So, where are we going today?
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Cramond to Porty boardwalk/promenade
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Posted 10 years ago #
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the WoL path is very dry at the moment, there have been thousands of bikes up and down since Friday. How to avoid the aqueduct?
There should be a way through craiglockhart dell t avoid the aqueduct. There isn't as the valley side very steep but you can do it walking. There is a lovely house down in the valley floor that must be accessed from the craiglockhart side but it might sit on bend in the river on the craiglockhart side. The council used to own a mansion out that way where they ran training sessions. That will be flats now I bet. Not sure why that bit doesn't get used, it is maybe private land but often see deer and is quite a swathe of hidden countryside. Must consult my spokes map.
On north side you can get to the bridge over the Lanark road through longstone park, the new sainsburys has traffic lights that help. On the south side on the actual Lanark road you can access the path via a private road at the crest of the first hill up from slateford.
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Seeing as it behaved so well round town today, I'm going to treat my CX to a wee jaunt up Colinton way and into the Pentlands. :D
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"So, where are we going today?"
Well we didn't do the sewage works detour...
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"There should be a way through craiglockhart dell t avoid the aqueduct."
Think you mean 'There should be a better way through craiglockhart dell t avoid the aqueduct'.
Main problem is the steps by the grotto.
Could be bypassed with a bridge over to the Walled Garden - WAS one (maybe over 100 years ago!)
"The council used to own a mansion out that way where they ran training sessions. That will be flats now I bet."
And a lot more houses were the special schools used to be.
AND no adequate consequential improvement to the path network.
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True. I was thinking redhall house which was the training centre but over the river was the walled garden presumably connected but long way down and back for the tatties.
Note that Katesmill Road in craiglockhart which might not be too busy as is a dead end, at the dead end it looks like you should be able to access the path down to the river and from there to colinton and WoL path. Again, steps likely if there is access?
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The bit we didn't do yesterday -
http://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/40381618
Because of this -
We couldn't get to there directly, partly because of this -
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A partial report -
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Some thoughts http://deceasedcanine.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/re-uniting-edinburgh-with-its-coastline.html
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I grew up in a port city, my mum grew up in a port city, my parents currently live in a port town. And, I always thought that if you live in a port, one of the things you do is drive (or walk or cycle) along the waterfront and check out what is going on -- not just the arrivals and departures of ships, but also the weather, the tideline, the changing skyline. But in Edinburgh, this is not an easy or natural thing to do."
Great perspective/context.
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There was some speculation on Saturday about who owned Forth Ports
Turns out it's a London based private company with a range of European transport interests -
http://www.forthports.co.uk/about-us/CSR
http://www.propertyweek.com/5022299.article
http://www.leithermagazine.com/2012/03/09/leith-docks-regeneration-2012.html
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Flicking back through the photographs I took during our 'study tour', I was musing on the use of yet more incorrect tactiles. I didn't spot it on the day, and not 'til now, but I was amazed to see that CEC (et al.) did in fact install the central delineator strip on some of the shared segregated paths!
I think this was in the vicinity of Chestnut St/Sealcar St:
(those tactiles are for guidance paths, btw).
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Good to see the correct tactiles...but then my eyes were drawn to the strangest bicycle I've ever seen, er, drawn! My 4 y.o. daughter can do better than that...
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It is the push-me, pull-you of bicycles.
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Is that a clever way to indicate that that side is two-way for bicycles?
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It is a great party game - challenge folk to a timed sketching exercise and see how many folk can't draw a bicycle without one in front of them.
Fun* for all the family...
Robert
* Fun not guaranteed. May be illegal in some States. Consume responsibly.Posted 10 years ago # -
did in fact install
Actually, looking more closely at my photograph, I'm wondering if I was right the first time. It looks a lot like good old paint, rather than tactiles.
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I'm pretty sure it is just extra heavy layering of paint.
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The city council report, which appears before the development and management sub-committee, states: “It has the potential to improve pedestrian and cycle accessibility along the city’s waterfront as part of the wider coastal path network.”
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http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/river-almond-ferry-service-returns-to-cramond-1-3491648
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We did the ride on the 19th of April, definitely worth doing again.
As an 'anniversary' or earlier in NY?
Posted 9 years ago # -
Next ride planned for 26th.
That's a Thursday so probably won't suit many. (There will be other 'visits')
Looking at some 'connections' too, so starting at 5Ways (10:00) and heading west.
This route includes 'impossible' bits (should show up in black) which will be ridden around!
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Hmm. Could make that.
The very last bit should be coloured impossible too, unless you know something about the tides that the map doesn't.
Not the eastern breakwater too? It's just about rideable, or at least no less rideable than bits of the Cramond causeway...
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True
But it's low tide at lunchtime...
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Speaking of lunch, where do we expect to be ~2-3 hours in, you know, for the refuelling stop.
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Edinburgh Waterfront Promenade 2008 plan route -
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What's the route home from Musselburgh, and where's the pub stop?
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Depends on the weather.
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The 'by 2038' plan -
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7127073
Revised route in LDP -
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7129951
Currently rideable route visiting all accessible sections -
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7130489
'Family friendly' route avoiding most main roads -
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