http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: WoL latest en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:11:44 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=3#post-384772 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:55:02 +0000 gembo 384772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was less rabid than I thought. I mean it had rabid moments about fast cyclists. </p> <p>He had a researcher, a minder and a security guard. I was the third youngest person in the room. Pollution caused by the Murrayburn and bad toilet connections. Water of leith conservation trust played a blinder.</p> <p>He wasn’t interested in planting more trees at Harperig as not in his constituency. Thid was the global warming issue we tried to raise. Gavin Corbett was there and sensible as ever </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=3#post-384745 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:44:54 +0000 chdot 384745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>And, he is hosting a public meeting to provide an opportunity to discuss the findings and to find out what works well and were improvements could be made.</p> <p>Everyone is welcome to the meeting, there is no need to book, and the date is Thursday, June 18 at 7pm in the Ogston Hall of Balerno Parish Church.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/water-of-leith-in-spotlight-at-public-meeting/" rel="nofollow">https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/water-of-leith-in-spotlight-at-public-meeting/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-384613 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:21:49 +0000 gembo 384613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I completed the survey a month back and indeed made the same comment in person to Scott A at Balerno Farmers Market - the WoL path from the canal to the high school in Balerno is designated NCN route 75. Rather than the Walkway as his survey described it,</p> <p>I note on taking the survey again he is now calling it The Water of Leith and has dropped. walkway </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-384612 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:53:17 +0000 chdot 384612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The Water of Leith starts at the Colzium Springs in the Pentland Hills just above Balerno and trundles down on a 20-mile journey through the South-West of Edinburgh and into the sea at the port of Leith.</p> <p>The 12.25-mile long, Water of Leith walkway from Balerno to the sea is a key leisure artery, well-used by cyclists, dog walkers and joggers plus anglers who seek to tempt brown trout to their fly.</p> <p>Local MP, Dr Scott Arthur, believes the river is one of his constituency’s “defining features” and he wants to understand more about how people use what he calls an “important space”.</p> <p>He also wants to know what they prioritise and what focus for improvement people would like to see.</p> <p>Recently, the South-West Edinburgh MP released a survey to understand more about user experience and it is still available for access on <a href="https://forms.office.com/e/ZyF8z1FNkW" rel="nofollow">https://forms.office.com/e/ZyF8z1FNkW</a>.</p> <p>And, he is hosting a public meeting to provide an opportunity to discuss the findings and to find out what works well and were improvements could be made.</p> <p>Everyone is welcome to the meeting, there is no need to book, and the date is Thursday, June 18 at 7pm in the Ogston Hall of Balerno Parish Church.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/water-of-leith-in-spotlight-at-public-meeting/" rel="nofollow">https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/water-of-leith-in-spotlight-at-public-meeting/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-384066 Tue, 05 May 2026 10:48:38 +0000 chdot 384066@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BeOjzSry9iI" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BeOjzSry9iI</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-383789 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:23:15 +0000 chdot 383789@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Lots going on down at Coalie Park today with our monthly clean-up in full swing. As well as our usual land and water litter pick, we welcomed a new crew member onto the boat, removed a large buddliea tree, swept paths, and scrubbed graffiti from the planter benches. Thanks folks!</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3migwozu5k22h" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/wolct.bsky.social/post/3migwozu5k22h</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-383354 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:09:37 +0000 gembo 383354@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The path through Colinton open this morning. I only found out after going up hill and down dale on my detour then looking back but came through just there and surface is great. Black to the east and wee red chipping to the west of the entrance into spylaww ark [north entrance] where the tree roots bide </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-383242 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:02:47 +0000 gembo 383242@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bakky and not even a consultation </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-383240 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:24:25 +0000 bakky 383240@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Visitor Levy cash for everyone! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-383239 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:12:46 +0000 chdot 383239@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hear there’s spare cash from GSt… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-383238 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:54:10 +0000 gembo 383238@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Once they raise another £500k </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-383234 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:04:24 +0000 chdot 383234@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“for what is going to be a groovy community centre once”</p> <p>Once? