http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Canal path damage en Tue, 19 May 2026 06:10:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-354040 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:12:27 +0000 Dave 354040@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(Just east of the bridge that goes over Lanark road and up the water of Leith, if anyone notices)</p> <p>There are some really thick, invasive looking plants growing on that stretch. Anyone able to ID? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-354038 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 18:32:13 +0000 gembo 354038@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spotted Dave this afternoon - canal towpath on way into office (i am still there but going home now).</p> <p>Dave was cutting back overgrowth to allow safe overtaking. </p> <p>Top Citizen </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-353986 Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:16:45 +0000 gembo 353986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Climbing Centre? Long time no hear Biketrain </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-353981 Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:40:08 +0000 biketrain 353981@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is a tree branch blocking the tow path near steps to EICC. Passible if you can lift your bike. Reported to Scottish Canals. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351316 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:35:01 +0000 SRD 351316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>iam impressed that the phone was water tight.</p> <p>saw a big multi-generational group magnet fishers on the canal on the same trip. they didn't seem to have caught much of interest. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351314 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:01:39 +0000 chdot 351314@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One word in common...</p> <p><a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/04/iphone-12-canal-rescuers-further-detail-magsafe-fishing-expedition" rel="nofollow">https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/04/iphone-12-canal-rescuers-further-detail-magsafe-fishing-expedition</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351297 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:19:33 +0000 SRD 351297@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pretty sure there is a thread somewhere about EICC access... terrible, especially with kids, as many would be. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351296 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:04:58 +0000 Frenchy 351296@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ejstubbs - A new path was considered to provide step-free access to the climbing centre, as part of the Wavegarden development. However, the engineering works which would have been necessary were deemed prohibitively expensive, so they went with the cycle ramp instead. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351295 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:29:08 +0000 ejstubbs 351295@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD: <em>i guess I hadn't been out that way in a while.</em></p> <p>Same here - rode out to Ratho on Tuesday for the first time years*, to check out access to the EICC from the canal** - <strong>but</strong> I must have missed the subsidence. If it's to the side of the path next to the cut as Dave suggested then I would have been keeping well clear, being chicken.</p> <p><em>* As in, the last time I rode out that way, the posh Marina wasn't there!<br /> ** Theoretically possible, but not great IMO. There are steps up from the towpath with a cycle ramp alongside, but it's bloomin' steep and the ramp is wooden, so likely to be slippery when wet.</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351280 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:56:38 +0000 jdanielp 351280@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thank you for the heads-up. It is just about possible that I will be commuting out that way for work again before the end of the summer depending on how things progress. I have previously reported canal-related issues via Twitter using <a href="https://twitter.com/scottishcanals">@scottishcanals</a> with varying levels of eventual success...</p> <p>While checking the location on Google Maps, I noticed that the 'Old Swans Nest' has been added as a 'nature reserve' at the site of the lagoon by Murrayburn Road canal bridge. It has a rating of 4.4 our of 5 from ten reviews so far... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351279 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:22:17 +0000 Morningsider 351279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Try emailing: <a href="mailto:enquiries@scottishcanals.co.uk">enquiries@scottishcanals.co.uk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351276 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:38:50 +0000 SRD 351276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i guess I hadn't been out that way in a while. really caught me by surprise the other day when heading out to decathlon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351273 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:26:34 +0000 Dave 351273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Super strangely, the canal is on streetview (from 2016 though) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351272 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:25:30 +0000 Dave 351272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, there is a bit slumping down there (on the water side of the path) if I'm thinking of the right bit? Has been for a long time. </p> <p>I wondered if it would be where the roots have really ripped up the surface. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351271 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:25:19 +0000 gembo 351271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lot of roots destroying the path out that way</p> <p>Hope Mr SRD is ok and made it for his jag </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351270 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:21:05 +0000 SRD 351270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wester hailes, nr Murrayburn Rd </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351268 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:09:46 +0000 Dave 351268@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Where is it? But no, I haven't tried anything like that. Maybe tweeting scottish canals? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20603#post-351265 Thu, 03 Jun 2021 12:52:29 +0000 SRD 351265@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has anyone attempted to report canal path damage / repair work needed? or have experience of it?</p> <p>I'd noticed some subsidence last week and this morning MrSRD had an off while en route to a vaccine clinic, i think at the same spot. </p>