Taxi drivers (in Glasgow) I never saw one taxi stop at traffic lights without encroaching fully into the cycle space at the front over the last couple of days.
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Taxi drivers (in Glasgow) I never saw one taxi stop at traffic lights without encroaching fully into the cycle space at the front over the last couple of days.
When you have a two lane roundabout with three options, left, straight on or right.
You are in the right hand lane going right.
The car in the left hand lane is not indicating and presumably therefore going straight on.
The car in the left hand lane puts the foot down, takes up half the right hand lane on the roundabout and then moves back out and goes straight on. Luckily you anticipate it and hold back.
Why do people do this? Just go 2/3mph slower and you'll be able to stay in the correct lane without the risk of running folk off the road.:aok:
You could have stopped at that. I've been working in Glasgow for about 3 years now and taxi drivers here are a different breed. They define entitlement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
Roundabout behaviour is probably my biggest driving peeve. It's not difficult yet folk get it wrong all the time. I'm amazed there aren't much more accidents on roundabouts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
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Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
There’s a smallish roundabout near our house that we regularly turn right at, heading home, and this happens all the time. The drivers in the left hand lane seem to think they’re completely fine just taking a straight line across, and apparently it’s their right of way to cut cross the right hand lane the way they act, ********s. One day someone will be badly hurt when 2 cars collide at reasonable speed, all because of selfish driving.
On the round about theme...
On the Calder Road I used to see the odd accident/aftermath every once in a while ... Then a year or so ago they painted nice white lines to create lanes... Now I witness regular near misses and actual accidents on a depressingly regular basis..
It's almost like no markings made people think so tended to merge better, now folks whizz round in 'their' lane and the slightest mistake or bad timing by anybody equals a wee ding.
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The absolute tit in an Audi, it's always an Audi, on Niddrie Mains Road earlier tonight who decided to lean on his horn and shout out his window at the drivers in front of him who were stopped because 2 ambulances were blocking the road whilst they worked on a guy who looked in a pretty bad way on the pavement.
He could see the ambulances, could see why cars were stopped. He just didn't care because he drives an Audi so he's very, very important.
The idiots who think just because you’re on a Vespa you don’t belong on the same road as them. Only fairly recently got a Vespa and already had far too many examples of folk overtaking, and particularly undertaking, when it’s clearly not safe to do so. I’m driving the same routes at the same speeds as I do in the car and it’s night and day the lack of respect scooters get.
Ha yeah that’s so true.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
Some drivers (almost exclusively male) just seem to have size syndrome issue with having to follow a scooter. They will do whatever it takes to get past even if there is patently no where to go.
In a similar vein I had an idiot the other day who took exception to me jumping the huge long queue of traffic on Waverley bridge as I nipped up to the front to await the lights to turn left into princess street then right into St Andrews square.
He started blasting his horn and waving at me like a demented person...I politely ignored him (was tempted to provide a few hand signals back but didn’t).
On the lights going green he swerved out on to the turn right lane and tried to boot it around me to get in front so he could sit at the next red light one scooter space further forward.
What he failed to account for that despite me being just a scooter I can take the corner much tighter and easily got into the lane ahead of him making all his revving, dangerous driving, horn blowing and gesticulating completely redundant.
It was all rather odd.
In Edinburgh. Princess Street pet hate lol
Randolph Cr at Queensferry St theres 3 lanes, right hand to go onto Queensferry Rs, middle lane to go towards Drumsheugh Gds and left lane to go left. The amount of people who still get this wrong even with dashed white lines to help them.
I've got a bit of sympathy for this as the "towards Drumsheugh Gardens" involves a right turn first. It would probably be safer if there were only two lanes; a left turn and a right turn.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
I feel your pain, in general motorbike drivers are amongst the most careful group on the roads, they have to be. What grips my **** is the scooters that are restricted to only do about 25mph. In Germany they actually try and set the traffic lights so that if you drive at the permitted speed limit then you will always have green on the main roads. If you get stuck behind one of these things, you end up having constant red and if you finally get a chance to overtake then they just saunter to the front of the queue that they caused in the first place and starting the whole infuriating process all over again. Does my nut it.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
I constantly make sure I’m driving in the middle of the road on my scooters...I always want anyone overtaking me to have to cross the white line - feel they will take a more serious consideration before they do itQuote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
He do uld have shortened it even further to just taxi drivers to be fair :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Sylar
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Originally Posted by J-C
Not difficult to work out what lane you should be in there.
