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Edinburgh_CTC_Riding_Group· Edinburgh CTC Riding Group
My 'round town' bike was stolen from the Water of Leith path by the Saughton allotments on 22 Dec. I'm offering a £60 reward for info leading to its recovery....
Going with the orange theme....(it is this year's colour by the way) This month's, and first for 2012, Short Sunday Run will take place on 15th January...
Sorry I sent it out without the title --- having a few problems with the server.... This month's, and first for 2012, Short Sunday Run will take place on 15th ...
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philip rankin
philiprankin@...
Jan 3, 2012 7:46 pm
Happy New Year to all and apologies for the late notification Tomorrows run is to Harburn from Slateford /Water of Leith. Given the unsettled nature of the...
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Marion Lawson
m.a.lawson@...
Jan 3, 2012 9:08 pm
Hi Folks I found out last week that the Cafe at the garden centre in East Calder has closed. I met one the girls who used to work there and she gave me the...
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Peter Martin
mr.petermartin@...
Jan 3, 2012 11:39 pm
Hilary - (and everyone else) Have a look at this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/audioslideshow/2012/jan/02/1948-london-olympics-cycling-audio-slideshow I...
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hilary.maxfield@...
Jan 4, 2012 7:53 am
Thanks for that, Peter. Very interesting and nostalgic. I spent many hours as a young child playing in the stands at Herne Hill, whilst my father trained. ...
Hope everyone in the small select and slightly deranged group out today got home safely, thanks Philip, it was strangely enjoyable in that masochistic past the...
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philip rankin
philiprankin@...
Jan 4, 2012 11:08 pm
Thanks to all the stalwarts who came out today. The weather was exactly as forecast so no complaints !. Thanks also to Bobby who guided us from Harburn to...
CTC Saturday run 07/01/2011 Hello all The Saturday forecast is presently Sunny, West wind 19mph gusting to 35mph, which is a lot less than of late, and 6...
If anyone has one of the above going spare, I am in desperate need of one, either 34 or 36 teeth, I would consider as low as 32 but would prefer one of the...
Liz Spa cycles carry extensive Stronglight stock, I found an 86BCD 34 Zircal ring on their website for £13, plus £3 carriage. Not the easiest site to...
Further to my posting of Christas Eve (see below)the date should, of course, have been said to be the 11th of March (being the Sunday). I really must stop...
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kerray james
JimKerray@...
Jan 8, 2012 3:15 pm
Ahoy, I intend having the first Mundane run of the New Year tomorrow. For what it's worth the F/Cast looks like a 2 application sunscreen affair with, winds 9...
This Wednesday's run leaves from Roseburn Path at 10 am, heading for Linlithgow, though we should probably all be attending the protest at St Andrews House...
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Peter Martin
mr.petermartin@...
Jan 9, 2012 7:02 pm
Dear All, On Sunday morning Caroline slithered out of the shower and did herself no good at all. I always said personal hygiene is a dangerous business. On ...
Thanks to all who helped with this, I eventually got Jim by e-mail, and I'm fairly sure the numbers given were those I had and which are no longer current as...
Amnesty Greetings cards campaign Drop in on Sunday 15 Jan from 4pm onwards, to write cards in support of Amnesty prisoners of conscience, as part of the winter...
Don't know whether it's anything to do with Friday the 13th but there were two bits of bad news on the radio this morning: The P&J is going fully tabloid from...
Whoops almost forgot... So the run is from our usual starting place opposite the commonwealth pool at 10am and going out to Bolton for 12:30 ish. I'm working...
As promised here is the route in more detail 10:00 Holyrood Park Road opposite Commonwealth pool 10:30 Dalkeith for toilet stop then over the hill to...
Looks a bit like a train timetable. Is the leader liable to be fined if the stages are not reached at the correct times? Only joking, not criticising! As a...
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Peter Hawkins
peterhawk@...
Jan 14, 2012 12:59 pm
Good idea Mike, I mean to spend some nights there. Will they still be open though? Usually when one hears about possible closure, it's already happened. I've...
This may be bad news, but it is also old news, having been announced at the end of November 2011. Five hostels in total are earmarked for closure. Melrose...
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kerray james
JimKerray@...
Jan 14, 2012 9:19 pm
Ahoy, Stuck my head round the door in the passing and, was informed that they 'expect' the Cafe to be open under new management from 28/1/12. Whether the...
She's breakin up Captain and can't take anymore.... I've cautioned you before about throttling back on the power a bit Jimmy, these vintage systems just canna...
As is the norm with any well run and carefully planned exercise I managed to loose almost the entire group within 200 metres of the start today. That must be a...
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Peter Martin
mr.petermartin@...
Jan 14, 2012 11:10 pm
Jimmy - That's bad luck but at least you didn't come off the bike. That looks like a Stronglight 80 or 99 crank, am I right? Fifty-seven years ago, my left...
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John & Joyce Cheesmond
jcheesmond37@...
Jan 14, 2012 11:46 pm
Dear Jimmy, You’re right, the quality of right hand cranks has never been the same since the fifties. Marion’s experience aside, my only recollection of...