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  1. gembo
    Member

    @crowriver, from Balerno to Canal it can turn muddy and a tree might fall over the route but never any land slides. They do appear further down but haven’t ventured that way due to the diversion

    I do come up st Bernards and even up the little cobblestone road at Dean Village then swoop down the steep cobbles and back up towards the Belford Hostel. Of a Wednesday evening. That is all paved though. Has had collapsing cliff face in the past and there is a big fence thing but not sure how much containment the fence would provide.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  2. crowriver
    Member

    @gembo, "from Balerno to Canal it can turn muddy" - aye, I've experienced that in the past! Fingers crossed will have dried a wee bit in a few days' time.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  3. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/weather/edinburgh-flooding-live-yellow-weather-warning-for-thunderstorms-road-diversions-in-place-across-capital-cars-stuck-in-giant-puddles-trains-at-reduced-speed-3339184

    Posted 2 years ago #

  4. ejstubbs
    Member

    @crowriver: According to the last post on this thread by chdot back in April, work was supposed to have started on stabilising the landslip above the WoL path between Dean village and Belford Bridge in May of this year.

    Anyone know whether it has?

    Posted 2 years ago #

  5. crowriver
    Member

    Well the WoL path was fine yesterday. Mostly dry, a few muddy patches but nowhere near as bad as what I've had to deal with in years past. Seems they have improved the surfaces substantially sInce I was last on the Balerno to Colinton stretch, especially near the tunnel, used to be a notorious swamp there.

    A great day out. Son and I walked the entire length from Balerno down to the Shore in Leith. Except that short stretch through Dean village, still fenced off and no sign of works ongoing. Supposedly 26 weeks from May, so maybe worth checking back early next year. A good and interesting walk, reasonably quiet too - other folk out and about on bikes and Shank's pony but not hoaching like it can be sometimes on the weekend.

    Have to say I'm not at all keen on all the new housing that has been built or is currently under construction either side of the path in Currie and Juniper Green. Much of it looks cheap and nasty: meanly small gardens (if at all), but huge amount of space paved over and used to store cars. Very poor. I'm aware that a century or more ago much of the land they're building on would have been industrial. Can't see the sense in building more car-centric suburban housing - except that the developers presumably make a good wedge of profit.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  6. ejstubbs
    Member

    @crowriver: Seems they have improved the surfaces substantially sInce I was last on the Balerno to Comiston stretch, especially near the tunnel, used to be a notorious swamp there.

    I presume you mean Colinton?

    There are still a few patches that can be rather muddy. I rode past one or two short bits of mire between Blinkbonny and Colinton yesterday, though nothing that couldn't be negotiated or avoided with minimal bother. I think you notice the clart more on a bike because it sprays up from the wheels pretty much however carefully you proceed through it, whereas on foot you can just tread carefully and often get nothing worse then muddy boot soles. You also have more options to go around than you typically do on a bike, if the whole width of the path is gloopy.

    Despite the torrential downpours we've had in the past week, the river seemed fairly low. I think a lot of rain in a short space of time actually clears fairly quickly where the land surface isn't sealed (though part of the low flow might have been due to depleted reservoirs further upriver being allowed to top up). IME it's the continuous soggy dampness of late autumn into early spring that sustains the worst of the quagmires.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  7. crowriver
    Member

    @ejstubbs, indeed I did - now corrected. Agree that the path in winter usually more boggy but was pleasantly surprised how dry and relatively hard packed the surface was in most places.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  8. gembo
    Member

    For @Neddie, the former Splsh Bathroom Warehouse has continued to keep its gates open so you can walk through or cycle through should you wish. @crowriver this is at Juni Green, you will just have strolled through oblivious to the fact that stretch has been closed for a long while this year and also of the ongoing land grab

    @crowriver near the start did you spot an overturned garden swing in a jungle?

    The Ultitrec from Waulkmill loan to Currie abides, just. and the drainage ditches help.

    Downstream beyond the tunnel, there has been a lot of work off the path, not sure if any drainage put in?

