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FFS that Firrhill Roundabout

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  • Started 5 years ago by gembo
  • Latest reply from I were right about that saddle

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  1. gembo
    Member

    Today that Rentokil Driver was really taking the piss. I think he actually did see me with right of way but drove onto the roundabout just to kill me anyway. Had I called him out I fear he would remain unrepentant. I think I do need to change the pink jersey or my route on a thursday morning.

    On a brighter note, once I get through the polite pupils of Firrhill (they are all very well behaved) someone has put in a dropped kerb. YOu used to be able to run down a dod of concrete but that disintegrated leaving a cliff that only @earthowned could bunny hop off.

    I shall e-mail the headmaster to compliment him on his pupils and his dropped kerb.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  2. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Were you coming from Colinton Road onto Colinton Mains Drive (turning right at the roundabout)? That is a horrible manoeuvre that I know all too well.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  3. gembo
    Member

    @arellcat coming up from Colinton and going through Firrhill High yes.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  4. Morningsider
    Member

    gembo - you can safely dodge that move. The pavement at the top of Colinton Road is shared use - turn on to the right hand pavement at the traffic island , ride round the corner and use the toucan to cross over. The pavement on the other side is also shared use - simply ride up to the lane that takes you thorough Firrhill.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  5. gembo
    Member

    @morningsider, I shall do this from now on, ta.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  6. ejstubbs
    Member

    @Morningsider: Blimey, I've lived in the area for fifteen years, must have passed that way morning and evening most working days, and never noticed that. Not too surprising: there is one shared use sign on Colinton Road, and the Toucan-ness of the crossing is far from obvious unless you are stood right next to it. Although OpenCycleMap shows that shared use path going round the corner, it's a dotted brown line which the legend says means "footpath no cycling". Which is unhelpful. And there's nothing shown beyond the Toucan.

    I shall go and make use of it this weekend, for the principle of the thing if nothing else.

    Posted 5 years ago #

  7. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    I'm now working on incorporating that path into a Haymarket - King's Stables Road route.

    Posted 5 years ago #

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