Travelling from Corstorphine, got to the roundabout at Balgreen Road waiting to turn left towards approach road, it was 08.45 so bus lane was in operation. I was in inside lane and woman pulls alongside in outside lane which is the correct lane for her going towards Gorgie Road. As the break in the traffic comes I start to enter the roundabout going left, she does the same, cuts right across the front of me causing to swerve into the thankfully empty bus lane to avoid her taking my wing off! She was totally oblivious and then proceeded to cut someone else up at the next set of traffic lights too. The woman probably arrived at her destination absolutely clueless as to the incompetence of her driving!
See this so many times, particularly with young women on motorway's in their Toyota Aygo's or similar wee tin cans tailgateing and travelling at ridiculous speeds completely oblivious to the dangers they are putting themselves and their passengers in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silent Boatman
This is not a peeve post. I'm just grinning stupidly at the combination of the content of your post, your screen name and your avatar. They fit perfectly!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Modfather
When you’re looking for a parking space in town, eventually find one, put your indicators on to reverse into it but the clown behind you is so far up your arse they don’t realise that’s what’s happening. Inevitably they get annoyed as they think you’ve just stopped for no reason as they struggle to get round you.
I hope I’ve explained that right but I know what I mean even if nobody else does 😃
It’s quite a hard one that if you’re moving along relatively slowly. The space you need to reverse park into a space is more than the gap most people are realistically going to leave you, especially if you see the space quite late.Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
When other drivers think you can read their minds, they suddenly slam on their brakes when they see a parking space they have passed, put their indicator on and then expect you to be able to reverse even though you have cars behind you!Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Yeah, that’d be annoying if people did that, I’ll need to keep my eyes open for that kind of inconsiderate driver 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by Silent Boatman
****ING INDICATE. ****ers.
Neighbours who park on street, if we all park sensibly we can get the five cars we collectively own in the stretch of road in front of our three houses. This works well until one neighbour regularly leaves too big a gap that you can’t get a car in and cuts the available space down so only four cars can be parked.
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
You could add that to anyone who parks a basic car like they've got a truck that needs yards of space between cars, taxi drivers with the new bigger taxi's are just as bad on the ranks, nudge up and we'll get more on them and stop hanging over the edge blocking the road.
Parents, more often than not mums, who insist on loading and unloading their young kids on the offside of their vehicles.
That is to say the dangerous side, on the road where there is traffic passing by.
Usually leaving doors wide open as they transfer their offspring to safety on the kerb.
When you go to pump up your tyres, the valve is always right at the bottom.
Well obviously, because of the extra weight of the valve …Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
Portobello high street
There’s two lanes as you drive up to Inchview Terrace or going right to Seafield. It drives me mad when people try make it three lanes practically down to Aldi’s :grr:
Doesn't help when you've got buses sitting there waiting ages on their change over blocking a whole lane. Also with the Brighton Pl diversion more people doing left turns towards Harry Lauder Rd, literally making it 3 kanes now.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibee_girl
Drivers that sit in their car, mostly in supermarket car parks, and leave their engine running.
Parked beside a guy yesterday in Asda car park, with his engine running, went and did my shopping returned to my car about 30 minutes later and he's still there, sound asleep and engine still running. Accidentally bumped the horn button on mine gettinto my car.........oops.
I'm no eco-warrior but this is just plain madness to me, remember someone telling me years ago that your car uses a gallon of petrol (4.5 litres to you young-uns) for every 20 minutes it sits idling.
It would need to be some size of engine to go through 3 gallons per hour idling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfiembra
Just googled it and it seems, at worst, up to about three quarters of a gallon/hour which would be about 1 litre for 20 minutes maybe got my units mixed up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killiehibbie
Still madness though.
Usually only becomes apparent as the nights start drawing in, but Cyclops on the road! Folk who drive with only one working headlight on their car.
Was out on Saturday night when we had the dark skies and torrential rain, a young driver thought it appropriate to drive with one headlight on main beam (probably because one or both dipped headlights were out along with her nearside main beam).
Was quite distracting as she was driving so close behind me on the bypass. I slowed to encourage her to pass but she either didn't have the confidence to drive in the heavy rain or she loved sitting on my bumper so was stuck with the dazzling light in my mirrors.
Not sure what you googled but that’s way too high still...some cars will use that amount when doing 40mph for an hour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfiembra
For a standard car (sub 2 litre engine) I can’t see it being more than half a litre an hour if it’s sitting warm at idle without air con. It’s literally just ticking over so consumption will be minimal.
That’s not to say the dude was doing right of course!
