http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Olympics 2012 bids for Edinburgh Castle en Thu, 21 May 2026 21:16:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-81971 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:29:31 +0000 chdot 81971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Didn't realise the Paralympics had a different symbol. </p> <p>ComIng to The Mound soon -</p> <p><a href="https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/4AF59360E04E940FAF6C704FD5BAA149/pdf/12_00595_ADV-VIEW_FROM_PLAYFAIR_STEPS_05-1340185.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/4AF59360E04E940FAF6C704FD5BAA149/pdf/12_00595_ADV-VIEW_FROM_PLAYFAIR_STEPS_05-1340185.pdf</a></p> <p><a href="https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&amp;keyVal=M027D0EW0GY00">More docs</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-65489 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:34:19 +0000 chdot 65489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Planners advise council to approve Olympic emblem"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/planners-advise-council-to-approve-olympic-emblem-1-2234829" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/planners-advise-council-to-approve-olympic-emblem-1-2234829</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-58488 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:48:52 +0000 wingpig 58488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Surprised the Camera Obscura didn't specifically campaign for the logo; a set of rotating illuminated rings would go well with its tacky varicoloured roof. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-58487 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:38:55 +0000 chdot 58487@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The lit up Olympic Rings on the Mound are going to do that???"</p> <p>Might be better in Festival Square where they can focus on the big telly!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-58486 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:36:45 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 58486@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<em>It is hoped that the logo will provide a focus for sports fans from all nations celebrating the successes of their athletes.</em>"</p> <p>The lit up Olympic Rings on the Mound are going to do that??? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-58451 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:47:15 +0000 chdot 58451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/new_light_is_shed_on_olympic_rings_plan_1_2141263" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/new_light_is_shed_on_olympic_rings_plan_1_2141263</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-53221 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:30:12 +0000 chdot 53221@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/council_believed_to_favour_hillside_as_insignia_s_location_1_2059510" rel="nofollow">http://scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/council_believed_to_favour_hillside_as_insignia_s_location_1_2059510</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-47772 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:39:57 +0000 kaputnik 47772@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Min yes, but Edinburgh would do 2 of the 5 rings, for twice the forecast price and in time for 2014 Commonwealth games :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-47755 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:28:15 +0000 Min 47755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Probably seems churlish to refuse. Does seem like a big waste of money though. After all, are tourists arriving in Edinburgh going to take one look at the rings and then say "ooh the Olympics are on, lets go to London instead!". I think not. Especially since the tickets all went on sale ages ago and no-one got any.</p> <p>Mind you, one thing we do really well in Edinburgh is waste big money. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-47752 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:06:13 +0000 chdot 47752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6390859131/"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6233/6390859131_09b93eef68.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/around-the-capital/historic_scotland_say_no_to_200_000_olympic_logo_on_edinburgh_castle_1_1980556?showResult=true&amp;pollContentId=7.30382">Nowhere wasn't an option</a>! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-47751 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:00:31 +0000 Min 47751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Obviously Historic Scotland have put a stop to this <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/around-the-capital/historic_scotland_say_no_to_200_000_olympic_logo_on_edinburgh_castle_1_1980556">nonsense.<br /> </a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-47521 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:17:50 +0000 kaputnik 47521@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah. Found my calculations. £200k buys;</p> <p>1,500m of tarmacced cycleway and lighting (assuming roughly surfaced already a la Chancelot path)</p> <p>c. 3.7m of tramway! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-47518 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:45:25 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 47518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was an interesting article on the Olympic 'legacy' in the Scotland on Sunday at the weekend. It had a spin, naturally, but there are things that get mentioned all the time like a £135M pot of money that is going to grassroots kids sport.</p> <p>Great. A legacy.</p> <p>In England and Wales.</p> <p>See it's to be administered by Sport <em>England</em>, the whole lot, which has no remit in Scotland - and indeed Sport is apparently a devolved issue. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-47512 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:02:26 +0000 kaputnik 47512@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How many metres/miles of cycle path does £200k buy? I'm sure I worked out a per-metre metric when they published cost of Chancelot path.</p> <p>That would be a much better "legacy" than some vanity display of Olympic rings in a city where the Olympics aren't happening. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-47505 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:37:12 +0000 chdot 47505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/around-the-capital/anger_over_200_000_public_cash_to_be_spent_on_huge_olympic_sign_1_1978607" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/around-the-capital/anger_over_200_000_public_cash_to_be_spent_on_huge_olympic_sign_1_1978607</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-46980 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:33:18 +0000 chdot 46980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/around-the-capital/cardownie_vows_to_defend_castle_and_send_olympics_home_to_think_again_1_1971227" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/around-the-capital/cardownie_vows_to_defend_castle_and_send_olympics_home_to_think_again_1_1971227</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-46941 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:52:51 +0000 chdot 46941@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Holyrood Park - in <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#photo/theperformingeye/5523573195666668401/5559922749538157346">this</a> style </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-46940 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:51:27 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 46940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the side of the trams... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-46938 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:34:58 +0000 tarmac jockey 46938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Your are pushing against an open door with me on this one. It might be worth starting another thread asking what the best site for the Olympic rings would be in Edinburgh. I am sure this will get those photoshop jokers going with some even more ridiculous sites for the Olympic rings. What about on the front of the Scottish Parliament or even better what about Meadowbank Stadium? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-46931 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:13:18 +0000 Min 46931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Putting them up on the castle would just be tacky and wrong. I have seen North Bridge suggested which wouldn't bother me. But not the castle. Just no. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-46929 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:58:11 +0000 tarmac jockey 46929@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I heard Margo MacDonald (MSP) on Radio 5 Live giving it laldie on this subject this very morning. Nicky Campbell nearly got himself snagged trying to play his usual devil's advocate. Margo is firmly against the idea and left listeners in no doubt that it was a London Games and that Edinburgh would see pip squeak from it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4438#post-46923 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:07:35 +0000 wee folding bike 46923@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-15757202" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-15757202</a></p> <p>But apparently they aren't planning to put them on the outside of Buckingham Palace.</p> <p>I hesitate to suggest where they <em>could</em> stick these rings. </p>