I would quite like to give up on the A703 Seafield Moor Road, for its innumerable drivers executing close passes every day. But I can't give up on it because it's my only sensible commuting route to south and west Edinburgh.
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Giving up on a road?
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Posted 6 years ago #
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Do you know if the A701 is any better/worse for close passes?
I noticed that Midlothian Council are proposing a shared use path along the A701, but nothing on the A703 (or the A702, but that's a trunk road). See: https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/205/planning_policy/536/draft_green_network_supplementary_guidance (Loanhead etc. file)
Posted 6 years ago # -
\Thanks Redmist, similar to Monday then and also M8 snarled for 3.5 hours I am told.
Monday the chap who crashed abandoned the vehicle on the bypass.
Too many cars seems clear.
Posted 6 years ago # -
@fimm, yes that was me this morning
Posted 6 years ago # -
Liberton Brae, to many close passes as you grind up the hill. Also the uphill start from the end of Mayfield Road at the bottom is pretty horrible with 2 lanes of traffic behind you waiting to squeeze past.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Try Orchardhead Road. You can't avoid the gradient, but the surface is good and very little traffic. Plus you get an excuse at the top for a breather as you chose your moment to rejoin the main road.
Posted 6 years ago # -
I would like to give up on Myreside Road since I usually receive unnecessarily close and fast passes along there when heading towards Morningside despite its width and have to filter past queues of poorly positioned traffic when heading towards the canal. I used to head through Craiglockhart Wood, but that path seems to be constantly muddy these days and I would rather not get my hybrid clogged up. I don't think I'd be comfortable trying to cycle along IWRATS' snicket due to its narrowness (and also muddiness). There is no convenient alternative...
Posted 6 years ago # -
I don't think I'd be comfortable trying to cycle along IWRATS' snicket due to its narrowness (and also muddiness)
If it ever became popular it would be impassable. Also I got a tick there once and had to improvise a tick-remover at my desk using a discarded soft drinks can and a borrowed pair of nail scissors.
When I am Dictator Benign of All Caledon that path will be widened by taking three metres off the perimeter of the bourgeois cricket emplacement.
Posted 6 years ago # -
@IWRATS when that happens I'll be happy to cycle along Myreside Boulevard.
Posted 6 years ago # -
I was going to email the Midlothian council cycle chap about the A703. They're moving my kids nursery out that way and I'd like to be able to cycle her there but no chance will I cycle on the road. I'd like them to widen the pavement and class it as shared use.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Amir - Been up there, nice and steep just at the top. Most of the time I head through Morningside and then cut back along Captains Road or head over the bypass to Old Pentland Road. It doesn't make too much difference to the distance. I need the training anyway...
Now the Railway path from Loanhead has been extended to Shawfair I may try and head in that direction to keep things interesting on the way home. Always good to see new places.
A703 - horrible, feel like you are always just waiting for a close pass at 50mph
Posted 6 years ago # -
@IWRATS when that happens
Excellent avoidance of any conditional tense.
Posted 6 years ago # -
@jdanielp there's always the playing field cut through. The entrance is off craiglockhart terrace - go past the flats at the right angle corner. Brings you out at the gateway immediately south of the railway bridge.
Posted 6 years ago # -
I just wanted to say I've just had my first cycle to work since the New Year after giving up on a road and I feel ace.
We've had so many temporary traffic lights round my way (Roslin/Bush Estate) that were causing people to get super frustrated and try to push past me on the single lane with cones on the other side.
Anyway the traffic lights have gone, my legs feel all wobbly but it was really nice to get moving again.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Nice One Lezzles, picked a good day to p;lay that old David Soul record and get back out there
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