http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Spring cleaning some cycle path en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:30:43 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-36995 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:07:26 +0000 chdot 36995@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Flytipping Small Grant Scheme  </p> <p>The flytipping small grant scheme is being administered by Keep Scotland Beautiful on behalf of Zero Waste Scotland to support landowners/managers and community groups in Scotland who have experienced persistent problems of flytipping. The total grant fund is £50,000.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dumbdumpers.org/flytipping/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dumbdumpers.org/flytipping/</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-27690 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:19:07 +0000 spytefear 27690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would so love to do this but will be building summerhouse (again-for-the-last-time-possibly) out West... Also it appears to be on facebook run by a colleague at work... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-27506 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:50:49 +0000 ruggtomcat 27506@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>it is however the day that the lady leaves with drudih from MMW I believe? Defo need a dustpan and brush on the stevenson path, nasty glass smash where the eco lighted path passes the underpass. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-27495 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:54:33 +0000 kaputnik 27495@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In the sunshine having tea and scones outside, for sure! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-27486 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:14:19 +0000 amir 27486@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In the first cafe? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-27485 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:08:47 +0000 kaputnik 27485@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's nae gid, we'll be in the depths of Moffatshire at that time! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-27483 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:54:41 +0000 amir 27483@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just received from Sustrans, a flyer with the following words:</p> <p>VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!<br /> Come and help clean your local cycle path…<br /> to make it cleaner and safer for everyone…<br /> (Did we mention there’s tea and cake?)<br /> Drylaw Community Centre, 27th March from 9:30am </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-27435 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:14:16 +0000 wingpig 27435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Like the thing attached to the front of the bat-craft in Batman (1989 Burton/Keaton/Nicholson version) which scoops up the poison-blimps and takes them away before cutting their cables to release them?</p> <p>I saw a pedestrian helping to kick a broken bottle off the Ferry Road path at the weekend, though he was mitigating his helpfulness by letting his dog run everywhere whilst he scraped. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-27430 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:06:47 +0000 kaputnik 27430@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Smudge - as you're a self-confessed inspector gadget I was thinking that the over-the-wheel loop bracket on your front tourer rack could be used to fit some sort of cow / small-dog / glass catcher. Perhaps instead it could take some sort of wire/cable cutters </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398&page=2#post-27426 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:01:10 +0000 Smudge 27426@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wire/rope/fishing line across paths is a worrying development :-/ Hope it doesn't catch on.</p> <p>Although with the weight of my tourer I could fit a wire cutter and it would make no difference! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-27425 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:00:35 +0000 chdot 27425@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"this area is on the boundary between two authorities"</p> <p>I suspect this is part of the problem. </p> <p>As far as the flytippers are concerned it's just a convenient place at the end of a quiet road. It's coincidental that some of the mess lands in a bit of EL which is cut off by the bypass!</p> <p>It's a perfect place for a spy camera though... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-27422 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:54:52 +0000 kaputnik 27422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Re the dumping on Whitehill Mains Road, at Millerhill Yard, where the path goes down the hill to cut under the A1. Email recieved this morning;</p> <p><em>Thank you for the information re anti-social dumping at Whitehill Mains, this area is on the boundary between two authorities I will have an officer inspect this area and in conjunction with East Lothian will fit it into our work plans.<br /> Regards<br /> Xxxxxx.* </p> <p>Operations Officer<br /> Midlothian Council<br /> </em></p> <p>Hope they can work it out and agree who is going to cart away all the flytipping - they'll need a big skip!</p> <p>* P.S. he didn't sign his email with kisses, I just removed his name... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-26074 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:05:52 +0000 DaveC 26074@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, organise it and they will come (us included) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-26071 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:15:38 +0000 ruggtomcat 26071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Daggnamit, beaten whilst looking for the thread! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-26070 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:13:22 +0000 kaputnik 26070@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just saw <a href="http://www.sustrans.org.uk/resources/in-the-news/spring-clean-NCN">this</a> on twitter, sustrans advertised NCN spring clean this month - but there's only events for Wales and Yorkshire listed.