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The pedestrian "refuge" mentioned up-thread on Craiglockhart Avenue did happen (I didn't imagine it).
There is now a new extra fat island on the uphill (SE) side of the junction. It infringes onto the downhill side of the road (there are still two uphill lanes).
obviously Ratho would still involve the aqueduct. path will be a bit wet after Heriot Watt now. A good spin out. The Climbing Centre is good. There is a small chance you will see a Kingfisher in flight which is as near to god as I will ever get and is like James Joyce's definition of love as a shout in the street.
Ker-bump
Another dad in the playground was speaking to me about this.
I think the idea of Ocean Terminal has to be ruled out as the Russell Road Tram Bridge building means we would all have to cross the Corstorphine road to get onto the railway path.
As the other dad also said it might be a big slog to cycle home as it is all uphill (albeit a gentle slope) and there will be a number of kiddies on their own bikes (I think I will stick to the tow-bike again for this very reason)
So I think the canal to Ratho is the best plan for a starter ride, coffee and a climb, picnic optional. There are a few picnic tables at the clibming centre or better there are a load of them at and in the vicinity of the Ratho bridge inn for those that don't want to go to EICA. Again the EICA will be time dependent. We could stop at the big park (Murrayburn?) and use their outdoor gym equipment as they were on the list of possible improvements to Harrison.
Play it by ear, take it as it comes, wait for a sunny day and shout out via here and facebook (PoP group?) that we plan on heading with a few hours notice...
Strictly speaking, you can get onto the railway path without crossing Corstorphine Road, but it would involve pushing bikes along the pavement, under the bridge that the path goes over, and then up a rather steep slope onto the path itself. I don't bother, but just make the right turn out of Russell Road (or whatever the road is called) and then 1st left and up the hill a bit to a point where the access to the path is flatter. However I'm usually in MAWIL mode if I'm going that way and so have no problem with making that manoeuver. I do come back the way I've described (very cautiously down the slope!) as it is then all left turns.
Good point. I like it.
Getting onto the railway path is not great, but the more problematic point is getting back to HP - right turn onto Dalry road is very tricky (better to get off and cross at pedestrian crossing), then dodgy intersection to get onto Harrison Road. All entirely do-able - have seen at least 2 five year olds cope with it just fine at different times - but not nice.
Should be better by 2014, according to ATAP.
Ah yes, more reinforcement for not doing the OT route
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