Presumably they're breaking at the hole you use most often? Perhaps glue a stretch of the leftover strap from a previous watch to a new one, spanning the potential break point, with a notch cut out to let the pin sit normally (but possibly gluing a small washer over the hole, between the straps).
Access restrictions to side _roads_ are noted, but not the path running beneath. The next nearest step-free access points are the Hawkhill Avenue slope to the east and Findlay Gardens to the west.
Medium-term (100 days) roadworks are due to start soon (9th-17th March) on Restalrig Road, with Phase 4 from Prospect Bank Gardens to Alemoor Park potentially affecting the steps and slope connecting the Restalrig Railway Path.
#EdTravCyc
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/road-project....
Photo from 23/02/2008 of a tree beside the Innocent Railway where a fallen section of tree looks a bit like the Xenomorph queens's extended, crested skull, protruding from between some spreading, outreaching branches which look a bit like arms.
It's gone now, but there used to be a tree between Duddingston Loch and the Innocent path which lookedvery slightly like the Xenomorph Queen...
Photo of the zigzag slope connecting the Restalrig Railway Path cycle/walking path to Hawkhill Avenue, Edinburgh.
GLASS WARNING on the Hawkhill Ave slope to the Restalrig Railway Path. Most of it removed but a few bits embedded in ruts in the tarmac. #EdTravCyc
FixMyStreeted in the hope that @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social can send a mini brush-wagon along there to clear it up.
Lots of glass on Chancelot path, south of Ferry Road, near Dalmeny Road. Seems like some glass recycling bins have been rolled down slope #edtravcyc @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
Photo of two vans parked partially on the Restalrig Railway Path just clockwise from the Seafield St access point.
#EdTravCyc Restalrig Railway Path constricted between Seafield Street and Findlay Gardens by tree-trimming/felling/chipping people and vehicles.
Photo of the remains of a play park in the remains of an outdoor sea-filled swimming pool on Prestwick beach.
Also #EdTravCyc there was a big icy puddle at the bottom of the slope from the Restalrig Path down to Leith Links, though this has perhaps thawed by now.
Photo of an half-frozen puddle on the Goldenacre Path, looking north.
Screenshot of Google Maps showing a pinata the icy puddle on the Goldenacre Path.
#EdTravCyc ICE WARNING on the Goldenacre Path, beneath the puddle at the bottom of the slope from the playing fields. St Mark's Path bridge also a bit frostyslippy.
Photo of a BRAVILOR BONAMAT industrial coffee filter machine, with a BRAVILOR BONAMAT jug filled with coffee under the filter and another BRAVILOR BONAMAT jug filled with coffee on the hotplate on the top.
Somewhere in an alternative present, steam-extracted coffee was never invented and we still have to make do with a polystyrene cup of filter coffee of an unspecified origin from a simple glass BRAVILOR BONAMAT jug, where you could only hope that it was poured from the fresh jug at the bottom.
Age verification?
I remember when 20p pieces were launched, before pound coins, when the 5p/10p/50p were still big and when halfpenny pieces were still in circulation, with the manually-applied price stickers on goods in shops still sometimes specifying half-pence prices.
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- two cotton handkerchiefs
- small squeezy bottle of hand sanitiser
- 20 assorted bicycle lock/house/garage/shed keys in a small leather key pouch
- Endura Humvee ¾ baggy cycling shorts
- two packets rough oatcakes
...and any parked on a footway, blocking a dropped kerb, or just anywhere selfish.
Post a sign from your country that tells a story about how they treat their roads...
Some important clarification here from @cyclinguk.bsky.social on submitting close-pass video evidence to the police
www.cyclinguk.org/blog/it-wort...
A large group of people, including children, on bikes of all sizes cycle through a green space. The text reads: Pedal on Parliament - Save the date: 30th May 2026, 11.30am - #PoP26 - Meadows to Holyrood on closed roads, for a cycle-friendly Scotland
We’re back - Save the Date! In 2026 we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-friendly Scotland, on Sat 30th May at 11.30am - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, Edinburgh on closed roads.
#ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #pop26
Pedal on Parliament is back
Pedal on Parliament (PoP) is a movement to persuade politicians to make the roads safer in Scotland for cyclists. Their strapline is "We're pedalling to make Scotland a cycle-friendly country!" In this election year they are planning a protest ride on 30 May 2026 at…
Aaarg now the tune is in my head.
We've been made aware of malicious QR codes being put on some of our parking ticket machines around the city.
Please do not scan these. If you see any please report them to us.
The item-to-the-ear reminded me of the patch-me-in Cameron-mocking meme, which I have just horrified myself by reading that it was eleven years ago... www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
"This has already been reported to us and a roads inspector has assessed and categorised it for repair."
The (slightly diminished) Band
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Dropping Muses
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CRATER WARNING on Seafield Road eastbound between the level crossing and Seafield Street. Recently significantly worsened in the cold weather and by heavy traffic turning left out of Marine Esplanade. Reported to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social under 102000111365. #EdTravCyc
Where the road priorities change, I hope there'll be speed bumps/raised tables/rumble-paint. I hope the turns on (particularly two-way) cycle channels will be a bit wider. I hope it'll be useful/easy/findable enough to have been worth doing to avoid a couple of narrow paths under bridges.
As for the New Bit, offering an alternative for a bit of the canal, I hope it has plenty of repeater signs on lampposts so that it's easy to follow. The canal is one of the nice thick purple lines on the @spokes.org.uk map - signifying freedom from junction choices and pestering by motor vehicles.
From Fountain Park direction to the canal is a two-step pain (or get off and walk). Canal to eastbound to Semple St likewise. Lochrin Square looks to have been entirely ignored as a thoroughfare. Also, tweak either the taxi rand or bus stop so that they're not quite so likely to gum things up.
It looks a bit like someone had heard of cycle-priority roundabouts, but then applied it to the wrong sort of junction which isn't a roundabout and on which they clearly prioritise cars. It's removed the desire-line pedestrian crossing from outside Loudon's to the more easterly canal access point.
