Talk Porty ~ Portobello

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A belated hello to Melanie and to Jon, and an on-time hello to PiP

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Rathbone! Hello again

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It was a rare treat to have all that firewood, I mean driftwood, along the beach!

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Is he ok? Unlucky wee soul!

B & G cycles are fab, aren't they. They did my tyres for free last year even though it required some experimenting, and a hammer

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It was excellent. Loved Commotion (the drummers) too.

Thanks for letting me join the Soupy family enclave

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They might consider that! It's done on the Meadows, after all. I should add that I don't know which lane to use on the Meadows so I trundle along the white line in the middle. The only problem I've had using the Meadows lane is when I'm out at the same time as that baby buggy walking club, who walk ...

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I am sorely tempted to take a stall of bric a brac along to this to clear my cupboards and raise funds for a faster scooter. Nobody needs thirty two little black dresses, not really. Apparently...

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Soooo, what's the upper limit of the 'reasonable force' legally allowed to deter bike thieves..?

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Portobello Regatta 2011 On Saturday 3oth and Sunday 31st July 2011 , Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club will host Rowporty's second Portobello Rowing Regatta, on Portobello beach, Edinburgh's seaside. The regatta races will be held on Saturday, when the skiffs will gather on the sands at the foot...

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Indeed, one of the discos near us was particularly fine, with fun for all the family. Singalongs too, with 'Get the bairn tae haud ma fag an ma can - aye hen dinae finish it all likes - while ah punch her funking pus in' being the favourite. I preferred the view of Inchkeith, and the 'end of the bea...

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Rowporty will be heading up the firth this weekend, taking Icebreaker and Jenny Skylark to the South Queensferry Regatta on Sunday. Races start at 11am and run until about 3pm. All the races are for these St Ayles skiffs, built by each community as part of the Scottish Coastal Rowing Association. So...

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Picked up a couple of the leaflets at the baths yesterday - nice work!

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Portobello beach plays host to the Beach Volleyball Championships this weekend as part of the Scottish season, which runs from May to August. The women's teams will be playing today, then the men's and junior teams on Sunday. The volleyball championships are a Porty favourite, with spectators watchi...

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No, Gorgie City Farms did not donate a sheep as their prize! :-O

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http://www.thebikestation.org.uk/blog/2011/6/9/more-prizes-to-be-won-on-sundays-cycling-event.html Leave your car at home and come join in the fun along the traffic-free cyclepaths of North Edinburgh at the Bike Station’s Postcode Challenge on Sunday 12th June between 10am and 4pm. All ages welcome,...

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BASTARDS

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What's the council's excuse this time? Perhaps they couldn't afford a map that included all of Edinburgh.

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We've just emailed her the link for this!

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Fabulous photos, Wangi!

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Sunday 8th May sees the first Portobello open dinghy race of the season, run by the Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club. Entry to the races is free, and is for all non-motorised sailing craft. Participants should arrive before 1.30pm. Non-members can sign in as temporary members for the races, whic...

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Oh that's bad news, Soupy. Hope the thief fell off it as s/he rode home.

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I'm working on my answers to these questions, just to be ready

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As far as I can remember, the proposal to test beach pathways between King's Road and Joppa was backed by the council dept assigned to us, and put forward formally to management three times with the backing (and funding) of Scottish National Heritage (shifting sand solutions), The Forestry Commissio...

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Is that For Sale sign on Julia's newsagency or on the flat above..?

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OHHH! I wonder if this could include the prom slipways..?

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I'm surprised nobody licked the boat after that! I have some pics of your girl having a shot at rowing Icebreaker later on btw, Soupy. Fantastic photos, Wangi. Sorry to have missed saying hello to you and your wee helper! Huge thanks to everyone who came along to help or to celebrate or to just rela...

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I half half wowed by their foresight, and half gnashing with European cyclepath envy.

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Oh that's interesting, Wangi. Thanks, I'm gonna look into those other projects too now.

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Rowporty is in the media today:

http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2 ... -new-boat/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/201 ... rag-edward

http://outdoors.caledonianmercury.com/2 ... llo/001829

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Mr Soupy is a STAR!!

Guess who gets a bit stuck trying to swerve between those canal path thingies...

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Thanks Bob!

What are the surfaces of those paths like, Soupy? Are they quite cycle-friendly?

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I don't think there's a map in existence that will cure my feeling of being more or less permanently lost.

Bob, is there a way of having the map shown on this thread? The one on the Innertube website is small, but becomes big when clicked, and I don't know how to perform that trick. (/luddite)

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I don't know how many of you local cyclists/ horseriders/ wheelchair users/ pushchair gallavanters/ cross-country skaters are following this project already, but Innertube is a new project from The Bike Station, which is mapping the pathways in and across Edinburgh. There will also be an interactive...

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Please come down to the beach at noon on Sunday 17th April to help us launch our brand new skiff! It's been built by locals here in Porty for community coastal rowing as part of the Portobello Skiff Project (aka Rowporty), an offshoot of the Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club. Rowporty was set up ...

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Sad news. http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/news/14422-pedal-porty-cuts-staff-but-resolves-to-carry-on-growing/ Portobello non-profit group, PEDAL Porty have been forced to make all their staff redundant this week after their latest bid to the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund was unsuccessfu...

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