http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Route from Musselburgh to shops at Captain’s Road eg Tesco en Mon, 18 May 2026 23:14:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21695#post-378558 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:15:16 +0000 Arellcat 378558@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I too would go with Frenchy's route, and I would probably take Lasswade Road's shared footway up the hill and then plummet down the other side to the crossroads, mainly because the tarmac on Gilmerton Dykes St isn't great.</p> <p>For the return run, Lasswade is too much of a long climb, so I'd take Gilmerton Dykes St, then Drum St and again pick up the railway path to Shawfair and thence Old Craighall Road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21695#post-378557 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:10:25 +0000 fimm 378557@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think I'd go with Frenchy's option; but if going via Brunstane, to avoid the steps at the station I just go round the end of the shops - I guess it is really pavement there but it is doable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21695#post-378555 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 09:44:58 +0000 DuddingstonDomestique 378555@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As has been mentioned the Brunstane Burn is an option. If lugging a bike up and over the railway station is undesired, you can continue north on Brunstane Road and take the underpass at Milton Link/Milton Road. It will drop you at Milton Road though which is rather busy but does have bus lanes; most of the motor traffic does tend to stay out of the bus lane. Further west on Milton Road you can pick up Quiet Route 61. Using a mixture of residential streets, cut throughs and the Innocent Path, this will take you through Magadalene, Niddrie, Infirmary and onto Gilmerton. Not the most direct. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21695#post-378554 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:20:50 +0000 gembo 378554@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes no good option. THe colleague is not un confident but not looking for an unpleasant commute Which I fear this is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21695#post-378553 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:09:16 +0000 Frenchy 378553@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd take the fairly direct route of Eskview Terrace, Old Craighall, Millerhill, Shawfair Avenue and then onto the Shawfair-Roslin path. Also not ideal, but my experience is that the back road is pretty quiet. </p> <p>Options from there are either:</p> <p><ol type="1"><li>Drum St, Newtoft St and Gilmerton Dykes Street</li><li>Lasswade Road</li></ol></p> <p>Option 1 is flatter but narrower and busier. Lasswade Road is 40mph there, but there's a shared use pavement on the uphill bit.</p> <p>I'd suggest avoiding the Wisp and Newcraighall unless your colleague is pretty confident/risk unaverse. Via Dalkeith probably the most pleasant option, but is significantly longer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21695#post-378552 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:00:55 +0000 Morningsider 378552@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow - there is no good option here. I suppose you could go along the Brunstane Burn path, over the railway at Brunstane station and along the NCN1/Innocent to Duddingston and then on-road from there. At least some of it is off road. Pretty nasty roads though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21695#post-378549 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 22:29:23 +0000 gembo 378549@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Asking for a colleague</p> <p>I have no route for her except up Esk to Whitecraig then Dalkeiith Path then into Gilmerton from Dalkeith</p> <p>Obviously that route is sub optimal </p>