http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Best route to North Berwick en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:01:12 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29793 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:16:05 +0000 crowriver 29793@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>chdot: <em>Ah, I thought you had started at Commie Pool.</em></p> <p>I was just trying to be helpful to others, the pool is a well known starting point for rides...</p> <p>I have updated my <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=h&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=200889508443511029101.0004a15f1a63c468c4836&amp;ll=55.994925,-2.938156&amp;spn=0.205449,0.604935&amp;z=11">Google map route</a> with a quieter alternative route which cuts out most of London Road and Portobello Road. Only suitable if unencumbered with trailers, heavy panniers, etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29792 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:11:04 +0000 chdot 29792@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"If we lived in the Southside we probably would have"</p> <p>Ah, I thought you had started at Commie Pool. </p> <p>Beach House good. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29788 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:55:54 +0000 crowriver 29788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>chdot: <blockquote><em>NB to TC I've done it along the coast, with a bike, but not much cycling!</em></blockquote></p> <p>We did the 'quietest route' marked on your map as a day trip with the kids, but instead of heading to Tantallon we carried on towards Seacliff and a wonderful beach. Seacliff's that little loop of private road on the far right of the map. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29787 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:44:22 +0000 crowriver 29787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SRD: <blockquote><em>I take it there is good camping at North Berwick?</em></blockquote></p> <p>Indeed, at Tantallon caravan and camping park, just on the outskirts on the road towards Tantallon castle. It's near the coast, so can get windy but the campsite section is reasonably sheltered with trees. Not the cheapest site, but good facilities, copious hot water for showers etc. included in the charge.</p> <p>chdot: <blockquote><em>I'm surprised you didn't go for The Innocent - must have wanted to ride The Prom(?)</em></blockquote></p> <p>If we lived in the Southside we probably would have. Instead we're just off London Road, so we went that way. Normally I use a quieter route to Portobello via Lochend and Restalrig and Fishwives Causeway. However with a fully laden trailer, six year old and front panniers I couldn't face the steep hill along Restalrig Ave. There is also a really badly designed shared use traffic crossing where Fishwives Causeway crosses the A199, with multiple obstacles, and a steep camber down to the road whilst performing a zig-zag left-right turn. It's like a slalom course. No thanks, thought I. Not while hauling that lot.</p> <p>Portobello Promenade may be a bit slow, but it is lovely being by the beach and the Beach House cafe makes a great stop for ice cream (very important with youngsters in tow). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29779 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:53:14 +0000 chdot 29779@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://edinburgh.cyclestreets.net/journey/641594/">NB to TC</a></p> <p>I've done it along the coast, with a bike, but not much cycling! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29778 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:47:58 +0000 SRD 29778@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>@crowriver Wonderful! I think a lot of people will find that useful.</em></p> <p>Indeed. We will have to try it once we get our new one used to riding in a seat. Would want to go to Tantallon too (oddly not marked on googlemaps unless you search for it). Nice to have the option of train or inland ride back. </p> <p>I take it there is good camping at North Berwick? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29764 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:54:47 +0000 chdot 29764@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Can't be too careful with route planning when you have two young children"</p> <p>I'm surprised you didn't go for The Innocent - must have wanted to <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2523">ride The Prom</a>(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29762 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:48:08 +0000 crowriver 29762@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>chdot, thanks. The route was planned using the excellent Spokes East Lothian map. Great because it shows precise gradients on roads, which are quiet, etc. Double-checked with Google Maps satellite view. Can't be too careful with route planning when you have two young children and the other half on the tour! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29758 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:50:04 +0000 chdot 29758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@crowriver Wonderful!</p> <p>I think a lot of people will find that useful. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29757 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:40:31 +0000 crowriver 29757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>chdot, here's my route in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=h&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=200889508443511029101.0004a15f1a63c468c4836&amp;ll=55.994925,-2.938156&amp;spn=0.205449,0.604935&amp;z=11">Google maps</a>. With comments on each part of the route. May be useful for Kirst also.</p> <p> Just one small hill to climb. That was deliberate, I was hauling a trailer with camping gear, and had a 6 year old riding pillion, plus front and rear panniers... Had to get off and push only once, on way up to Kingston. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29694 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:56:57 +0000 chdot 29694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"but you turned off into the wilds as soon as you saw it"</p> <p>Nope don't recall that scenario. </p> <p>I remember hoping the path from the hide went somewhere (it didn't). </p> <p>Climbing over a fence because the 'promising' route turned out to be 'interesting'...</p> <p><em>And</em> being at the back because I had slow puncture/valve failure. (I'm glad <em>you</em> had a spare!! It wasn't the size for the bike you were riding - I'm sure you had those too. The spare I had was also for my 'other' bike!</p> <p>Above remembrances are not necessarily in chronological order... