HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Oh I see what you mean now, I must of been in a rush when I typed it.
CC Ecosse ride June
- Thread starter Coco
- Start date
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HJ
Cycling in Scotland
- Location
- Auld Reekie
Sorry can't make it this time...
HJ
Cycling in Scotland
- Location
- Auld Reekie
Sorry can't make it this time...
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Yip, but trains cost money.Telemark said:
HLaB, there are trains to Glasgow too (and in all directions from there onwards) ...
That's what I would use if I wasn't otherwise engaged
T
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
Just been checking out my childcare - none available.
I'm having no bloody luck getting on any rides so far this year. In the words of Kevin the Teenager - "IT'S SOOOOOOO UNFAIR!!!"
I'm having no bloody luck getting on any rides so far this year. In the words of Kevin the Teenager - "IT'S SOOOOOOO UNFAIR!!!"
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Unemployed Student Fifer'sTelemark said:That's the Fifer in you.. in that case you could cycle all the way
How far would that be (just out of interest)
T
IIRC its about 50 mile to Glasgow (100 there and back) + the 40 mile forum ride a bit too much giving my current state of fitness.
HLaB said:
I fondly remembered an ex work colleague when you did your "Fifer" thing - he was just the same (and proud of it), makes me smile 
.Speaking of current state of fitness (and going off topic - apologies to Coco
) - have any of you cycled the wee road between Polton and Loanhead, across the river North Esk? That would make a nice "test" for a future CC Ecosse ride 
, very picturesque but you pay for the nice downhill bit . HJ and I went along there last weekend after a ride out in Midlothian and thought we'd see what it's like - there was a wee cue in the chevrons on the OS map ... HJ was ahead of me and stopped with one last climb to go ... I'll never know if I would have made it all the way to the top, as I stopped too ... Must try again at some point, unfinished business!
T
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Telemark said:I fondly remembered an ex work colleague when you did your "Fifer" thing - he was just the same (and proud of it), makes me smile
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Speaking of current state of fitness (and going off topic - apologies to Coco) - have any of you cycled the wee road between Polton and Loanhead, across the river North Esk? That would make a nice "test" for a future CC Ecosse ride
but you pay for the nice downhill bit
Must try again at some point, unfinished business!
T
I don't think I have, I didn't realise there was any picturesque parts of Bonnyrigg.
HLaB said:
It's well hidden from non-locals
Polton Bank - Polton Road (across river in centre of map is the low point)
Google StreetView doesn't quite do it justice ...
or maybe this shows it a bit better
T
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I saw it on Memory Map it looks fairly steep, did you do it east to west or visa versa?Telemark said:It's well hidden from non-locals
Polton Bank - Polton Road (across river in centre of map is the low point)
Google StreetView doesn't quite do it justice ...
T
HLaB said:
We went east to west (Polton to Loadhead), the other way seems to have a couple of slightly flatter "steps" on the way (as far as I remember).
You could always try it both ways and report back here
It's fun finding a hidden inverse hill quite close by
...I'll take photos the next time (oops that involved stopping
, the really pretty bits are along the river at the bottom where it's flat, and the view from the E side across to the W bank, full of flowering hawthorn bushes)found a better map here (OS 1:25,000)
T
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Not always the most accurate but according to MM, east to west it looks like this, we could set up a nice loop via Roslin:
