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Edinburgh Doors Open Day programme now online
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Glasgow too.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Only came across this organisation yesterday -
http://www.stickssn.org/site/pages/dod.php
There was a poster at DOD venue with a QR tag for -
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=205314634433012409696.00049cdbdd4c186d15dcf&msa=0
Posted 13 years ago # -
Needs more carrot!!
forced acronyms aside looks interesting.
Posted 13 years ago # -
DoD next w/e
Ed list -
Site has programme pdf and interactive map too
Posted 8 years ago # -
Today
Posted 8 years ago # -
Thanks for the reminder
Have had a saunter round Parliament House and grabbing some food before tour at St Andrews House
Posted 8 years ago # -
Today we went to:
Ratho Byres Forge: some incredible blacksmithing and a really interesting tour. Could have stayed there for hours.
Gogar Cabinet Makers
Edinburgh Printmakers
Messed up our times so got to the Lothian Bus depot just as it was closing.
Posted 8 years ago # -
What was the cabinet makers like?
Posted 8 years ago # -
Wasn't much to see other than a very messy workshop covered in sawdust, so a bit disappointing compared to the blacksmiths. The building itself is quite interesting.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Took the boy to the bus depot. Got there not long after it opened but it was already heaving, and just got busier. Sat in a few old buses, bought a bus stop sign, put the boy in the police van, took a ride through the bus wash and then by that time he had had enough so we retreated to a playpark where he could safely run off some steam.
Fire Museum tomorrow will probably be equally frenetic with parents, children and anoraks.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Tried to take the big bike up to Corstorphine tower. Started from Queensferry Road and made good progress until the slope increased dramatically.
Having done quite a bit of pushing we were then confronted with steps. I wasn't sure if I'd missed a gentler route so decided to push on, literally...
By the time we made it to the top they were turning people away because the queue was too long ;-(
Coming down was entertaining too...
I really should explore Corstorphine Hill on an 'ordinary' bike to get my bearing.
Posted 8 years ago # -
@stickman was that the forge owned by Spike and Mrs Spike (Shona)? Both are smiths?
Posted 8 years ago # -
@gembo: yes, that's the one. Family business: father started it, son, daughter and her husband now partners in it.
Posted 8 years ago # -
For us: West Port Garden, The Magdalen Chapel (inc. Scotland's only pre-reformation stained glass window), The Assembly Hall briefly then a hike down to the bus depot which was the worst kind of hell. Too hot, too busy, too noisy. Bah, so we left after five minutes!
Having a buggy really didn't help although it was much quieter when we went two years back. On the journey home I did enjoy spotting people carting large bus stop signs across Edinburgh.
Brief stop off at Ratho Byres Forge on Sunday.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Bus wash was fun. Our driver told us it was only his second time through, he had a wet arm from the first time through as he hadn't shut the window. It was a little too loud in the depot for our 3 year old however.
Hankchief, we went to the tower a couple of years ago and the guy commented that they had been open every Sunday throughout the summer but most weeks it was very quiet. I don't know if that's still the same.
Posted 8 years ago # -
@ac - yeah, guy told us the same. It's open every Sunday between April & September 2-4pm and usually nobody goes...
Shows the power of marketing for the Open Doors weekend.
Posted 8 years ago # -
"It's open every Sunday between April & September 2-4pm and usually nobody goes..."
Good reason to have a CCE outing!(?)
Posted 8 years ago # -
2 attempts each at Kaimes Rd
Winner gets a slice of fudge on me
Posted 8 years ago #
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