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Started 10 years ago by crowriver
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crowriver
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Only just noticed (the day before) that POP has moved a bit earlier in the day to a noon start.

Alas, I suspect we won't make it. No.1 son has music class in Porty at 10.30, finishes at 12.15pm. If we skip the second class we're still setting off from the Prom at 11.15am at the very earliest (more like 11.30am). Even if we're on the tandem (rather than him on his own bike as I wished) I can't see us getting to the Meadows in time for the start, unless we honk it up the main road. Certainly unlikely going via Bingham/Innocent.

Hmm. Problems! :-(

Posted 10 years ago #
chdot
Admin

You might miss the minute's silence, but you won't miss the ride!

(You'll be 4001+2)

Posted 10 years ago #
chdot
Admin

Or is that 5001+2

Posted 10 years ago #
crowriver
Member

I suppose if we go via Fishwives Causeway, Portobello Road, then Holyrood Park, and cut up Holyrood Road/Pleasance it might take 25/30 minutes. NCN 1 likely to be too slow: not so much the paths themselves but the windy route to get to them...

Unless we fire up Duddingston Park past the golf course and turn off to the path before the Niddrie Burn. Hmm, might work.

Posted 10 years ago #
SRD
Moderator

When it was on Sunday, we had to hold it later so that people could get there, given the train schedule.

But with the Saturday, city was keen that we were early, which suited us fine.

Posted 10 years ago #
cb
Member

We are aiming to be late to reduce the time small person will be in the trailer. Will probably miss the silence and bell ringing which is a shame but will hopefully make the day a bit more fluid for us.

Posted 10 years ago #
PS
Member

Worst case scenario - if you're running late you could go straight to Holyrood. Gives you the opportunity to collar Keith, but then you wouldn't get to ride through the MMW bike counter.

OT - presumably the bike counter will underestimate numbers of cyclists as a tandem will only show up as one bike?

Posted 10 years ago #
chdot
Admin

"a tandem will only show up as one bike?"

A tandem IS only one bike!!

Posted 10 years ago #
chdot
Admin

But will a bike and trailer be counted as two??

Posted 10 years ago #
Cyclingmollie
Member

We're now walking (from the station) as daughters one and three are coming (and possibly two as well) and trying to get their friends to go and we don't all have bikes.

Posted 10 years ago #
chdot
Admin

"We're now walking"

"

@CyclingEdin: (Forecast) weather for @POPScotland

Not perfect for a picnic, but could be calm and warm

http://t.co/msXmxSdMbJ

WALK, SKATE, BLADE, CYCLE

"

Posted 10 years ago #
acsimpson
Member

"But will a bike and trailer be counted as two??"

Or one and a unicycle?

I guess it depends how many others cross the counter at the same time.

Posted 10 years ago #
Baldcyclist
Member

I may be late, I'll be leaving Burntisland at 8:30am on my Pashley. ;) Never done a 50 miler on a sit up bike in civvies before....

Posted 10 years ago #
acsimpson
Member

The Kirkcaldy feeder ride will be passing Dalgety Bay about 9.30 so you should be ahead of them most of the way.

Posted 10 years ago #
Baldcyclist
Member

Aye, we are meeting them at the DB train station. :) I may be lagging behind on that bike though, I average about 8mph on it....

Posted 10 years ago #
acsimpson
Member

I'm hoping to meet them somewhere around Whitehouse Road. Although that really depends on how my morning goes.

Posted 10 years ago #
ARobComp
Member

Remember we have a walking group called pedestrians on parliament and also there is a family area for those with wee uns.

Marshalls will be helping organise these groups.

See yuou all tomorrow!

Posted 10 years ago #
Kenny
Member

I may also be late. Child #3 is in dance class until 11:30 so we won't make it to the Meadows for 12. Probably won't get there until nearer 12:30, but I suspect if there's a large number of cyclists, we might still tag on to the end of the queue?

Posted 10 years ago #
Kenny
Member

HOWEVER - the good news is that the weather forecast has radically improved for tomorrow. It's no longer due to be raining and instead will be light cloud with a breeze, 13°C. This morning, the forecast was rain, rain, rain for tomorrow at noon...

Posted 10 years ago #
sallyhinch
Member

The forecast seems to have been changing hourly ... we've had everything but plagues of frogs forecast in the last two days.

Posted 10 years ago #
neddie
Member

Where will the family area be? Thanks

Posted 10 years ago #
sallyhinch
Member

The family area will be at the front. ARobComp is your man for the details

Posted 10 years ago #
ARobComp
Member

There will be an area which we'll invite kids and parents into at the front of the queue. However it will be limited and will be first come first served. See you all soon!

Posted 10 years ago #
crowriver
Member

Well we made it in time. Missed the minute's silence and bell ringing, but plenty of space to hang about near the back, enabling my son to eat his sandwich. In the end we came up Duddingston Road West and through Duddingston Village to the Low Road. Much the quickest route, and relatively quiet, which was a surprise.

Loads of kids at POP this afternoon, which was good to see. My son was very impressed that children were making the first speeches, and was craning to listen in. I thought it was a very good idea to create a platform for children to engage with the campaign in this way.

Oh my son also noticed lots of grown ups with cameras, and (without any prompting from me) went straight onto YonTube as soon as we got home to see if any footage had been uploaded...

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