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-383233 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:56:41 +0000 gembo 383233@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is shut from today for several weeks for repairs at Colinton where i think tree roots or whatever the two navvies shoveled the rubber tar on to, has caused it to be broken up, Also @arobcomp has caused the original walls of the stable block to be revealed at the Big Hoose in Spylaw Park, for what is going to be a groovy community centre once. The RSGs are in place to secure the original walls which are more like pillars. Rollo Construction want the graffiti artists to hashtag them on their hoardings. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-383229 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:11:25 +0000 chdot 383229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>After years of enforced closures to stretches of The Water of Leith walkway, the riverside path and visitor centre will benefit from a dedicated £500,000 a year improvements fund. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/parks-landmarks-and-false-starts?publication_id=1719536&amp;post_id=186009285" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/parks-landmarks-and-false-starts?publication_id=1719536&amp;post_id=186009285</a></p> <p>Better value than G***** St. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-382933 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:55:58 +0000 gembo 382933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Debris/ I thought it was Sewers? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-382916 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:41:45 +0000 chdot 382916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“<br /> "This project will significantly reduce debris entering the Water of Leith, supporting cleaner rivers and a healthier local environment for people and wildlife, including otters." </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70ljnyz6xpo" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70ljnyz6xpo</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-382703 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:03:56 +0000 chdot 382703@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.midlothianview.com/news/water-of-leith-conservation-trusts-first-clean-up-of-the-year?ref=edinburghminute.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.midlothianview.com/news/water-of-leith-conservation-trusts-first-clean-up-of-the-year?ref=edinburghminute.com</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-381990 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:54:49 +0000 chdot 381990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(Not latest news, but from interesting new bit of topical history)</p> <p>“</p> <p>one of his lasting gifts to the city was founding and endowing the Water of Leith Walkway Trust in 1976. He passed away in 1982 at the age of 77, a year after the first section of what would become a fifteen mile walkway was opened to the public. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/13/the-thread-about-argyle-house-preposterously-large-and-a-potential-rival-to-the-castle-rock/?ref=edinburghminute.com" rel="nofollow">https://threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/13/the-thread-about-argyle-house-preposterously-large-and-a-potential-rival-to-the-castle-rock/?ref=edinburghminute.com</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-381739 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:06:21 +0000 chdot 381739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Edinburgh incident: Police tape off Colinton Tunnel in Edinburgh after 'unexplained' death of man </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/emergency-incident/edinburgh-police-colinton-tunnel-enquiries-5376763" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/emergency-incident/edinburgh-police-colinton-tunnel-enquiries-5376763</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-380490 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:00:57 +0000 gembo 380490@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The bad bits at Colinton likely caused by trees. They now have yellow lines round them so. Will be patch.</p> <p>The whole thing was made by Hod it and Daud It</p> <p>Shoveling the stuff on and tamping it down by hand.</p> <p>The ditch digging was crucial.</p> <p>Dog walkers runners, cyclists, one guy on an Electric wheel, wee gagdges on motor bikes, horsewomen and one horse man. all love it.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-380482 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:50:59 +0000 chdot 380482@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-safety-experts-called-globular-32205368" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-safety-experts-called-globular-32205368</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-380445 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 21:11:12 +0000 ejstubbs 380445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The new surface on the WoL path is getting quite badly deteriorated on the stretch I passed over from West Mill Road and past the back of Spylaw Park. Some patches had been repaired, but other sections were starting to fail. It looked to me as if the top surface had been laid wider than the supporting bed underneath, so the top surface was cracking and falling away at the sides.</p> <p>Anyone know whether this is this known about and a proper solution being devised, rather than just continual patching? