I have a meeting in the Scot Gov's St Andrew's House in the next few days, and I'm actually annoyingly confused how to get there from the south!
I can't go down North Bridge, obviously.
I don't know if the torpedo will fit through the barriers at the High St to get to Cockburn St to reach Waverley Bridge.
I could go down Market St for Waverley Bridge, but don't know if I can turn right onto PS because that exit also has barriers, and I don't even know if the traffic lights are working.
I don't really want to go down Queen's Drive, because that loses me too much height and means I have to crawl up Abbeymount and Regent Road. The torpedo is not a mountain goat.
I can't turn right onto PS at the foot of The Mound.
cycle.travel actually suggested I turn right using the pedestrian crossing. I mean, really?
Lothian Road seems to be the only option remaining, and that means dicing with a million buses and taxis, and a tram or two, plus navigating the hellscape of the east end. Charlotte Square to George St is bad enough in rush hour and would leave me with the equally bad South St David St to reach the PS left turn.
Frankly I can't be bothered when it takes so much planning to go half a mile. Maybe I should just ride my motorbike and be done with it.