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29688 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:46:03 +0000 ruggtomcat 29688@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot actually I remember there was a nice new path but you turned off into the wilds as soon as you saw it :-/ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29673 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:11:37 +0000 chdot 29673@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The ash lagoons route has a nice new tarmac path alongside most of it"</p> <p>That sounds good. Some of 'us' were there a few weeks ago and it was vehicle churned mud in places. </p> <p>Any chance of a bit of map in <a href="http://Maps.Google.com">Google</a>, <a href="http://EveryTrail.com">EveryTrail</a>, <a href="http://MapMyRide.com">MapMyRide</a> or similar? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29668 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:40:25 +0000 crowriver 29668@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>KIrst, don't know if you are starting from central Edinburgh on your trip, but there are alternatives to the Innocent railway path. You can go through Holyrood Park, onto London Road then pootle along Portobello Prom towards Musselburgh. </p> <p>The ash lagoons route has a nice new tarmac path alongside most of it, so it's worth trying. Turn right off the main coast road at Aberlady, there are some wonderful quiet country roads (some resurfaced very recently and mirror-smooth) which will take you to Kingston then on to North Berwick.</p> <p>Just back from cycle camping with the kids in North Berwick so this information is up to date. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29539 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:43:49 +0000 kaputnik 29539@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>funniest thread in a while! Until I read back up the thread I just presumed kirst had been at the gin! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29536 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:14:52 +0000 SRD 29536@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>that make me giggle.</em></p> <p>me too. absolutely tickles my funnybone (and it needs it). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29535 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:09:19 +0000 Kirst 29535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i,had,hot,cross,nuns,for,nreakfast,yesterday </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29534 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:06:23 +0000 cb 29534@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Commas instead of spaces are fine, it's the 'n's in place of 'b's that make me giggle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29533 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:45:18 +0000 Kirst 29533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>none,of,those,required,the,use,of,the,nottom,row,the,shift,key,<br /> or,the,space,nar </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29532 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:32:50 +0000 SRD 29532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>hmmm...keyboard working okay then? :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29531 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:25:56 +0000 Kirst 29531@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>:-0 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29530 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:21:01 +0000 SRD 29530@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>when's he coming? can you bring him to Dagda so we can all check him out???? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29529 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:13:49 +0000 Kirst 29529@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>i.m,quite,happy,with,solo,nikes.,no,need,for,any,kind,of,tandem<br /> or,sidecar/</p> <p>there,is,an,onscreen,keynoard,thing,nut,i.m,a,touch,typist,<br /> and,it,makes,me,weep,to,hafe,to,poke,at,the,screen,so,slowly.</p> <p>the,pc,repair,shop,ordered,me,a,replacement,keynoard,last,<br /> sunday,and,said,they,would,hafe,it,in,three,to,fife,days.,<br /> eight,days,ago., </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29528 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:10:27 +0000 wingpig 29528@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Instead of a tandem has LB got anything with a sidecar or adult-sized trailer?<br /> Can you access any sort of accessibility-enabling on-screen keyboard? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29527 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:01:23 +0000 Kirst 29527@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>apologies,for,my,nixxare,typing.,i,spilled,water,ofer<br /> my,laptop,keynoard,and,a,replacement,has,neen,ordered<br /> nut,hasn.t,arrifed,yet.,,my,nottom,row,goes,xxcfnnm,./,and,<br /> the,space,nar,gifes,me,commas.</p> <p>he.s,a,fery,experienced,cyclist,far,more,than,me,actually,<br /> so,i.m,not,concerned,anout,his,anility,to,cope,with,traffic.<br /> the,only,reason,he.s,planning,to,hire,a,nike,is,necause,it.s,<br /> easier,than,trying,to,get,one,here,ny,nus,and,nack,ny,plane.<br /> he.s,fery,keen,on,the,idea,of,a,tandem.,i,am,not.,i,do,not,hafe<br /> the,tandem,temperament,<em>at,all</em>., </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29526 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:51:47 +0000 SRD 29526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>hmmm...not for people accustomed to riding on their own i think. if 'captain' is at all large then stoker has limited visibility - at least on 'normal' tandems. </p> <p>many moons ago we thought it would be clever (maybe even romantic) to hire a tandem and ride across vic falls. we didn't get far before i insisted we go back and get two bikes. tandeming together requires real synergies that even decades of married life may not generate.</p> <p>i know i did suggest this for others, but toodling round edinburgh - esp for someone not used to our traffic - is one thing, but after a leisurely ride to the coast you might not be very happy (unless one of you is totally happy to let the other one do all the steering, set the pace etc...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768&page=2#post-29525 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:43:37 +0000 kaputnik 29525@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I reckon if you're hiring him a bike then you should hire Laidback's Helios tandem. What could be more romantic than that? Also, depending upon how you order yourselves on said bike, you can eye up eachother's derrières without any awkwardness :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768#post-29519 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:10:56 +0000 ruggtomcat 29519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>if its the weekend go inland at longniddry, the coast road get heaving. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768#post-29517 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:02:47 +0000 Kirst 29517@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm very wonderful. And he can sleep anywhere so he's getting the sleeper bus cos it's cheap. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2768#post-29516 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:49:09 +0000 DaveC 29516@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He's coming up by bus!?! He must be keen! </p>