I have a feeling this will fully blossom into a massive thread in future when kids start pushing people into the canal or not getting off the path at lunchtime "just cos"
But right now...
*expleteive deleted* WHEN are they going to take the fencing down? It is crystal clear they have finished laying the new cobbles and have even put internal fences up to stop themgoing onto the canal. I HATE having to then put up with their flippin road works delaying me even further as they seem to have a new excuse every day to block it up again, granted today it is getting a new smooth shiny surface and crossing island but come ON people. My other option is what? Going down Dalry and getting stuck at the lights that give all priority to trams? THen cycling along Shankwick? No thank you I will avoid trams for as long as I can #neversetfootononesincethedemoonPrincesStreet
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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Commuting
The Canal and Boroughmuir H.S.
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For this very reason I have recently modified my commute to avoid Fountainbridge altogether and I join the canal only at Meggetland. It turned out to save me 5min on my commute which I happily convert into pure sleep.
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@bill BHM?? My memory... is not what it was... ;)
Yeah I had switched to cutting a chunk off by going down to the western approach beside the student flats and cutting through Morrison Cres/Link and walk to Torphichen St but given how often the road works are slowing at FBridge I just can't winPosted 7 years ago # -
There was a tipper Under the Bridge today doing nothing. I will ask David Key SNP Cllr for the area when I see him tonight. It will be delaying his Cycle to the City Chambers too so Hopefully he can find out what's happening.
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@spytfyre yes, BHM :)
"The final phase of works at Boroughmuir will commence onsite on Monday 10 April 2017 with an estimated programme of 10 weeks."
So we are at week 9 now.
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The towpath was open on my way home just now. It is clearly not finished yet and will no doubt be closed again at some point, but it was nice to avoid the road works and traffic at Fountainbridge for a change. The new surface is surprisingly bumpy and that does look 'finished'...
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Yes I noticed that alas after going throught the roadworks
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Update 9 June 2017
The towpath will reopen from 5pm on Friday 9 June until after the Edinburgh Canal Festival. The final phase of works will recommence after the event (exact dates to be confirmed), however the towpath will remain open during these final works. Please note that there will be some restrictions in place.
https://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/news/works-at-boroughmuir-union-canal/
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Bill, bet you stick to your new route.?
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@gembo yes, I like my new route!
The only downside is that by doing so I have higher chances of missing fellow opposite direction commuter since in the mornings we used meet on Edinburgh side (usually around Fountainbridge). Most of the evenings we still meet on the Livingston side (anywhere between Livingston and Ratho). But then my workplace is planning to move to 8am start, which will change things anyway.Posted 7 years ago # -
Having had a closer look when walking along the new path this afternoon, I decided that poor quality laying of the bricks is the probable cause of the undulating ride rather than the brick design. A disappointing 'upgrade' if so but I appreciate the path being open once again in any case...
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Too bumpy and too congested with traffic for me to start to use it again... planning to just stick to the roads now that I've got used to it/the road surface outside the KwikFit is better.
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Not as bumpy as the setts after the lift bridge
I go up on to the canal at allan park, lot of houses going in there and like to come back off before the bumpy cobbles.
new tarmac is nice at KwikFit, i love a red chucky, could be quite slippy as brand new, but so is the new path between canal and boroughmuir. Kwik Fit's forecourt was smooth when I used it the other morning to avoid traffic at lights.
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It's Pretty rough and unfinished though. Went over it on the way in today. Compared to the smooth ride as you turn down toward Fountain Park on the same type of stone its dire.
Might just Youtube the Go Pro Footage.
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I went along canal again for nth time since reopened.
I realised this morn - it's taken me this long to notice - that they've done away with those annoying "speed bump" that were between Viewforth and Gibson Terrace.
Hurrah!
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Woo-hoo!
Did they work out that only slow people like me actually ride over them, while everyone else diverts into the seating area?
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Yes also the tricky join at those bumps when diverting towards the seating area. I think seems better than before though a few bumps and some puddles in slight dips.
However the likely obstacles will be the school kids when the school opens.
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What dos it say on the plaque on the new path at the bridge east of the new school. Bloomfield surname is all I have discerned so far
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I try to read that in stages each day
"was a famous..."
something...
I want to say adventurer...
Maybe freed slaves. Must pay more attention tomorrow.Posted 7 years ago # -
William Bloomfield
South African Forces
24 August 1916
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Related (but only in a geographical sense).
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An inspection carried out by Edinburgh Napier University into building safety has found that a halls of residence building features the same cladding as Grenfell Tower.
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Path dug up again on canal side at west end of the mono lock section, still passable at moment. Looks like spare blocks piled on that funny forecourt bit at the tenements.
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@gembo it's only *just* passable. I'd be fairly surprised if a wheelchair or wider pushchair could gain access. As I passed yesterday morning, a workman was using a pneumatic drill mere inches away from me.
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"As I passed yesterday morning, a workman was using a pneumatic drill mere inches away from me."
That's the thing -
'They' should close the path when working, 'we' would complain!
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