CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Infrastructure

Competition bag as many local authorities in the shortest distance

(17 posts)

No tags yet.


  1. gembo
    Member

    Either for route planners, cyclists or both

    I think you could get nine inside 100 miles?

    Edinburgh, Midlothian, east Lothian Borders, south Lanarkshire, north Lanarkshire west Lothian, Falkirk shire and Fife Kingdom.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  2. chdot
    Admin

    You anticipating rule changes today??

    Posted 3 years ago #
  3. Frenchy
    Member

    Eleven is possible in a loop from Balerno.

    Left as exercise for the reader.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  4. chdot
    Admin

  5. Frenchy
    Member

    Now think 12 might be possible.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  6. acsimpson
    Member

    12 in a hundred miles is a challenge. Does it involve hike a bike into the borders?

    Posted 3 years ago #
  7. Frenchy
    Member

    Yeah - heading into the Pentlands to get to the Borders and Midlothian.

    But to keep it under 100 miles, you'd also need to be on some main roads elsewhere on the route, so picking the right bike for it might be a challenge in itself.

    Posted 3 years ago #
  8. chdot
    Admin

    Swap bikes checkpoints??

    Posted 3 years ago #
  9. acsimpson
    Member

    If you're going to that level of effort would you not be as well adding the extra miles and going round the back of the Pentlands?

    Posted 3 years ago #
  10. gembo
    Member

    Clacks makes 10

    Perth and kinross ?

    Posted 3 years ago #
  11. Frenchy
    Member

    Eleven would be:

    Edinburgh
    Fife
    Clacks
    Perthshire
    Stirling
    Falkirk
    N Lanarkshire
    S Lanarkshire
    W Lothian
    Borders
    Midlothian

    Twelve, I think, is possible with:

    Edinburgh
    Fife
    Clacks
    Stirling
    Falkirk
    E Dunbartonshire
    Glasgow
    N Lanarkshire
    S Lanarkshire
    West Lothian
    Borders
    Midlothian

    Posted 3 years ago #
  12. chdot
    Admin

    April 26th

    Travel within all mainland Scotland is also set to be allowed at this point, with tourist accommodation set to re-open.

    https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19164148.nicola-sturgeon-lockdown-update-dates-reopening-pubs-hairdressers-gyms

    Posted 3 years ago #
  13. chdot
    Admin

    Nicola Sturgeon announces 'Stay At Home' will end on April 2 as routemap out of lockdown set out

    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/nicola-sturgeon-announces-stay-at-home-will-end-on-april-2-as-routemap-out-of-lockdown-set-out-3167737

    Posted 3 years ago #
  14. minus six
    Member

    i misread the thread title as "competition bog"

    which excited me more than it probably should have

    eager to revisit my champion bog trotting days

    Posted 3 years ago #
  15. gembo
    Member

    @ Bax San or bog snorkeling?

    Posted 3 years ago #
  16. minus six
    Member

    no snorkel, gembo-san

    full pack, osprey gaiters

    and the endless bog of despond

    Posted 3 years ago #
  17. gembo
    Member

    @Bax San Bog Yomping?

    Did I ever tell you the HBT story? The running club Hunter’s Bog Trotters shout HBT repeatedlyto gee themselves up.

    Before the races.

    I only ever saw them on Harris and Skye. But they are an edinburgh hash house harrier type team

    Harris was the last Hebridean half marathon so Jim the organiser (also organises the secret WoL half marathon) gave a speech which turned into a retrospective. The first ten years there was no sponsorship so no prizes just Glory and HBT won. Then the next ten years we did have prizes and Portobello won. Then the sponsorship dried up and no prizes So the HBT returned to their winning ways....

    Posted 3 years ago #

RSS feed for this topic

Reply

You must log in to post.


Video embedded using Easy Video Embed plugin