http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: WoL path is very dry en Tue, 19 May 2026 04:50:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-293889 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 20:31:19 +0000 gembo 293889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You bet, the locals were walking where the water was. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-293888 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 19:38:34 +0000 steveo 293888@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Missed the earlier threads and I've not been up that way much since April so it was a bit of a surprise to see quite so much bank.</p> <p>Hopefully dry next weekend, might go see if there is anything photographically interesting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-293884 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:39:05 +0000 gembo 293884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@steveo, see various threads about low levels. Concerned resident had posted photo of thriepmuir in Currie anf blernae news. Second World War defences which were pokes to stop planes landing have emerged (on their sides)</p> <p>Has been a dry year, someone will give us the stats if I assert it has been the driest in twenty years.</p> <p>The river has water in it that might have really dried? No water in black springs, Harlaw of thriepmuir. Torduff and torphin levels look normal </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-293883 Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:29:00 +0000 steveo 293883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone know if the council are doing something to Harlaw and threipmuir reservoirs? I was running past Black Spring this morning and the water levels were so low you could see the path of the burn from the spring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-270936 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:07:15 +0000 gembo 270936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That metal bridge / pontoon under the stone bridge at Belford road is very corroded. Me no likee. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-270930 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:28:16 +0000 unhurt 270930@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a second closure too now - after the landslip detour, heading upstream, the path is closed from where it heads under the bridge at Belford Road. Till the spring, I think? Pedestrian detour in place, if you can do steps. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-270929 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:20:08 +0000 Fountainbridge 270929@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/HalOsler/status/944185777004646405" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/HalOsler/status/944185777004646405</a></p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/21DvXt6"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4641/38493247735_ca26b12554_n.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/21DvXt6">Capture</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/130059894@N04/">Paul fae Fountainbridge</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-270906 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 09:07:32 +0000 wingpig 270906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was still passable a few weekend ago, so don't know how recent the Twitter fence is. Best bike diversion for the road-confident might be up past the hotel onto Belfort Road then back down Hawthornbank Lane. Steps required otherwise. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-270903 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 08:51:42 +0000 gembo 270903@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was going to say that you can just jump the fence but I see from Twitter that the council have erected a proper fence and also on Twitter ths the former transport convener has a good memory. For the record the landslide appears to have been caused by a private entity and getting them to pay up would spread yo be tricky (complicated by an inadequate repair). The detour works if heading to Stockbridge but if need to be on t'other side maybe not so good? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-270900 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:20:52 +0000 HankChief 270900@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/HalOsler/status/944185777004646405">Nope</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-270899 Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:03:34 +0000 ARobComp 270899@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Quick question - is the WOL open again between roseburn and stockbridge. </p> <p>New office is down that way and considering a mostly offroad commute on days I'm there. However that bit still being closed would scupper my plans. yarr. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=3#post-268513 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 16:33:49 +0000 gembo 268513@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@hankchief and Wingpig, you are describing their route very well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-268508 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:21:42 +0000 wingpig 268508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aaaah. There were some odd marks around Leith recently, which looked more deliberate than the standard runners' splattings. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-268503 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 13:09:19 +0000 HankChief 268503@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We met lots of runners on the WoL at Murrayfield. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-268500 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 11:39:15 +0000 gembo 268500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ayee</p> <p>Forgot to mention the secret half marathon on today,leaves from a spot 13 miles up river from leith. </p> <p>Spotted the large flour arrow Last night. Then alll the runners this morning. Like the one in aviemore all downhill.</p> <p>Soft surface too for old joints </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-268236 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 20:35:47 +0000 gembo 268236@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Matt was outside the shop the other morning looking for him. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-268205 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:17:32 +0000 Sheeptoucher 268205@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wait has Victor (the cat) gone missing? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-268124 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 02:57:04 +0000 unhurt 268124@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>all other found poetry can give up &amp; go home now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-268082 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:53:32 +0000 gembo 268082@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Road into The morning of e dinburgh very snarled so I birl d down onto WOL path at Matt's shop, Just Bike Repairs. He was not looking for the cat that has adopted him. Mistake. The stretch after colinton tunnel ultra churn d up by the diggers that are doing something on dthe descent to the river. Not sure what. Was muddy for 1.5 km </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257981 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 14:00:40 +0000 chdot 257981@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Can't be any horsey folks in North Edinburgh as the former railways over that way all have good surfaces."