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-379678 Sat, 17 May 2025 09:46:20 +0000 chdot 379678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The truth is that, over the past decades, our beloved wild garlic has been usurped by a cunning imposter, posing as the real deal. To the untrained nose, this imposter smells just like wild garlic- but its narrow leaves and lack of petals give it away as the invasive “few flowered leek.” </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/the-imposter-invading-the-water-of" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/the-imposter-invading-the-water-of</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-378459 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:58:58 +0000 chdot 378459@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Flood-hit Edinburgh pub to be razed for flats</p> <p>A flood-hit late Victorian Edinburgh pub, closed since 2020, has been sold to deliver a 21 apartments.</p> <p>The Longstone Inn has been closed since part of its structure fell into the Water of Leith, prompting the present plans by Fouin &amp; Bell and QB Wood. This would see the current site cleared and flood walls repaired with new sheet piling, raising the site level above the present flood line.</p> <p>In a statement, the applicant wrote: "The existing site is an eyesore and at risk of further damage from future flooding events and cannot be left in its current state.</p> <p>"The new proposal would upgrade the river walls of both the Murrauburn and Water of Leith in accordance with 1 in 200-year flood risk and the council's Water of Leith flood prevention scheme."</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/11335/Flood-hit_Edinburgh_pub_to_be_razed_for_flats.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.urbanrealm.com/news/11335/Flood-hit_Edinburgh_pub_to_be_razed_for_flats.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-377397 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:22:19 +0000 chdot 377397@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Edinburgh police tape off Water of Leith footpath as forensics spotted at scene </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-police-tape-water-leith-30422000" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-police-tape-water-leith-30422000</a></p> <p>Now there’s a headline. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-377136 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:22:03 +0000 chdot 377136@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>leithlinksactivitypark New visuals of 'The Dock' community skate area planned for Coalie Park have been published, along with the news that the project has received additional funding from The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland. </p> <p>With lots of momentum behind this project and planning permission secured, Leith could finally see it's first permanent outdoor skate area in the near future. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DBytrP7IBIE/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/p/DBytrP7IBIE/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-376949 Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:19:35 +0000 chdot 376949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/why-shocking-sewage-in-edinburghs-most-picturesque-river-is-being-ignored-3332417" rel="nofollow">https://inews.co.uk/news/why-shocking-sewage-in-edinburghs-most-picturesque-river-is-being-ignored-3332417</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-376925 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 07:05:55 +0000 chdot 376925@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Eddie Banks, a retired engineer living in the village, said: “The alternative is if you don’t take them down, then you could lose part of your graveyard. Which one do you want? Keep three trees, or lose part of your graveyard? I know what the locals would say.”</p> <p>Mr Scott, who conceived the idea of decorating the old Colinton railway tunnel with a colourful mural, expressed concern visitors could miss out on the attraction as, while other points of access are available, smartphone maps and local signage “show that route as being open,” leading to confusion.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/10/five-year-path-repair-plea-answered-amid-concern-graveyard-landslip" rel="nofollow">https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/10/five-year-path-repair-plea-answered-amid-concern-graveyard-landslip</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-376910 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:04:54 +0000 gembo 376910@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is my daily commute from Canal to Balerno section. I also use bits around St marks Park from time to time, reminds me to go see the improvements down that end. It is nt all doom and gloom. many thanks to Illustiroius Leader for spotting a market in the niche. The last Fridayy in Oct is Friday week. Is that close enough to the 15th birthday? I see we are already 15 on the side bar </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=2#post-376909 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:59:10 +0000 chdot 376909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ta</p> <p>Was my idea to get WoLCT to do a Millennium Bid as a direct result of the Council (can’t remember if it was still EDC or early days of CEC) putting together a ‘grand’ proposal which was, more or less, a wish list of things it couldn’t afford to do. </p> <p>Millennium Commission rules explicitly said their money (Lottery money) couldn’t be used by LAs to do things there were supposed to fund themselves - so I knew their attempt would fail. </p> <p>Focusing on the WoL had more chance…</p> <p>I wrote this <a href="https://archive.ph/frS7" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/frS7</a> (and did the design/layout - early days of DTP so I didn’t have the computer power to include photos - they had to be stuck on and the whole thing photocopied!) but not most of the rest of the document. </p>