</p> <p>Would anyone fancy a wee pootling cake and coffee ride at some point during that time frame and taking along a couple of brushes etc. for a spot of glass and grit removal? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25667 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:16:07 +0000 Dave 25667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't be an early bird, huh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25609 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:25:41 +0000 cb 25609@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And fishing line on the D'Mains to Barnton path between the golf courses. I know this becuase I hit it - saw it just in time and stood up to take it in the chest rather than the neck/face. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25598 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:57:47 +0000 chdot 25598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"A branch across that would catch..."</p> <p>Sadly on the DMains path wire has been used. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25597 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:53:19 +0000 ruggtomcat 25597@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ha, yeah, maybe with a shock absorber in the handle? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25596 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:52:02 +0000 wingpig 25596@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If that's the unlit section from S. Trinity Road to almost the Crewe Toll bridge I Clarenced it at the weekend. Good to know there's a prompt response to things like that... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25593 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:44:21 +0000 Dave 25593@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yesterday I found a huge barricade on the Roseburn when I started riding back from work - an old shelf unit, long branches (practically trees) and a bunch of intact bushes, as well as a huge amount of glass.</p> <p>Did my bit by pulling it apart and using one of the bushes to try and sweep the worst of the glass away.</p> <p>Good job the kids don't have much imagination. A few hundred yards up the hill there's a section with no lights. A branch across that would catch one of the blinkie riders without warning - as it was they stuck it in a well lit area, pointless. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25583 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:14:57 +0000 DaveC 25583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Ruggtomcat,</p> <p>You mean like this?</p> <p><img src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p86/Dave_Crampton/cycle_brush.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25579 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:55:44 +0000 SRD 25579@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was just sent a thingy about this:</p> <p><a href="http://springclean.keepscotlandtidy.org/">National Spring Clean, Scotland</a><br /> Monday 14th March - Monday 16th May 2011</p> <p>Scotland's biggest annual clean up is back! And due to popular demand, the campaign period has been extended from one month to two, making it even easier to take part.</p> <p>To find out where litter picks are already taking place in your area, see our map of events. Or you can create an online account and register your own litter pick as part of the national campaign. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25472 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:14:31 +0000 kaputnik 25472@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>you need a pugsley. Them tyres will float you across! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25471 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:09:55 +0000 ruggtomcat 25471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>seems like an odd place to have a cycle path, in a pond. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25469 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:06:51 +0000 kaputnik 25469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>the bits Id really like to clean will need water</em></p> <p>oh I thought he meant the bits that have historically been cleaned involved water? Like ponds and rivers sort of thing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25468 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:03:16 +0000 ruggtomcat 25468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have been thinking along the lines of keeping a brush with me for glass sweeping, its very regular on certain stretches of path. I think chdot is right, the bits Id <strong>really</strong> like to clean will need water.</p> <p>Marking that treeroot on the NCN would be a good idea. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25466 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:58:37 +0000 kaputnik 25466@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes my interpretation of "Big Society" is that if we were as a group of individuals to run - say - a library as an independent trust or charity then the council could be devolved of its powers, responsibility and funding to do so and they would be given to us. They could then take away the latter part, leave us with the first 2 and the big society is complete.</p> <p>What the cycle-sweep idea amounts to is just being good citizens and doing something for the benefit of all users that the council is unwilling or unable to do. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25460 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:01:27 +0000 Dave 25460@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm. To me "Big Society" means letting potholes in the road get worse and worse until people are forced to fix them themselves... it's no victory when ordinary people have to work on cycle paths to make them safe for use. :-\</p> <p>That doesn't mean I won't do it, in recognition of the fact that cycling is priority zero for CEC. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2398#post-25459 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:51:15 +0000 kaputnik 25459@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yes I'm not sure what we could do with dogpoo apart from tut at it and take photos! </p>