http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "thousands of cyclists who frequent the Queensferry road" (Historic) en Thu, 21 May 2026 09:10:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20477#post-344967 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:52:18 +0000 I were right about that saddle 344967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Corrections, Clarifications, Errata. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20477#post-344966 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:27:49 +0000 gembo 344966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hopsack Woolpack</p> <p>Tomato Potato </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20477#post-344962 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:02:49 +0000 acsimpson 344962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't recall it being called the Woolpack but that doesn't mean it wasn't. At the time of closing the sign was Hopsack Bar. It was also a boring lean too rather than the more appealing wooden conservatory in the article.</p> <p>I rather like the horse tied up outside. The other option to get there at the time was Cramond Brig Station directly behind the hotel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20477#post-344960 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:32:35 +0000 Rosie 344960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd take the NCN1 as far as Whitehouse Road, and then drop down to Barnton shopping centre. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20477#post-344959 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:20:30 +0000 I were right about that saddle 344959@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Trying to think of a safe way to cycle there now and I think it involves quite a detour. Assuming that's what used to be the Woolpack? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20477#post-344958 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:08:18 +0000 Rosie 344958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But yes, it is delightful, the thought of thousands of cyclists heading along Queensferry Road for a nice leisure ride. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20477#post-344956 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:57:56 +0000 Rosie 344956@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@acsimpson - in the 1890s cycling was a fashionable pursuit for the upper-classes. Ladies would whirl around Battersea Park in London. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20477#post-344954 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:43:28 +0000 acsimpson 344954@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I came across this interesting article from 1897 about what could have been for West Edinburgh.</p> <p><a href="https://www.forgottengreens.com/what-might-have-been/midlothian-barnton-hotel/" rel="nofollow">https://www.forgottengreens.com/what-might-have-been/midlothian-barnton-hotel/</a></p> <p>At the time it seems that cycling to the new opened Barnton Hotel for afternoon tea was the fashionable thing to do.</p> <p>While poking about maps on NLS for any more clues I noticed that Cammo appears to have briefly been labelled as Camino prior to taking it's modern name. </p>