http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Road conditions 16.01.23 Also 17-20 en Tue, 19 May 2026 02:41:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365896 Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:45:43 +0000 Rosie 365896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was on a bus near the Bush Estate yesterday and the walking/cycling paths had been fully cleared - a contrast to the patchy pavements closer to the city. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365873 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:36:27 +0000 mcairney 365873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was pretty cold and icy this morning so stuck to the roads rather than chancing the cycle paths. A fair bit of confusion caused by the closure of Duddingston Low Road. I chanced it on the bike along with 1 or 2 others, emboldened by the Riddlers on the gravel bike. I suspect they closed the road so they didn’t have to grit it but it was passable with a bit of due care. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365852 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:02:36 +0000 gembo 365852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yesterdays and todays today </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365851 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:51:41 +0000 SRD 365851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>a bit over the top. </p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52631852312_405d06622e_k.jpg">[/url] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365850 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:51:02 +0000 SRD 365850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52632368141_34756ad7ae_k.jpg">[/url] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365849 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:46:19 +0000 SRD 365849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>NMW &amp; MMW heavily and recently gritted. </p> <p>MMW had seen enough footfall for it to be crushed and start to melt. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365846 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 22:04:37 +0000 gembo 365846@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Balerno to Juni Green was Ok but Kingsknowe hill had no car tracks to go in. I was saved by the bollards. Then onto towpath which was ok if taken slowly</p> <p>The centre was fine,</p> <p>Hopefully some gritting will transpire for tomorrow assume refrozen. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365842 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:39:54 +0000 chdot 365842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Presume CEC has a favourite weather forecaster(?)</p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52631168799_97215856f4_c.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365841 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:29:38 +0000 Morningsider 365841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD - thanks, looks like I'll have to follow the bus routes back home. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365837 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:34:14 +0000 SRD 365837@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>MMW still icy except where sun has melted ice.</p> <p>NMW pretty good between MMW &amp; Melville Drive - lots of sun on it. </p> <p>Gilmore place still solidly iced in the gullies in most places. </p> <p>Side roads in Polwarth still sketchy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365836 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:08:49 +0000 Yodhrin 365836@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Came off myself today, the bit at the wee bridge at the colonies down the back of stockbridge is just a huge sheet of black ice, got off lucky though as it seems to just be some lightly bruised ribs. Had a bit of a gallows chuckle with my grandad as the patch of shonky paving slabs where he tripped last week is now also a giant sheet of ice due to the big pothole at the bus stop there, where every stopping bus slops a big wash of water up on to the pavement to freeze. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365835 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 14:44:57 +0000 paddyirish 365835@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was in the big smoke today and went for a early morning walk in the Grange/Meadows areas. I wasn't comfortable on a number of sections of the paths and preferred to walk on the grass. The convergence point in the Meadows 100m below Peter's Yard was especially treacherous, as were some of the concrete sections of pavement south of the Meadows. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365834 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 14:29:42 +0000 chdot 365834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Clear evidence of anti #publichealth and integrated transport today. Despite costs to NHS of falls and broken bones due to ice, roads well gritted but pavements and steps to tram stop as slippy as ever. </p> <p>@Edinburgh_CC @EdinburghTrams </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ramsaymurray/status/1614955938846281728" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ramsaymurray/status/1614955938846281728</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365833 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:03:26 +0000 Morningsider 365833@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Followed the bus routes today and got into the office in one piece. Bruntsfield Links paths looked like they hadn't been gritted. I saw several pedestrians slipping and falling on the pavement. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365832 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:27:04 +0000 neddie 365832@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Neighbour fell off her bike in front of me on SMW this morning. She dusted herself off and was OK. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365831 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:18:05 +0000 Frenchy 365831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pavements in Gilmerton were gritted yesterday morning, and again this morning.</p> <p>Snowy rather than icy here; care needed, but far from treacherous. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365830 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:00:40 +0000 Rosie 365830@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I got myself ready to go the office. Computer in my backpack, walking poles ready. I have a 2 minute walk to the tram stop, which is always well salted. I opened the door. Ice. Very nasty looking ice.</p> <p>WFH day. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365829 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:51:51 +0000 chdot 365829@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>A dusting in #edinburgh which seems to have melted on warmer surfaces and then frozen. It’s like an ice rink here. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/emmalougheed/status/1614910395512418305" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/emmalougheed/status/1614910395512418305</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365828 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:42:35 +0000 chdot 365828@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“not in the past 10 years at least”</p> <p>Useful and credible caveat</p> <p>It appears it rained/sleeted between about midnight and 3, don’t know how much. Suspect it didn’t wash away the ‘grit’ because none had been put down. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365827 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:10:25 +0000 SRD 365827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>not in the past 10 years at least.</p> <p>there's no residual grit at all, so just ice everywhere. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365826 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:56:24 +0000 chdot 365826@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“have never seen MMW in this condition”</p> <p>Really?</p> <p>Most of Ed is currently about -2. </p> <p>This was forecast. Plenty of water about but it didn’t rain as much as Saturday and there was some sun. </p> <p>‘Unfortunate’ that the freeze occurred ‘at the weekend’ but CEC not 9-5. </p> <p>Staff/resources shortage?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365825 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:33:34 +0000 SRD 365825@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ice on all side roads, and meadows paths.</p> <p>have never seen MMW in this condition. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365824 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:22:55 +0000 amir 365824@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Snow in Eskbank (1 cm?) - not going out to check how slippery it is! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21223#post-365823 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:11:17 +0000 Equilibrium 365823@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Heavy frost of course but also some icy patches on my ride Slateford to Morningside </p>