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QBC now blocked by Christmas Trees

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  1. cc
    Member

    True!

    Here's the place where every year someone sells Christmas trees to car drivers.

    This year is no different. Today they've completely blocked the northbound Quality Bike Corridor in several places with substantial wooden signs, wooden tubs, trees, customer MonsterWagens etc. As I cycled past I pointed out to Father Christmas that he'd blocked the cycle lane. "No it's not!" he shouted back. Unless he was Danny McAskill in disguise I don't think much of his observation skills. Or maybe they don't have cycle lanes at the North Pole.

    Any ideas on how to get the lane clear?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  2. DaveC
    Member

    Bulldozer?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  3. Nelly
    Member

    He is blocking the road - call the police.

    The owner - mr foam centre - of that emporium is rather well known in these parts - I have seen his dash stuffed with parking tickets, so unlikely the police will be surprised.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  4. Kirst
    Member

    I hope whoever moves the trees gives the road a good sweeping afterwards.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  5. gembo
    Member

    ADMIN EDIT

    Entertaining though gembo's tale was, it's libellous - especially if not wholly true.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  6. cc
    Member

    Hmm. Would QBC now blocked by Mafia have been a better choice of subject?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  7. SRD
    Moderator

    If you're not going to a charity option, then I recommend kilted christmas trees at the edin farmer's market.

    That said, I'd never paid for a tree before moving to the UK and still find it slightly bizarre that people 'farm' trees. We just drive out and cut one at home. Totally legal as long as its not too close to a road.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  8. chdot
    Admin

    Must admit I expected to find piles of trees (the car is of course normal).

    Posted 11 years ago #

  9. wingpig
    Member

    Do they do it every year or did the festive red chippings make it too tempting to keep it to the footway?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  10. SRD
    Moderator

    CCE now blocked by mafia?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  11. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Took a pic of this on Saturday as I headed the opposite direction in the car (from a stationary queue, with the engine turned off!).

    Signs + little plant pot trees perfectly in the middle of the cycle lane. Plus three parked cars. But hey, it's Christmas! What are we? Killjoys or something! Everyone knows that a Quality Bike Corridor, and safety for cyclists, doesn't operate over Christmas! Sheesh...

    Anyone know who the local councillors are and if they're on twitter? (okay, I can find out who they are quite easily, but anyone have twitter details?). Time to drop some messages.

    p.s. drove the whole of the route to see how it operates at the weekend. 17 cars/vans in total parked in the actual bike lanes (in a few instances rather than parking in the marked bays, presumably because they'd have had to pay for that, so parking just outside them was easier). And it still astounds me that a quality bike corridor can have NO bike lane for large stretches. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A QUALITY BIKE CORRIDOR, JUST SAYING IT IS DOESN'T MAKE IT IF YOU THEN IGNORE PUTTING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE IN!!!!

    Posted 11 years ago #

  12. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Steve Burgess; Jim Orr; Ian Perry; and Cameron Rose are the councillors in the frame.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  13. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    'ave twitterised Cameron Rose and Ed Greens (for Steve Burgess) - others don't appear to be on Twitter. Excellent page on Kim's Ubiquitous Blog listing contact details.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  14. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Edinburgh Greens have re-tweeted and copied in L&B Police.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  15. SRD
    Moderator

    South_team tweeted this morning that they would look into clearing and sweeping it.

    (Kirst suggested the sweeping - as a point of info are conifer needles really likely to puncture bike tyres? )

    Posted 11 years ago #

  16. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Cheers SRD, have thanked the Edinburgh Greens and copied in the South Team at the same time.

    Right, I think that's enough complaining done for today (well, it is Monday after all).

    Posted 11 years ago #

  17. Dave
    Member

    The 'needles' are only leaves - unlikely to pierce a tyre IMO (I'll let you know if my opinion changes as I'm going to be riding over them daily)

    Posted 11 years ago #

  18. crowriver
    Member

    Aye. Quality.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  19. kaputnik
    Moderator

    It's hugely unlikely that a conifer needle could puncture a bike tyre. As Dave says, they're just firm leaves. However that's not to say that mushed up conifer needles and bits of twiggy cr*p are a useful addition to an already rubbish bit of bike lane.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  20. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Anyone go on this route today? I'd ride home that way, but at a training thing till 6, so by the time I'm then back to the office and riding home they may be shut.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  21. Morningsider
    Member

    Yes, I went that way today (experimenting with new slightly longer routes to work). No change from chdot's photo.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  22. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    Right, time to kick Santa's ass....

    Posted 11 years ago #

  23. twinspark
    Member

    I cycled down that way yesterday. There's another Christmas Tree selling place up on the Majestic Wine block, also encroaching on the Cycle Lane.

    I also counted 42 cars parked in the cycle lane (didn't count those in parking spaces) between KB and Teviot yesterday at lunch time (Is this a new CCE game we should have - post your vehicle count scores?).

    Posted 11 years ago #

  24. chdot
    Admin

    Posted 11 years ago #

  25. Nelly
    Member

    chdot - same 10 mins ago, and at the other emporium opposite Majestic.

    Council tweeted earlier it was being dealt with......another response needed I think.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  26. chdot
    Admin

    Posted 11 years ago #

  27. Nelly
    Member

    Mind you......its almost a minor distraction compared to the cars/vans perma-parked opposite John Leslies bar.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  28. SRD
    Moderator

    again!

    Posted 10 years ago #

  29. gembo
    Member

    Should tht not say Posted 12 months ago? Above SRDs new post

    Posted 10 years ago #

  30. kaputnik
    Moderator

    They must have got them out onto the QBC earlier last year?

    Posted 10 years ago #

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