    Posted 2 years ago #

  9. crowriver
    Member

    @gembo, "the ongoing land grab" I did notice that developers have been busy extending their domains by encroaching on the former railway bed, the path is really narrow in places as a result. Also not content with brick walls alongside, one particularly egregious development needed a stretch of lawn alongside the path, outwith the brick wall, but with a low wooden barrier to keep the public off the grass. Terrible! Momentarily I regretted not bringing a lightweight hatchet with me to chop up the offending barrier.

    Did not spot the swings, was too busy admiring the football pitches by the school. Some nice (if steep) back gardens along that path though. Well drained soil for any crops I imagine!

    Posted 2 years ago #

  10. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/weather/edinburgh-weather-thunderstorms-and-flooding-to-follow-hottest-september-day-in-scotland-in-115-years-3376439

    Posted 2 years ago #

  11. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.mylondon.news/weather/london-floods-live-north-circular-21562386.amp

    (Yes that’s Tower Bridge!)

    Posted 2 years ago #

  12. chdot
    Admin

    (Check feet!)

    Posted 2 years ago #

  13. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/weather/edinburgh-weather-traffic-warnings-issued-as-heavy-rain-expected-throughout-monday-morning-3397206

    Posted 2 years ago #

  14. SRD
    Moderator

    Not many other bikes out this morning.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  15. MediumDave
    Member

    Heh, I saw 5 on the way to swimming this morning. Less than usual but still excellent considering the vile conditions.

    Lots of motor cars, often badly driven. With a bit of luck they'll run out of petrol soon.

    Now to dry my shoes out before hometime...

    Posted 2 years ago #

  16. fimm
    Member

    One other cyclist on my train. I thought the roads in Edinburgh were quiet and the roads in Livingston were busier than usual.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  17. SRD
    Moderator

    winter settings

    IMG_4865 by SRDUK, on Flickr

    Posted 2 years ago #

  18. steveo
    Member

    An actual wet commute. Boiler and Shower have independently died so only option was to get wet. Not bad, remembered everything bar socks.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  19. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/29/do-i-need-a-brolly-google-uses-ai-to-try-to-improve-two-hour-rain-forecasts

    Posted 2 years ago #

  20. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/weather/edinburgh-weather-yellow-weather-warning-for-rain-in-the-lothians-as-flooding-and-travel-disruption-likely-3407715

    Posted 2 years ago #

  21. Stickman
    Member

    Yesterday morning I put the campervan awning outside to air before packing it away for the winter. Forgot about it and now I’m not sure when it will be dry.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  22. Frenchy
    Member

    Forgot about it and now I’m not sure when it will be dry.

    Looking outside, I'm going to guess "July".

    I'm not yet sure which July, though.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  23. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/19672788.met-office-issue-yellow-warning-scotland-travel-chaos-flooding-looms/

    Posted 2 years ago #

  24. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19677152.man-starts-fishing-giant-puddle-glasgow-floods/

    Posted 2 years ago #

  25. MediumDave
    Member

    I got a small taste of travel CHAOS and MAYHEM. Cycled to Bridge of Allan station with the intention of getting the c train home only to find all trains had been cancelled due to flooding while I was en route.

    Two options, neither palatable.

    1) press on to Edinburgh. Fine on a nice summer evening, less so in the rain and with a ton of gear, only half a bottle of water and no food.

    2) go back the way I came. Another 15 or so miles in the rain, work commitments tomorrow are going to be difficult to meet but there was at least food, a shower and a bed waiting there.

    I went for 2. Quite meditative cycling back slowly in the downpour, only the beam of a dynamo headlight to pick out pitholes amongst the puddles and fallen sticks...

    Posted 2 years ago #

  26. gembo
    Member

    @mediumdave, bad luck, at least it wasn’t cold. (Was what I kept telling myself)

    Posted 2 years ago #

  27. MediumDave
    Member

    It certainly wasn't! I was steamed in my waterproof jacket by the time I got back.

    Posted 2 years ago #

  28. chdot
    Admin

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/weather/edinburgh-weather-sepa-issues-flood-warnings-for-musselburgh-and-cramond-3435480

    Posted 2 years ago #

  29. mcairney
    Member

    The Esk is very high right now

    Posted 2 years ago #

  30. gembo
    Member

    Curiously a few weeks ago, all rivers were trickles, they fill up quickly

    Posted 2 years ago #

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