http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Sabotage! en Tue, 19 May 2026 02:07:26 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-367414 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:35:32 +0000 acsimpson 367414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do incident numbers get recorded when an appointment is made or when a statement is taken?</p> <p>It could also have been reported later after someone was advised to go to the police. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-367411 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:27:10 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 367411@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly. From the incident number, I was rather assuming it was reported to the police on 31/03. Hence wondering where the 16th window had come from. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-367409 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:22:09 +0000 amir 367409@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use that route quite regularly, though not in the last couple of months (Zwift). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-367408 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 14:46:31 +0000 acsimpson 367408@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I assume whoever reported the debris regularly rides that route and could confirm it was clear in the morning of the 16th and not later on in the day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-367404 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:20:34 +0000 mcairney 367404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is very specific. That route up Gladsmuir is regularly used by a few cycling club for training/racing so I wonder if that's why this section was targeted? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-367400 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:05:30 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 367400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/east-lothian-crime-debris-likely-to-puncture-tyres-has-been-found-on-a-cycle-lane-near-gladsmuir-4088801" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/east-lothian-crime-debris-likely-to-puncture-tyres-has-been-found-on-a-cycle-lane-near-gladsmuir-4088801</a></p> <p>Wonder why the police reckon it was Thurs Mar 16th? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233472 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:07:20 +0000 davidsonsdave 233472@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Suspect it's not the whole path - unless CEC sold it to them!" </p> <p>I was in contact with both CEC and Tesco regarding the building works relating to a house which was built just next to the bridge where the dirt-track starts. Both seemed to confirm that the Tesco owned the whole dirt-track from the bridge to the store.</p> <p>I will see if I can get a map from them to confirm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233468 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:37:26 +0000 chdot 233468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can you ask them to send you a map of which bit they own?</p> <p>Suspect it's not the whole path - unless CEC sold it to them!</p> <p>Perhaps if they have no interest in improving access for their customers, they could give the land to those who will get it done(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233466 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:25:35 +0000 davidsonsdave 233466@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Big standoff between council and Safeway about ownership."</p> <p>I recently had some correspondence with the (now) owners Tesco. They know that they own this land but don't seem particularly interested in upgrading it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233465 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:25:32 +0000 wingpig 233465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Should be easier with Tesco? At least one of their shops acknowledges the existence of cyclists (albeit whilst simultaneously blocking their view and interfering with their panniers with their "<code>Hello</code>" sign) and they don't even have their glass-shattering bins right beside the cycle path access, unlike the similarly path-spur-accessible Co-op at Queen's Southferry. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233462 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:07:11 +0000 chdot 233462@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"At the time number of councillors responded that they would be pushing to get that section paved and lit..."</p> <p>Been going on for 30 years (probably longer).</p> <p>Big standoff between council and Safeway about ownership.</p> <p>(Both surprisingly reluctant to take responsibility!)</p> <p>Plans to increase size of store which <em>might</em> have had upgrading of path as 'planning gain' never got approved.</p> <p>Sustrans decided it was easier/better to take route towards Queensferry via quiet side road and narrow cut-through. </p> <p>Just more proof that Edinburgh isn't really an activetravel city. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233457 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:43:05 +0000 davidsonsdave 233457@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gibbo @fimm. Yes the non-tarmaced section just as you enter the Tesco car park. At the time number of councillors responded that they would be pushing to get that section paved and lit... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233449 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 09:55:30 +0000 gibbo 233449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm</p> <p>I remember reading the thread, but it was years ago - and I lived in a different part of town at the time - so the details don't stick in my memory.</p> <p>But my vague recollection was that it was that non-tarmaced section. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233439 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 09:17:47 +0000 fimm 233439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gibbo I think it was the non-tarmaced section that goes straight on when the tarmac goes right - I rarely go that way but I think that's the stretch you mean as I think there's a Tesco at the other end. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233431 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:48:24 +0000 MeepMeep 233431@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw these in Dunelm Mill on Saturday and thought of this thread:<br /> <a href="http://www.dunelm.com/product/elements-mini-dustpan-and-brush-1000070077">Compact dustpan &amp; brush set</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233368 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 08:07:43 +0000 gibbo 233368@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Isn't the same path were there were wires set up at neck height some time ago? </em></p> <p>Did that happen in the section between the "Corbiehill Ave bridge" and the back of Tescos?</p> <p>I can't remember. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233355 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:49:20 +0000 robyvecchio 233355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Isn't the same path were there were wires set up at neck height some time ago? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233340 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 15:51:28 +0000 gibbo 233340@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>thank you for your efforts @gibbo. </em></p> <p>You're welcome. I happen to walk from DM to Craigleith (and back) about once a week. </p> <p>Whenever I do, I look out for glass on the path and kick it to the verges when I see any.</p> <p>(So, if you see some nutter who looks like he's kicking fresh air, that might be me.) </p> <p>In a better world(/city), the council would employ someone to do this.</p> <p>Many times in the past, I've reported it to west team/east team/council, but despite promising to look into it, they rarely bother. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233321 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 13:30:16 +0000 resurf 233321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw them last night too just at the first bridge west of Craigleith. I was in a hurry so didn't have time to stop although subsequently did feel a bit bad about not doing my bit. No sign this morning though so thank you for your efforts @gibbo. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233314 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:55:33 +0000 himupstairs 233314@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Might be unrelated, but did anyone see the cooncil car on the blackhall path this morning? The driver seemed blissfully unaware of most things, including various cyclists stuck behind him. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233312 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:51:40 +0000 wingpig 233312@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A steamroller with a drum made of Plasticine? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233309 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:39:57 +0000 Klaxon 233309@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How about a rolling magnet with a <em>felt cover</em>!!</p> <p>Unstoppable! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233308 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:38:43 +0000 sallyhinch 233308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some police forces have a rolling magnet affair for scooping up tacks. Might not work on brass ones though </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233305 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:20:56 +0000 himupstairs 233305@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lovely.</p> <p>I didn't notice any pins first thing this morning or late last night, but didn't find any in my tyres either. I shall pay attention on my way home this evening, so thank you for the warning.</p> <p>The natives seem to have lost interest in using the wee apples that grow by the path as missiles too, which is nice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233302 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 12:05:59 +0000 wingpig 233302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A normal dustpan-brush is small enough to fit into most bags.<br /> My plastic snow shovel (ideal for scraping away leaf-mulch from path edges in late autumn) comes in two parts which screw together, which would be a good arrangement for a pannierable brush for faster glass-clearance. Be careful your bristles aren't too springy as I once had a wee glass splinter ping back towards me from a lamppost and draw a very small amount of blood when sweeping a carpet of glass away from the bottom of the slope up to Hawthornvale. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233300 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:59:07 +0000 DaveC 233300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks! I keep meaning to investigate how to attach a broom to my bike for these sorts of objects on the paths. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233298 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:45:52 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 233298@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Worth reporting that to the police! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17001#post-233297 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:25:16 +0000 gibbo 233297@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was walking along Blackhall Path this morning and saw a number of clusters of large tacks.</p> <p>I think I kicked them all into the grass verges, but I might have missed some. And, even if I got them all, I suspect there'll be more on the path within the next few days.</p> <p>Take care.</p> <p>PS A few days ago, the bridge from the end of Corbiehill Ave (that leads down to the path) was covered in glass.</p> <p>I kicked most of that into the verges, but I saw some more there again today. </p>