On really dark nights on B roads and you see one ( passenger side ) head lamp working. From a distance it looks like a motorbike approaching. Anyone driving like that deserves the book thrown at them. It’s just about forgivable for someone to not know that a rear or brake light is not working but knowingly risking an accident is crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
I’ve done this one before but folk that go through a very late amber or red when I’m sitting trying to turn right. Happened last night at the bottom of the wisp trying to turn right to the Fort - 2 cars went late then a third followed. Incredible - I’m sitting stranded and the cars going from the fort to Niddrie start coming towards me like I’m in the wrong.
Happens all the time there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs
There should be a filter for the right turn coming off the Wisp. I live just off Newcraighall Road and on a Saturday and Sunday turning right from the Wisp is a life threatening endeavour. People jump the light coming up past the Duddingston Fry all the time. It's not even Amber, it's 2 or 3 cars driving through a red light.
Red is the new amber nowadays, there are loads of dodgy red gamblers on the roads.
easy solved if they stick cameras on the lights and jumping a red is an instant £100 and 3 points.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
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I've said for years that a filter should be put there. I'd ask my councillor to request one or find out the reason why it can't be done. Doesn't seem too hard to implement and can be timed to work when required.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Sitting in lengthy queue of traffic westbound on Duddingston Crescent outside the new Porty High, 5pm yesterday.
Watching car after car zooming up the bus lane. Bus lane in operation from 4pm.
Not that I would support such behaviour and it’s a road to be avoided at that time of night but I see why people do it if they are not turning right onto the A1 slip as the bus lane ends and hey presto there is plenty of space in the straight on / left lane.Quote:
Originally Posted by grunt
One lane of traffic for that road / junction is the real madness.
Are there still roadworks in and out of Penicuik? Near Tesco.
Nightmare.
Normally associated with taxis and BMW’s the lack of use of the indicators is rife especially on roundabouts.
Lack of indication is definitely not restricted to one or two types of driver these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by patch1875
I was trying to get out of the retail park at Hermiston Gait this evening and the amount of vehicles coming out of the barriered exit from Edinburgh Park and going all the way around the outside of the r-a-b with zero indication was a pi$$ take.
A long, long two way road that's 40mph. Overtaking isn't really an option.
Why do some drivers vary their speed (yesterday's example) between 28 and 48 for no reason other than they're not very good at driving?
Does ma nut in!
The roadworks at the bottom of Easter road/Lochend Road :grr:
Been said before but Red light runners who prevent you from turning right before the traffic from the other direction comes at you, does my nut in.
The fact that the council (Perth and Kinross) has schedule resurfacing of 500m of the main road in Pitlochry to coincide with 2 of the busiest periods, the Highland Games and the start of Enchanted Forest!!Quote:
Originally Posted by hibee_girl
Regents Road and Waterloo Place are closed to traffic to allow the filming of a Hollywood movie.
Traffic at Abbeyhill all has to go London Road then Leith Street.
Perfect timing with the 4-way lights on East Norton Place and the top of Easter Road.
At least the Festival visitors have all gone home so that it’s only locals and Council Tax payers that have to live with it.
Expect chaos for the next 2 weeks as lots of central streets get closed for this bloody film, more money for this Clowncil.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saturday Boy
Heaping misery on top of misery! It’s absolutely criminal what’s taking place in this city. Unfortunately there’s no accountability for those who sign these things off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saturday Boy
Courier delivery drivers. Not their actual driving but their ability to stop in an instant with no warning, and on the actual delivery service, don't leave a cardboard box in the recycling bin, and use some common sense, if the point on your map doesn't correspond with the postal address on the parcel, check before delivering the item to the wrong person.
I joined the M8 at Hermiston Gait yesterday afternoon. There was a big lorry in the inside lane travelling no more the 50mph and another HGV pulling out to overtake. The overtaking vehicle was struggling to get past and ran alongside the other one for two or three miles till the exit for the M90. Unable to overtake, he braked and fell back into the inside lane to take the exit. I tend to think HGV drivers are experienced and responsible but the performance from this pair was unbelievable.
The ever increasing trend of erseholes pulling wheelies on push bikes whilst in traffic, lately have seen them cycling towards the oncoming traffic doing it.
Happens all the time and the should know better or don't care.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
As I said earlier I just don't let them out these days.
Vans and lorries from the same company playing games doesn't impress me much either. Delivery companies are probably the worst and it's not just Warbiton the manager that's a fanny!
Saughton Road North by any chance?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Meadow Place Road just beyond Tesco was my latest sightingQuote:
Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
Ah, there's been a group of young bucks cycling around Saughton Road, Carrick Knowe & Broomhall the last couple of weeks. A little anti-social behaviour but nothing too serious (and we've all been there).Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Unfortunately for them, their reckless cycling on & off the roads on these dark nights could end in someone getting hurt. Wouldn't wish it upon them but just wonder who the parents would blame/complain to if it did happen!
Driving West towards the Zoo tonight a white Mercedes hatch turning right from Pinkhill decides he’s fed up of waiting and decides to go for the gap in between me and the car in front, about three car lengths, ****in madness. If I hadn’t have slightly anticipated his move as I saw his nose edging out as the car in front passed him I think I would have hit him, my brakes work that’s for sure......phew
Ersehole pedestrians who see you coming then decide to wander across anyway (in the last instance 5 yards away from the crossing) but turn their head away. Next one's getting a sharp toot!
You should live in Pitlochry!! Standard practice of tourists.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Funny you mention Pitlochry, and the enchanted forest in one of the posts at the top, do you recommend anywhere to stay with a good breakfast? Im up in a couple of weeks for the EF with the bairn and missus, going to book a room tonight but a bit of local knowledge would be appreciated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
A bit difficult to recommend places to stay when I live here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibee87
However, depends on your budget, The Moulin Inn, The Old Mill, McKay's and Craigatin House are all supposed to be nice, as is Craigmhor Lodge. Or there are the larger hotels Fisher's, Atholl Palace and Scotland's which are all the same hotel chain. And there's The Hydro hotel, which along with Scotland's and the Atholl Palace have pools. Pitlochry has no Travel Lodge type accommodation other than a Youth Hostel and Backpackers Hostel. Always try self catering, The Moulin Inn has a couple of cottages.
Worth looking at these to help choose. Hope it helps.
https://www.visitscotland.com/destin...accommodation/
https://www.pitlochry.org/where-to-stay/
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotels...nd-Hotels.html
Folk who saunter through car parks oblivious to the cars also trying to negotiate their way through.
folk who can’t park a car straight and end up over one of the lines enough to make the next space unusable.
folk who use parent and child spaces without a child, lazy ****s. Also people who park in the drop off bay at supermarkets.
A few weeks back I'm sitting outside M&S at Craigleith waiting to pick up the missus, a big BMW pulls into a parent and child space, out pops the 2 parents and a girl aged around 14 dressed in Mary Erskine uniform, bloody cheek and lazy gets.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
Appreciated. not really got a budget but been looking at around 100 odd quid for the 3 of us for a night including breakfast. Its a Sunday so driving up the 2nd of Nov and staying over. All I require/would like is a place with nice fry up in the morning and a nice wee bar where I can chill with a few beers before the forest :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
Everywhere will be busy due to the EF event, the buses pick up outside Fishers and across the road from the old Mill. Atholl Palace and the Moulin are further away, 20-30 minutes walk away. I like the old mill for the range of ales on offer but avoid it during October.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibee87
Worse for me is the collection spaces - folk park in them then go and do the monthly shop.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
And the number of disabled spaces - seems disproportionate to the number of disabled people (and the majority lie empty). Is there a ratio of disabled spaces per car park?
I’m sure there is, but I don’t know what it is. I guess that if it is a big car park like a Tesco Extra or a big Asda then there will be loads, because the car park itself is huge. So, no difference in relative terms but what appears a large number in absolute terms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs
I also imagine there is nothing to stop a car park provider going over the ratio, should they choose.
Should be parent and toddler spaces, not parent and child spaces.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
To solve it, they should put them further away from the shop. That way people who actually need them for the extra space to get small children out still get the space and lazy aholes, don't use them.
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Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
I think as well as offering extra space to manoeuvre, they are located close to the shop so that people with babies and toddlers don't have to walk all the way across the car park where some people, probably those who park in spaces they shouldn't, drive like total dicks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
I suppose a solution could be to locate P&C spaces well away from the store but put a pedestrian only walkway in place to provide safe passage.
That’s the critical thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
A good few years ago now for me, but you find yourself pushing a fully loaded trolley, a young child on one hand and a younger child in the basket chair of the trolley. You’ve got to get both children into child seats and then get the shopping into the car and if you are conscientious, move the trolley to the bay, if you feel comfortable leaving them alone for the thirty seconds that will haunt you for ever if anything went wrong! And all the time being wary of a boy racer gunning it down the lane and taking out you and/or your trolley.
