http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "News joins bid to preserve First World War training trench site" en Fri, 22 May 2026 03:59:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8329#post-115854 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:47:39 +0000 chdot 115854@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No. </p> <p>I did try to get it included. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8329#post-115851 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:21:33 +0000 MalkyB 115851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is that path through the Dreghorn Woods ( one of Edinburgh's many unknown gems) a 'core path' does anyone know? ie designated as such by the council, It should be! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8329#post-115801 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:04:27 +0000 chdot 115801@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> “There was a very specialised kind of mud there. We called it ‘Dreghorn Sludge’.</p> <p>"<br /> "<br /> Developers Miller Homes and Taylor Wimpey – who have bought the land – will carry out the work under planning arrangements for a nearby part of the Dreghorn Barracks site, known as the Polo Fields, which has been sold for housing.</p> <p>"<br /> <a href="http://m.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/news-wins-bid-to-save-historic-dreghorn-trenches-1-2974785" rel="nofollow">http://m.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/news-wins-bid-to-save-historic-dreghorn-trenches-1-2974785</a></p> <p>Presume that means they have bought Covananters Wood. </p> <p><em>Perhaps</em> the sludgy path that is a perfect way to the base of The Pentlands (following the Braid Burn) will be improved. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8329#post-109625 Sat, 04 May 2013 20:13:09 +0000 chdot 109625@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/campaigners-lose-dreghorn-development-battle-1-2920366" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/campaigners-lose-dreghorn-development-battle-1-2920366</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8329#post-83300 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:27:25 +0000 chdot 83300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/news-joins-bid-to-preserve-first-world-war-training-trench-site-1-2503043" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/news-joins-bid-to-preserve-first-world-war-training-trench-site-1-2503043</a></p> <p>I think it's 'officially' known as <a href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/9784">Covenanters' Wood</a>. </p> <p>It's the one with the almost unknown, and frequently extremely muddy, route towards the Pentlands - via the controversial Polo Field. </p> <p>It would be good if this 'history' helped to get access (and paths) improved. </p>