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Thanks for that, would never have known about it otherwise!

I think lack of publicity is what killed the last iteration of it too.

Z


"Chris Malcolm" <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message 
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> 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        cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk              DoD #205
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>