Parking with children is a nightmare but anyone who does anything to make it worse deserves flogged, shot, or perhaps flogged and then shot.
Might have mentioned it already but radio adverts with horns irritate me. I'm convinced it's dangerous.
That beep beep advert is beeping infuriating.
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Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
I have noticed some places have started to specify along these lines, however it seems to be ignored/abused by the same people anyway.
Totally agree, they really should ban the use of car horns in radio adverts!Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedy
Oh and sirens...I've no idea how it's even legal to have these on the radio.
A long time ago a family took a last space. Two children about 8 & 11 jumped out as I was pushing my infant past and got humpty when I pointed out they were dicks.... Both children were perfectly mobile. Dad just too lazy to walk....Quote:
Originally Posted by Onceinawhile
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I’d wondered that myself. I’d imagine there’ll be a law where if one in twenty folk have a disabled badge for example that one in fifteen or so spaces will be required to be disabled (obviously I’m just plucking the figures out the sky).Quote:
Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs
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Originally Posted by calumhibee1
The Department of transport recommends that where car parking provision is in excess of 50 spaces 4% should be reserved specifically for people with disabilities. In smaller car parks at least one space should be provided. Where possible reserved spaces should be provided within 50 metres of a point of entry to the development.
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Cheers Scouse.
Folk not using greenways out of hours. Milton road is a favourite for this.
This. And you're right about Milton Road.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
And then drivers get humpty because you've driven past them.
Maybe they all got the same advice I was given on the helpline 25 years ago, the advice given was just to keep out of them at all times. It certainly made for an easy lunchtime run along Glasgow RdQuote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
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Originally Posted by grunt
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Originally Posted by Killiehibbie
There is now a bus lane camera in operation on the greenways at Milton road heading towards the crossroads with Sir Harry Lauder road just about 200yds from the lights. That will catch out a few queue jumpers during the hours of operation.
Halfords Autocentre - don’t touch them with a barge pole. Bunch of crooks.
Being stuck behind someone at a roundabout that doesn't understand when it's clear to go. :confused:
Driving in general whether it be roundabouts or give way at junctions etc,some people seem to take an age to process what is happening around them and have to come to a complete stop before they can actually process that the road is clear and was as they approached it which could clearly be seen.
Sorry... :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfiembra
I moan at her all the time for it!
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2 in 1 here, pedestrians at zebra crossings.
1. The ones that just walk over without stopping to make sure it's safe to do so.
2. The ones that start on the crossing but veer away at an angle and take twice as long to cross.
When I was across in August I drove in from the airport to the middle of town. It was the first time I've driven in Edinburgh in nearly 15 years and It was dark, pishing down and the roads were busy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
It was basically impossible to drive correctly/safely while at the same time looking for and deciphering the signs with the greenways time info.
Drivers who think they are alone on the road and completely disregard others, examples include slowing down to a crawl to look at door numbers, then stopping, then almost instantly moving off again at a snails pace. Then they decide they will do a uturn, no indication, no looking in mirrors just manoeuvre whenever suits them. It’s like they are in a different universe, absolutely no awareness of anything else around them.
Calder road is a shambles for this as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
Coming into town the amount in the bus lane, the amount of people who have tried to cut the nose off my car turning in past stenhouse primary from the outside lane is too many to count.
Then they have the cheek to give you abuse for being in a bus lane. Idiots.
Aside from heading to the Gyle from Fife for work, I hardly ever drive in Edinburgh and it's a nightmare at night if you're not sure of the roads and layouts, even more so with the 20 limits that aren't applied consistently across the city.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
Traffic in town today was just scandalous. Roadworks at the top of Hanover St been there for 2 weeks now, traffic tailed all the way to George IV Br with cars etc, blocking traffic on Princes St. Usual chaos at Picardy Pl area and traffic jams at the foot of Nth Br due to the usual nonsense at the Balmoral with dozens of buses taxis and cars, plus Leith St heading towards Leith. This city and Clowncil are just a joke and need emptied.
Tractors that leave mud all over the road. Heading to work this morning in Blairgowrie; two tractors came out of a field just before Meigle and I couldn't see the road for the amount of mud on the road.
How do you expect them to get from A to B?Quote:
Originally Posted by StevieT
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Originally Posted by Peevemor
Despite growing up in Edinburgh, passing my test there etc, I have lived away now for fifteen years. If I do come in it is by train the vast majority of times. Negotiating the road changes that have taken place over time is a nightmare. I’m reasonably comfortable with my usual route into ER or getting into Ocean Terminal or the surrounding area but anything else would have me wary.