Noticed the north Edinburgh path yesterday had been gritted, though still some patches of ice for my spikes and the burst water pipe towards craigleith, or maybe it is a stream?
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Mike Davies (@hopsncheese)
15/01/2013 20:37
Walked the 2.2 miles to work today to save my bike being attacked by salt - I don't support gritting widely as enviro damage is massive"
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Well, I cycled in on the big bike :)
Going up to Balerno was fine - the roads were dry, though I could see little bit of ice in the gutters in places. Going down through East and Mid Calder I was more nervous as the roads looked damp. No issues though (apart from an entry for the rubbish driving thread which had nothing to do with the weather). The three places where you sometimes get water running onto the road were all dry.Wore a warmer base layer than usual, a pair of thermal 3/4 leggings (over my shorts and under my ron hills) and two buffs, and thought I'd got it about right.
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I don't support gritting widely as enviro damage is massive
I hate to be the one that says it but... The damage is done its a bloody city! See this tarmac the salt is on, it didn't grow there by itself! Even on major roads very little grows by the side of the road due to all the particulate muck that vehicles produce.
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You can smell the salt on the Bingham/Duddingston Road West section of Innocent. Not on the Duddingston Road West - Tunnel section, as this hasn't been treated.
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I could be highly wrong, but won't the bulk of the salt be washed down the drains and then into the sea?
Different story further inland, I 'spose.
Lots is going to land on the verge, but Steveo's already pointed out that land is already the sole preserve of the verdant equivalent of cockroaches.
Apparently it's partially a myth, the nucelar holocaust survivability of cockroaches. They'll do better than us at resisting radiation sickness, but so will all the other insects.
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I'm not hugely convinced much lands on the verge anyway. A814 is always well gritted, but it still ices over at the edge of the tarmac, and it's not an unusually wide road.
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won't the bulk of the salt be washed down the drains and then into the sea?
Yes and no. Runoff from roads goes into storm drains, some of which empty into water courses like the WoL, which empty into the sea. Sanitation from houses and businesses goes into the foul sewer which ends up at the treatment works, and the water empties into the sea.
Of course, all the grit and oil that is included in runoff can't be sent straight into the water course. You have an oil-grit separator first, and that is emptied periodically. But dissolved salt will go right through the system.
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The worst bit I encountered was the old Railway behind Hutchison multistoreys to Hutchison Crossway (entrance to former Fruit Market).
It was gritted for the first section then went straight into sheet ice the full width of the path. Some schoolgirls were sliding all over the place and were kind enough to warn me of the danger. I thanked them then impressed them with my spiky uprightness. I warned a cyclist coming the other way about the ice ahead of him, but he gave me a dirty look. I hope for his sake that Karma didn't get him.
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Citycycling (@urbancyclist)
18/01/2013 07:47
Innocent path. Gritter. Edinburgh Council getting it right on this key route!"
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I got home again just fine :-)
Its a bit chilly in the wind this morning, mind you.Posted 11 years ago # -
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Nigel Shoosmith (@WestfieldWander)
18/01/2013 09:40
Meanwhile, in a civilized country not far away, they get their priorities right and life goes on with no drama at all."
(Old photo but I'm sure it's still happening.)
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My boyfriend reports North Edinburgh path to Silverknowes has been gritted.
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KB just gone above freezing
http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/Weathercam/station/24hours.html
But not much chance of a thaw any time soon.
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North Edinburgh path was fine all the way from Roseburn to Leith this morning. Quite a few people on it too.
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Good view South from here to pentlands. Ominous looking clouds forming up over them and moving quite fast northwards across the city from the southwest.
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Update - colleague out at Gogarburn informs me they've got some snow showers there. Not sure if I'm being wound up.
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Nothing in Falkirk so far but ominous clouds to the East.
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Nice sunset in Bristo Square, which means it's going to be chilly on the way home...
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Its getting dark here... but I think thats a consequence of time not weather.
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Ian Walker (@ianwalker)
18/01/2013 17:00
A lovely pic from @reddit - cycling over ice on Lake Michigan"
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And finally, a bit of snow -
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Had lovely cycle to airth from polmont the other day. Bitter but not too windy. Was kindly given lift back into stiffening wind and the odd flake of snow. Really cold out in Balerno. Sledging tomorrow?
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Yeah, just cycled through a mini-blizzard on the tandem with No.1 son. Great fun! The balloon tyres seem to grip fairly well in about an inch of snow. If it gets very much thicker tomorrow, we'll have to stick to the main roads...
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High class structural snow.
Are the Harrison Parkers out tonight building igloos?
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There was an exploratory expedition around 8ish, but not enough snow yet. Will update tomorrow.
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Footprints on canal - fox I think.
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For a brief moment yesterday evening, while the first snow was falling, drivers were slowing down and driving considerately. Just as well, because the visibility was poor. Made for quite good cycling conditions. This morning, all the idiots were back, driving too fast.
Just now though, with more heavy snowfall, everyone's going slow again!
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Got a bit of sledging done. Not quite enough snow for the full cresta run but nearly and no gigantic ball of ice to break my ribs like the last time
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I've now had my Marathon Winter studded tyres on for 2 days, I can't believe how good they are, yesterday I tried them out on a very icy Lymphoy lane, today on packed snow and ice around Threipmuir/Harlaw followed by the steep icy descents past Clubbiedean/Torduff. It was practcally like riding on a normal surface they were so good. Only slight drawback I've found was when I found myself in a rut worn by cars through the ice, the outer-facing studs were keen to dig into the wall of the rut resulting in a dodgy moment or two until I moved out of the rut and back onto smoother ice.
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