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Patching and Stockbridge

Posted by dave_a_f on 5 August 2007 in English.

Having recovered the use of my right eye after the wasp I finally got around to fixing the hole that Ferry Road had developed and while I was at it sorted out the Silverknowes Golf Course. Took a walk around to see where the boundary to the football pitches was.

Now must get the pitches on and the Community Wood and the caravan park.

Had a go at Stockbridge colonies. orig intended to have the streets named but flagged to not render(although each one access the upper storey of one terrace and the lower storey of the next so is really two names)and would have had the buildings named. That way SatNav would find a street near enough and rendered map would have readable name.

In the end opted to put names on streets for now so they are not quite accurate but near enough.

Royston wasps and Potholes

Posted by dave_a_f on 31 July 2007 in English.

Continued from Granton/Boswall to West systematically working through Royston towards West Pilton and the bad lands.

Kept meeting a Police van and I could see they were suspicious but in fact the only problem was the wasp strike on the way home.

Got it all wayed and tagged even if I have one very bleary eye.

Much safer to use Potluck and the aerial images though judging by the potholes someone has left in Ferry Road at Pilton it may not be a way to achieve quality. I will get round to fixing it in a day or two if no one does it before.

I think this stuff is nearly as adictive for me as Spider Solitaire is to my better half.

Darkest Barnton

Posted by dave_a_f on 30 July 2007 in English.

Got round to exploring the darker recesses of Barnton and putting the streets on the map. I really wonder how the people whose houses border the cycleway got leave to build on what was originally a road leaving it a bit tight for two bikes meeting!

Must get time to fix Silverknowes Golf Club which has annexed a number of football pitches and a Community Woodland.

SQ and Dalmeny

Posted by dave_a_f on 28 July 2007 in English.

Took a look at the road to SQ and Dalmeny from A90 to see how the cycle route was tagged. Found it wasn't so did some tidying and put in road number.
Moved on to have a look around Dalmeny and SQ as I lived there for 7 years or so.

Found Dalmeny well mapped except for Main Street having no name so fixed before going to follow main road to SQ.

Found that the person who did mapping had got out of step with his notes. So took a trip down memory lane and fixed as many as I could see were wrong.

Still learnt a few new techniques - its always good to see how others do things

Mapping Dumfries

Posted by dave_a_f on 26 July 2007 in English.

Spent a merry afternoon riding along every road in the Troqueer and Broomlands area. Will be a lot of fun sorting it out with the street names noted in my usual scrawl.

Finished with a trip along the new Maxwellton Railway Path part of N7 though it comes into the town centre as N7, Byway, KM trail and CTC Glenkiln Loop. so that lot will be fun to tag