got an old banger they don't mind getting a few dents on? Just drive down the road and accidentally have the car too close to the curb... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206118 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 12:57:58 +0000 crowriver 206118@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gembino and the reign of Chdotti. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206117 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 12:56:09 +0000 chdot 206117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gembino? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206115 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 12:17:58 +0000 Cyclingmollie 206115@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would hit them where it hurts most. Leave a note saying you were going to buy a tree from them but decided not to because of the way they block the cycle lane. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206112 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 11:42:48 +0000 crowriver 206112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A distant relative of the Gambino family, no doubt. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206107 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 08:50:14 +0000 gembo 206107@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Big fedora, pinstripe suit, spats? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206106 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 08:29:04 +0000 Nelly 206106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The chap who also owns the foam centre?<br /> And parks his 4x4 wherever he wants on account of his blue badge?</p> <p>Avoid. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206096 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 21:21:03 +0000 gembo 206096@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can provide details at PY on 18th and recount my Christmas tree wholesale tale to any interested party. Please look interested </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206095 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 21:12:35 +0000 acsimpson 206095@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was that the one where they were helping local businesses avoid bad thing happening by selling their own assurance product? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206094 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:54:51 +0000 chdot 206094@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, you mean allegations about a local business 'empire'?</p> <p>I vaguely recall... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206093 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:48:32 +0000 Roibeard 206093@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot - there may have been some suggestion of planned illegality in the business arrangements of the owner, possibly of an organised sort...</p> <p>Robert<br /> (expecting to have this post removed!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206091 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:29:44 +0000 weezee 206091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's no chance they'd get my custom for a growing list of reasons now (thanks for the latest Arellcat). We decided to go for an artifical tree several years ago having weighed up the environmental pros and cons. Though I have a yen to collect a real tree in the cargo bike at some year. Anyone need a delivery from Bethany..?</p> <p>It just beggars belief that there is no obvious recourse to complain about something like this. I knew already that these lanes are a joke for safety and enforcement, but still, grrr. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206090 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:29:08 +0000 chdot 206090@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>".but admin redacted the last thread...."</p> <p>Really?</p> <p>What had you said?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206088 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:54:23 +0000 Arellcat 206088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I did Bethany Christmas trees for several years before going for a half-decent artificial tree.</p> <p>I don't remember exactly when it was, but a few years back I cycled past the place in weezee's photos. They had a real actual reindeer there. It looked terribly sad at its miserable lot and I vowed never to buy a Christmas tree from anywhere that had brought animals onsite just for the seasonality of it all and for humans to coo at. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206087 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:51:33 +0000 SRD 206087@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"What would happen if people just moved them out of the way?"</p> <p>They'd end up blocking pedestrians on the pavement... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15824#post-206086 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 19:49:41 +0000 SRD 206086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Think this happened last year as well."</p> <p>And the year before....but admin redacted the last thread....</p> <p>Tweet the relevant team. South team? </p> <p>Just please don't buy trees form them. We got ours from Bethany last year and it was excellent. They were very friendly and highly amused when I collected mine on bike. The actual people you collect from are all volunteers. </p> <p><a href="http://www.caringchristmastrees.com/edinburgh/" rel="nofollow">http://www.caringchristmastrees.com/edinburgh/</a> </p>