http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Happy Birthday - Union Canal - 200 this year en Tue, 19 May 2026 03:25:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21054#post-362321 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 18:51:06 +0000 gembo 362321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>See threads passim</p> <p>Lots of new signs going up at the Edinburgh end Lift Bridge and under another bridge.</p> <p>@wingpig, @uberuce and I cycled to Falkirk Wheel a few years back. They bailed on return due to monotony and used roads. I persevered and mistook a posh house for a place I could get. A cup of tea</p> <p>You can get inside some of the aqueducts.</p> <p>I think we did a kids ride once too @Daisy and child came along. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21054#post-362312 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 14:56:06 +0000 Tulyar 362312@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Union Canal has a neat USP as a route to cycle along. Its a contour canal, sneaking around the hills &amp; with massive aqueducts to jump a few rivers to avoid having any locks, &amp; thus make boat movements so much faster (especially for freight)</p> <p>It could also have a birthday bike ride if there is the momentum to deliver this - any contacts with Scottish Canals to see how this might fit with their plans?</p> <p>Its also the bicentenary of the Caledonian Canal - a bit further &amp; perhaps we need to lean on West Coast Railway/Scotrail for a train to Banavie, and then the logistics of getting back from Inverness - (919 coaches back to Fort Bill or coaches/trains down A9 HML? - with new 6-bike HST's) </p> <p>PM thoughts? </p>