I seem to remember there was some discussion of the idea of a Common Riding around the boundaries of Edinburgh.
Does anyone know this can to anything?
If there was/is such a ride what would the route be?
Is a bounder ride a good idea?
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A Common Riding?
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Not sure, but I do like the idea of a Bounder Ride - sort of like the Tweed Ride, but more Machiavellian.
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Chdot knows all about the common riding markers for boundary of Musselburgh, and has previously taken us down a bicycle-based tour of the riding markers around the Brunstane burn.
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"sort of like the Tweed Ride, but more Machiavellian"
Cad and Bounder Ride?
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There are probably many definitions of what you could pick to ride.
The old city would be defined by the walls, or you could go for the traditional burgh boundary and do a bit of Leith / Edinburgh history and then realise that a lot of what we now think of as being Leith didn't used to be in the Burgh of Leith. Or you could go for the current City Council boundary which would be comparatively huge to ride.
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@Wilmington's Cow are you offering to organise one?
Not suggesting that you are a cad or a bounder of course... ;-)
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@ kaputnik I like the idea of ride with stops to explore the history of Leith / Edinburgh, that sounds rather fun.
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I bet there would be a lot of takers - issue then being how to deal with numbers...
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Another issue is perhaps route. If it were the City Council boundaries then you've the bypass to avoid, and quite a few path closures in Midlothian to contend with.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Riding the bounds of the burgh of Leith might be more doable.
Posted 11 years ago # -
@cc, ah but then you'd have to define the southern boundary, which can be tricky.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Has this been organised yet!?!? I'm up for a nice ride now......
C'mon!!! Anth!!Posted 11 years ago # -
I regularly do an orbit of Edinburgh - starting at Cramond and follow the coast to Musselburgh, across to Kinnaird Park, Danderhall then wiggle along Ferniehill drive to end at Lanark Road - Balerno - Riccarton - Gogar - Turnhouse- Cramond, as my boundary route.
It's fun and only takes a couple of hours (and you begin and end next to a café)
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@EddieD have you a map for that?
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Danderhall then wiggle along Ferniehill drive to end at Lanark Road
Along the RR "cycle route"?*
* not a cycle route
Posted 11 years ago # -
Kim - no - I just tend to go out and cycle...
I'll try and get one drawn up if you like
Kaputnik - Probably, but I'm a cyclist, I ignore such things :)
Posted 11 years ago # -
Hmm. CTC Lothians are organising this ride:
Sunday, 14 April 2013
10:00 Commonwealth Pool
Circumnavigation of Edinburgh
Easy paced - c40 milesPosted 11 years ago # -
Can I sue for copyright?
:)
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