</p> <p>Some truth in that, though another factor is that in various places there wasn't a usable path until those bits of the NEPN were actually created. </p> <p>THEN there weren't nearly as many people walking or cycling 'off-road' generally so much less potential conflict or objections. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257960 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:04:42 +0000 gembo 257960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CALA Homes have never mentioned paying for a segregated path on the Lanark Road/Lanark Road West. However, they have floated the idea of joining up several of their developments by tarmacadming the WoL Path. They obviously expect objections, appeals etc so they do not have to do it.</p> <p>Can't be any horsey folks in North Edinburgh as the former railways over that way all have good surfaces. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257939 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:24:47 +0000 Dave 257939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is room to build a facility out to the crossroads for sure, and that would probably encourage some more cycling from residents who live inside the bypass in the SW. However, the big problem is getting through Juniper Green and I can't see how any reasonable facility could ever be built there. It would make the fight over building that school in a park seem like a push over.</p> <p>Presumably like with most other infrastructure, if you go at a time that is busy with people taking a stroll (Sunday lunch time?) it's a different story, but that's not when you'd expect any real volume of cycle commuters. In winter, the odd time I've tried the WoL I literally had it to myself. There was not one other soul on it, and the adjacent A70 was gridlocked.</p> <p>Most of the time I am on the WoL I am running, because otherwise I ride on the main road. But I am one of the fraction of a percent who cycle in from the WoL valley. It should be inevitable that the path will be improved as many thousands more houses are built out here, adding thousands more rush hour journeys to the road. But... This Is Edinburgh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257936 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:13:42 +0000 steveo 257936@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Plenty of space for a segregated route between Slateford and Gillespie Crossroads - but not so much from there on to Balerno.<br /> </em></p> <p>But is there? All those grand houses lining Lanark road have drive ways and I doubt they're going to want to give them up. Genuine question, how well do segregated lanes work with dropped kerbs every few metres to allow access? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257932 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:06:31 +0000 steveo 257932@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Better cycling conditions on the Lanark Road would give more choices, though.</em></p> <p>Not saying its either or, Lanark Road desperately needs "something" done but it wouldn't make it a "better" facility than the path. In the same way the Canal would still be better than segregated lanes on Slateford Road <em>if </em>you are using it for its entire lenght. I avoid the canal where ever possible but I can see why its attractive.</p> <p>Its got to be said Fimm you're a very strong cyclist and have no problem with the gradient of Lanark Road, you're also not trying to tow a trailer or box bike up there. First time I went up there on a <em>road</em> bike I had to push the last few hundred meters, the climb <strong>is </strong>tough if you're not fit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257931 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:06:15 +0000 jonty 257931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've often wondered that - what would a downhilll segregated path on Broughton or Dundas street be like?</p> <p>As a recreational user of the WoL I used to be dead against tarmaccing although these days I see that it's not really a natural haven but a bit of infrastructure. I do agree though that a segregated path would be a better use of money, if a difficult one to sell on the narrower sections of Lanark Road West. However, communities along the route, particularly Juniper Green, are getting increasingly concerned about traffic levels - so perhaps they're open to a bold solution (but don't touch their parking...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257929 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:04:14 +0000 AKen 257929@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Would a segregated cycle route on Lanark Road keep everyone* happy</em></p> <p>Plenty of space for a segregated route between Slateford and Gillespie Crossroads - but not so much from there on to Balerno. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257927 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:51:54 +0000 fimm 257927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Better cycling conditions on the Lanark Road would give more choices, though. The thing about the Water of Leith is that there are only a few decent access points between the canal and Balerno, and even then it is a stiff climb from the path to the road. </p> <p>I can't see myself ever preferring a tarmacked WoL path over the road on my road bike, because on the WoL path I'd have to dodge pedestrians/dogs/small children on bikes/etc. Same as I don't use the canal very often. </p> <p>Also I enjoy the challenge of the climb and I also am quite happy to go back down at 20 - 25 mph. And THAT is a problem the Dutch do not have - how do you deal with downhills where people can easily get up to that sort of speed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257924 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:31:00 +0000 steveo 257924@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Would a segregated cycle route on Lanark Road keep everyone* happy?<br /> </em></p> <p>Nope. The gradient is much greater, you'd still have to stop at the lights, worry about side streets etc. The same reason that the canal will never be bettered, unfortunately. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257923 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:27:52 +0000 Frenchy 257923@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Would a segregated cycle route on Lanark Road keep everyone* happy?</p> <p>*everyone who currently uses the WoL, anyway. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17725&page=2#post-257922 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:23:26 +0000 Dave 257922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This morning I drove the girls down Lanark Rd to nursery, adding another car to the queue along the A70. If the WoL had a hard surface (and lights) we'd be a lot more likely to stick with the bike trailer.</p> <p>On the other side of the Pentlands in the middle of nowhere the railbeds have a good surface. It's incredible really that traffic on the A70 is so bad and nobody has pushed through improvements to the WoL. </p>