Lot of workies up there paying attention to the surface for sure but in a winter or two the CBP will return (unless drains have been dug)
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The Clubbiedean Big Puddle
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I heard a brief rumour that this work is in preparation to closing the bridge at the end of Torduff Reservoir (i.e. it's an alternative vehicle route for the residents of the Clubbiedean Cafe and the anglers) but can't find any evidence that that rumour is any more than a rumour.
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That would be a shame given the bridge is integral to my route as published by Spokes. The path before the bridge is not really suitable for bikes. The path at clubbiedeans is a maybe. The cafe’s business might suffer. There never seems to be much activity to the west with most people coming up from the carparks at Bonaly. The cafe ownwer’s is the onl6 actual house. The anglers also have a key to the gate at the east end of Torduff. Will probably do a recce tomorrow.
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Is this the ‘Torduff Road Bridge’ at the southern tip of the reservoir? Surely it would only be closed to cars rather than completely?
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Someone has chopped a load off the cherry trees at the bottom of the Clubbiedean dam where the road makes a right turn to go up to the cafe. So something is happening. Pity, as I was looking forward to eating some of the more accessible cherries that were forming.
The bridge I think we're discussing is the one with green railings and a wooden deck near the waterfall at the southern end of Torduff. That's on a core path (CEC-20) so can't really see how they'd justify closing it to bike+ped.
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At the Currie end behind the farm cottages I did spot some blue cones indicating overhead power lines. I will maybe ask the cafe owner
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Ok spoke with four cheerful road workers. They are creating the access road to Clubbiedeans Reservoir where works will last four years. The cheeriest who was supervising the digger claimed that Scottish Water have condemned the Torduff Bridge (the green railing one west end of reservoir). I said surely just to motor cars he said maybe. Time I think to approach Scottish Water.
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Emailed Scottish water
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Good work.
We sometimes see the Kinleith farmer about and if we do will ask him too as presumably Scottish Water had to tell him what they were up to before rebuilding the road.
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Not sure, what's going on at Clubidean, looks like the road is closed at the bottom of the reservoir. Still passible by foot/bike but residents parked where the trees were cut back.
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@steveo. There is a little bridge which is maybe over the stream coming out of Xlubbiedeans Reservoir. It is being fixed and yes bikes and peds can get past but there is a car stuck at the top (though it could probably drive on the new gravel round to top of Currie. And yes looks like the cafe people are parked a bit further down and have then had to walk in.
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So I hear from a reliable source that...
1) Scottish Water were thinking about fixing the sluice for Clubbiedean reservoir sometime before 2030
2) As part of this, they had a structural inspection of the bridge, which found that it was unsafe for motor vehicles, so they closed it. They didn't plan to do anything about it until 2030, once they'd decided about the sluice.
3) They were quickly told by that they couldn't just do that because there are legal rights of access (for example to the Cafe and as a Core Path).
4) So they commissioned a further inspection, which confirmed that the bridge was safe for pedestrian and cycle traffic, hence it reopened.
5) I believe that a temporary vehicle bridge will be installed in the next few weeks.I now think the new gravel (and the death of The Big Puddle) is unconnected.
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Now is a good time to go up to check as the new road is good and the gates are open and the workmen are away for the trades. One of them told me the road they were building was to repair the Reservoir. The bridge being repaired is a wee one just at the reservoir. I have asked Scottish water about the bigger bridge round at Torduff. They haven’t answered yet.
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The deck on the Green one at torduff is concerning with narrow tyres but I'm not going to bring that up lest they condemn it too.
Gravel road is fine, better than what was there. The gate closest to the farm was still shut but the pedestrian gate was still available. Be interesting to see how it holds up, the section between that gate an the metalled road got a bit sketchy at times.
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@greenroofer thanks for that. Glad someone told Scottish water they couldn't just shut that bridge!
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Word from Cafe is that virtually first time they found this was happening was when the road guys appeared. I will seek corroboration
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The Clubbiedean Big Puddle is no more...
https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3mq5wfmjxtk2j
with thanks to Gembo & John Robson for photos
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Word from the cafe is that Scottish Water think they will have a solution for the bridge in August.
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