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On 22 May, 17:50, Chris Malcolm <c...@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> Previously known as the Adventure Centre, renamed the Edinburgh
> International Climbing Arena after the takeover by Edinburgh Leisure,
> this is finally opening to the public after sundry delays on Friday
> 25th May. It has in fact been open to climbers with restricted
> facilities and hours for several weeks, and is now closed pending the
> final official opening.
>
> Their official web site also seems to be afflicted with delays, since
> it doesn't yet know about this opening :-)
>
> http://www.edinburghleisure.info/
>
> The details can be found in this Edinburgh Leisure newsletter, which
> seems to be accurate apart from the spelling of "renovations: :-)
>
> http://www.edinburghleisure.co.uk/list-291
>
> Note that that this opening weekend of 25-28 May features all sorts of
> special fun events for kids, which some grown ups may prefer to avoid
> :-)
>
> As a great enthusiast for this project I'm doing my bit to improve the
> publicity for this opening by advertising their Aerial Assault Course,
> previously known before Edinburgh Leisure's takeover as the Skyride of
> the Adventure Centre. Although it tends to be seen by parents as
> something for the kids, I've taken several older adults round it, all
> of whom have been surprised and impressed by how much they enjoyed it.
>
> So here you go, a photographic tour of the Aerial Assault:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_malcolm/sets/72157600232754720/
>
> (It should be noted that although some of these photographs were taken
> on the Skyride itself (as it then was), taking a camera on the Aerial
> Assault would require special permission and prior arrangement which
> would probably require some attestation of both photographic and rope
> access skills, and the new "improved safety facilities" probably means
> is no longer possible anyway :-)
>
> Apart from the generally poor publicity which this place has always
> suffered from, it has also suffered from poor public service
> access. The nearest bus for example is the Lothian Busses X48 which
> runs from Waverley to Ratho. You have to get off at Ratho Bridge and
> take a twenty minute walk along the unsignposted north side canal path
> to the place. It is to be hoped that by the time they re-open on the
> 25th May the stairs up from the canal path to the Arena will have a
> more encouraging signpost than the "Construction Site! Keep Out!
> Danger!  Falling Rocks!" with which they have been encouraging canal
> path entrants to date :-)
>
> Bus access will improve, because they have surfaced the car park and
> built a bus stop in it, and have got agreement for the X48 service to
> be extended to it, but AFAIK there isn't yet a date for when that will
> start operating.
>
> Cyclists may like to know that you can cycle out to it on the Union
> Canal path from Fountainbridge in Edinburgh.
>
> --
> Chris Malcolm        c...@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk              DoD #205
> IPAB,  Informatics,  JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
> [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

I live relatively close to the EICA and have recently seen a new local
bus service on the Newbridge / Wilkieston road (B7030).  So 'new' that
they are only now putting up bus stops and I'm not finding anything in
Google on the service.  The bus is going to St John's Hospital which I
did notice but I didn't register the company running it
unfortunately.  As there is a good bus services to both Newbridge and
Wilkieston this looks useful.

I'll see if I can find some more information on this and post it when
I do.

Rob