the nail trail has been like that since I first found it - but I haven't been down it for a year or so so I don't know if its getting worse.
Needs some drainage in a few places - I am tempted to have a go at some trail repairs - a few other places in the pentland where half an hour with a folding spade could make a difference by getting the water away from the trail
No, the damage I saw was after the western loop joins onto the main path, lower down.
The only but I can think off after that is the open section under the pylon where it's quite muddy at the moment. All the rest seems pretty much the same as ever.
Not going to endear us to whoever it was laying the nail traps in the first place
Is that where the Nail Trail name comes from then? I've often wondered.
Yeah, me and a friend found a foot long section of plank with loads of very long nails hammered in it buried in the mud. We didn't invent the name though, we stuck with our usual naming convention of "that bit of trail that runs from that road near Harlaw down to Balerno where John found those nails".
Epicsteve, don't mind me, I get a bit precious about that trail. The damage I'm talking about is just a couple of corners that are getting a bit cut up (the grassy ones a little bit down from the pylon).
I don't know if there is much you could do to improve the drainage. I had a look at some bits near me but the area was very flat and soggy in general so there was nowhere for the water to go. If I remember right the nail trail is similar. I got lost there a couple of weeks ago, think I came down a wood that runs parallel to the usual bit. Remember going under a pylon.
Yep, I went down there a wee while back in one of the thaws, decided not to ride most of it so had a walk instead and thought about ways to fix it... The wet patches are wet because of where they lie, mostly, so it'd need to be surfacing or rerouting rather than cutting drains, and that's more of a grey area IMO. Same in Pistachio, the trail runs directly through a sump.
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