Grendel
Veteran
Confirmed by Network Rail today.
The section between Drumgelloch and Plains will shadow the A89, but will be separated in some way. Not clear yet as it is apparently at the planning stage.
airdrie to bathgate cycle path
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The section between Drumgelloch and Plains will shadow the A89, but will be separated in some way. Not clear yet as it is apparently at the planning stage.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
I have always done that - I learned very early on that if you wedge it a certain way then it will be unlikely to fall over due to the motion of the train (it's happened 3 times in about 15 years).
It never ceases to amaze me just how many people I see who never realise this and have their bikes either blocking another area (such as the seats), or they just stand glakitly beside their bike for the entire journey not realising. I ued to try and explain to people, but they obviously were too dense to realise what I was saying.
I go and sit down near to the bike and only get up to change what side it is on depending on the next station (or on the VERY rare occasions I hear a 'Crash'). If they want to stand like an idiot, let them - more seats for the rest of us.
Had this the other day there - I was sitting opposite a guy holding a shiny new white Boardman thingy and tried telling him. He just said 'Yep' and continued to sit there holding it all the way, the ****ing eejit!
primalgeek
Active Member
- Location
- Livingston
I did part of this route today... see http://connect.garmi...tivity/82533846 for the route I took.
In general the surface of the new path is excellent quality and is both wide and smooth. Signage is very poor tho'; For those of you who do NCN75 from East to West as you approach the new / upgraded section of railway at Bathgate will come across 3 NCN75 signs ( 1 obviously points back the way you came
) with 1 pointing left and the other pointing right... take the left one!!! I initially didn't leading to about 15-20 mins of being lost in Bathgate. Another point to note is when you see a sign for Flood around the blackridge area, heed it as this seems more of a permanent feature and at this point stay away from the right (east to west) side of the path.
I followed the cycle path upto Plains and then just stuck to the road, so I have no idea where it goes after that. However, right before I turned off Cairnhill Road in Airdrie, I saw another NCN75 sign that I haven't notice before which calls for some more investigation another day.
In general the surface of the new path is excellent quality and is both wide and smooth. Signage is very poor tho'; For those of you who do NCN75 from East to West as you approach the new / upgraded section of railway at Bathgate will come across 3 NCN75 signs ( 1 obviously points back the way you came
) with 1 pointing left and the other pointing right... take the left one!!! I initially didn't leading to about 15-20 mins of being lost in Bathgate. Another point to note is when you see a sign for Flood around the blackridge area, heed it as this seems more of a permanent feature and at this point stay away from the right (east to west) side of the path.I followed the cycle path upto Plains and then just stuck to the road, so I have no idea where it goes after that. However, right before I turned off Cairnhill Road in Airdrie, I saw another NCN75 sign that I haven't notice before which calls for some more investigation another day.
