Scotland : Edinburgh & Lothians Pedal on parliament 2014 - 26th April

[Telemark]

That was quite a turn-out, in general and from CC Ecosse
I'll try to remember in the order I came across them ...@snorri, @HJ, @magnatom, @goo_mason, @Scoosh - both sporting CC regalia , @fimm (nice to finally meet you!) at the start and again at Parliament, and @Louch, @ShooglyDougie at the CC Ecosse cake stop ... and finally @Pat "5mph" & @Ellebells & lots of Belles arriving late after too many mechanicals along the way - all fixed ... that's 11 including me (and maybe others we never saw)

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[Louch]

Here's to doubling that number next year I'm seeing a difference between last year and now re cycling space. Keith brown was right to point out how good clackmannanshire has it

 

[Scoosh]

Well we managed to do PoP without any rain ... just.

Great to meet @fimm (looking very glamorous ) before the start but lost her going down the Mile , so I rode with @goo_mason and my friend Adrian (not yet on CC); had chatted to @HJ and the Mighty Magnatom and @Telemark before the start and was delighted to see a hungry-looking @Louch and @ShooglyDougie with a nose for CAKE once at the Parliament; @snorri had come all the way from Inverness - via London but I didn't see any of the Glesga contingent , though I see from a post above that they had some 'issues' along the way , which meant that I returned home with florentines, cheesey biscuits and CAKE , which have mostly managed to survive the evening ...

Good ride for Louch, though not eating enough =

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[Pat "5mph"]

Greetings!
What a day, only done 30 miles, feel like I've been mountain biking on Ben Nevis!
Some Belles never made it in time for Pop, everybody was gone, but we still pedaled to Parliament.
We had a Mexican Belle with us, could not miss showing her Holyrood.
She had a flat, her new spare inner bought with the bike in Barcelona was ripped just as well mine fitted her wheel: we now know that a 26 inner fits a 29er wheel no probs
Lots of other mechanicals on the muddy canal, we also had to take a detour as it was closed off for works at Linlithgow, our starting point!
Got great pictures from the day though See them here.
Lovely to meet @snorri a gentleman in the flesh as in his posts: he never mentioned my less than ladylike muddy hands I was after fixing 3 deflations, no place to clean up.
Nice to meet @fimm too: sorry we never had much time to talk, we were all longing for a hot drink
Apologies too to @DougieAB ( I think it was him, young Dougie anyway) ... I mixed him up with @Cameronmu917772
Well, was trying to get the Belles started on our way, never an easy task!

 

[Louch]

I have made up for the eating since I got home. Was more running out of water as I reached kincardine that bothered me, having grown up in clackmannan though I knew that was a place even my bikes chain would get taken withnthe bike!

 

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Great day! Glasgow to Edinburgh and back, with time for a huge curry and a pint in Edinburgh too.

Great turn out, and very glad it didn't rain.

Best of all, I bagged a KOM on the way home http://app.strava.com/activities/134429810

 

[goo_mason]

Well we managed to do PoP without any rain ... just.

Great to meet @fimm (looking very glamorous ) before the start but lost her going down the Mile , so I rode with @goo_mason and my friend Adrian (not yet on CC); had chatted to @HJ and the Mighty Magnatom and @Telemark before the start and was delighted to see a hungry-looking @Louch and @ShooglyDougie with a nose for CAKE once at the Parliament; @snorri had come all the way from Inverness - via London but I didn't see any of the Glesga contingent , though I see from a post above that they had some 'issues' along the way , which meant that I returned home with florentines, cheesey biscuits and CAKE , which have mostly managed to survive the evening ...

Good ride for Louch, though not eating enough =

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Did you see us all on the news footage tonight? You, me, @fimm, @Louch, @Telemark et al.

Scoosh and I did our annual CC advertising, even though he seemed to be lying down on the job ;-)

David was very laid-back about the whole thing.. by Leith Podcaster, on Flickr

 

[goo_mason]

Here's the main headline on tonight's news:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPtRItRxqfM


@fimm at 1:09 with the balloons on the back of her folder, @Scoosh, @louche, @ShooglyDougie and I can be seen from the back at 01:19 onwards.

 

[Scoosh]

Didn't know my pic was being took !

 

[snorri]

I'm back north of the Highland line now.
It was good to see so many CCers in the flesh, thank you to Scoosh who was there with an excellent sugar boost just when I needed it. To Pat and her Belles whose smiles warmed up a day even after their difficult trip from the West, and particularly to Telemark and HJ for their hospitality.
Well done to the PoP2014 organisers who had gathered an impressive line-up of politicians who now must be more than ever aware of the cycling lobby.
Interesting to see the SNP had their top Transport man in the line-up this year after his deputy got a bit of a slating from the crowd last year.

 

[Scoosh]

Our famous, glamorous @fimm !

 

[Louch]

Keith brown shoud be using clackmannanshire as the demonstration of what can be done. Maybe we are spoiled with the disused rail tracks from the closed mines, but you can now pretty much lap the full county off of the road.

 

[Telemark]

Our famous, glamorous @fimm !

One of mine I am afraid ... Hope you don't mind, @fimm!

 

[Louch]

question for the more in the know members, are invitations for this sent to Cycling clubs? I didnt have anything sent on from Stirling cycing club( who send me emails, but wont let me join their forum) .

 

[Telemark]

@Louch, as far as I know, information is being sent to cycling clubs (all PoP could find, and Scottish Cycling & British Cycling - I know the latter sent an e-mail to all their members). Unfortunately, the PoP organisers very rarely hear back from any of the clubs, and it's up to them what they pass on to their members ...

If some of you are club members, and your clubs didn't send you info on PoP, maybe you want to mention to your e-mail senders that you would appreciate being told about PoP in your newsletters?


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