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Second day 1+ 2
Third day 1+ 2+3
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(14531 posts)- Started 14 years ago by recombodna
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Sneaky - yes more SEAL than Guass.
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Kaputnik passing a mere metre from my elbow, very deep in concentration on the
ice rinkBroomhouse Path. You very sensibly dismounted over the puddle at the substation though the rest of it was worse in my experience. I was sans velo due to Friday evening drinking and tbh quite glad of it.I take it the council have decided this is still someone else’s problem and aren’t gritting it.
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Never noticed as I was indeed caught out by just how much ice/frost/slush was on the path as it had been nothing like that and the weather didn't seem to indicate it might be. After a particularly dicey loss of the back-end further back on the path I gave up on the last section and dismounted as I couldn't tell mud from ice from slush.
Mostly seems to be run off from the green space between the tram tracks and the path as there's no drain and it's a downwards slope towards the road.
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Yeah I watched one ped nearly come a cropper, I ended up walking on the grass most of the way after I seen that run off. I was thinking that the ramps to get to the crossing over Broomhouse Road would be particularly treacherous in the absence of grit or ice tyres.
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I remember reading somewhere that the row of posts seen on the right of that pic were built to stop E-Boats sneaking up between the Isle and the shore to reach Rosyth and Port Edgar, also that some of the curious structures on the other side of the island were not actually gun positions but rather searchlight posts designed to put a narrow beam of light across the estuary, makes sense when you see their fixed, narrow openings.
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"posts seen on the right of that pic were built to stop E-Boats"
Perhaps - certainly think they carried the water pipes and cables.
"designed to put a narrow beam of light across the estuary"
I'd assumed they were just anti-aircraft searchlights.
There must be details somewhere(?)
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramond_Island
EDIT, from above -
"two engine rooms that once contained all the equipment necessary to supply power to the military installations on the island"
So if cables, presumably for 'phones(?)
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The bunkers I'm thinking of have roofs, so no use for AA searchlights which require as wide a view of the sky as possible ;-) I had wondered at first if they were gun positions but the restricted traverse confused me.
There are a few info boards on the island, will have to have a dig and see if I can find where I came across the info. The pillars pictured were also used as cable supports, but would seem a rather excessive construction if that were their sole purpose, given they are regularly topped by seawater so their purpose is clearly not to raise anything above the water.
A good source for positions of searchlights, AA batteries etc are the Luftwaffe recce pictures! (held by the national museum of Scotland iirc). They are frighteningly detailed and quite fascinating around our local area.Posted 10 years ago # -
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Cool, the pic bottom left, "military buildings at the north end" shows the anti shipping searchlight housings.
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Getting somewhat OT for the spotted thread so more links here:
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11949&replies=1#post-138144Posted 10 years ago # -
Not a single other cyclist in my entire commute. Not one.
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Laidback and chums at the Pans yesterday.
I was on the Brompton heading East.Posted 10 years ago # -
I thought... 'that's a Brompton = friendly forumer'!
Yours was the only Brompton. Most other bikes were lightweight road bikes. Some ignore such irrelevant things as recumbents even when you acknowledge them.
One older guy went by us on a steel frame classic tourer. Grey hair, Green cords. Huge panniers. Keeping up with a younger rider with all the gear. Think he was just making a point that we were all unfit!
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Yeah, was a lovely day for a spin.
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I headed out to Longnidry, then along thru Drem to N Berwick where I cheated and got the train back :}
FWIW "roadies" dont like being drafted by a Brompton!Posted 10 years ago # -
Two cycle-polis on Bath Street in Glasgow, only one of whom had lights on.
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Roibeard this afternoon heading up Craighouse hill, at the controls of the Pino(?) and a peloton of cyclists of assorted sizes. I was impressed by the way that the peloton owned the road unapologetically.
I was by the side of the road on foot with mini-GreenRoofers 1 and 2, on the way back from flying kites on Craiglockhart Hill. We stopped to wait for the peloton and watch it go by, as it looked like it might be interesting. Our kite flying was reasonably successful, marred only by a passing dog attacking one of the kites and temporarily disabling it.
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@Greenroofer - sorry for not reciprocating - there were already 20+ miles and a long climb up to the Pentlands [1] in the legs and quite a bit of encouragement was required for the last big hill of the day; my concentration was elsewhere, although the kids thought we'd been spotted...
Says something when that hill, followed by a muddy Braidburn path is to be preferred over Cluny Gardens.
Correct spot on the Pino too!
Robert
[1] A Bromptonist disguised as a walker accused me of bicycle abuse on the way up from Flotterstone - I have to hold my hands up to that one!Posted 10 years ago # -
Uberuce on Broomhouse Path.
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daisydaisy on a bicycle built for two on Balcarres Street with a pair of impressively bright front lights.
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I saw a woman on a trike in Dalkeith Road. I think she had some children as cargo in the back.
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Hi Greenroofer, not too blinding I hope!
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@daisydaisy - no, not at all. Very visible, though!
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I rode the roseburn path twice today once to cramond at about 5pm and once back at 7pm. I saw a variety of riders and had a wee race with one chap which I won apart from I took the wrong turning in the dark! No pedestrians though and only one runner. Was a cycle super highway for one night!
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lovely orange Brompton parked outside Sainsbury's on MMW....
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Did anyone on here flash their light at me as I was going up the hill on Lanark Road just after the Water of Leith? I was trying to work out if the cyclist who did was just saying hello, or trying to communicate something about my lights.
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@algo. No orange Brompton when I got there, but a cream one (belongs to a colleague), my dahon and a brand spanking new b'fold. Are we turning into London?
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