http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Must be summer en Wed, 13 May 2026 06:05:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230&page=2#post-111865 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:29:53 +0000 Charterhall 111865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've just been googling 1979 weather. It seems it didn't improve. August 1979 saw a storm hit the Fastnet yacht race resulting in 18 deaths. I remember that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230&page=2#post-111794 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:02:31 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 111794@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From reading the wiki sounds like '75 was hot as well, which exacerbated the '76 heat.</p> <p>And snow up to your thighs, with schools still open... Ah yes, had that in the 80s too! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230&page=2#post-111793 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:02 +0000 crowriver 111793@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just edited my previous post as I put '75. not '76 as intended... (Doh!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111791 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:36:32 +0000 Baldcyclist 111791@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'll happily take this cold spring in return for a warm summer, at least it's been dry! Mind you the start of last year was dry too, and it was about this time last year that the rain started, and didn't stop for 6 months...</p> <p>The 70s, yep, endless summers, and snow that came up to your thighs when walking to school (which was still open). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111788 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:25:51 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 111788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_United_Kingdom_heat_wave">1976 Heatwave was so intense it has its own Wikipedia page</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111787 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:24:59 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 111787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'76 was hot hot hot (my mum mentions it from time to time as I was born in the May of that year, so she had a rather heat-uncomfortable newborn for the summer).</p> <p>Swarms of ladybirds on the pavements (as in really, truly proper swarms). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111784 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:19:01 +0000 crowriver 111784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'76 was the drought. '77 very hot summer too, lots of snow in winter. 2000AD came out, Star Wars too.</p> <p>'79, I don't remember the weather being particularly noteworthy. I do recall Ska music in the charts and Quadrophenia at the pictures sparking a Mod revival. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111770 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:29:44 +0000 SRD 111770@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"My recollection of the seventies and early eighties was that all summers were warm and sunny and that the winters were cold with snow good enough for sledging."</p> <p>Yup. Pretty much. </p> <p>My bit of Canada almost as affected by gulfstream as here though, and past two summers have been decidedly dodgy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111763 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:07:54 +0000 fimm 111763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wasn't '79 the year they had a drought? Or was that earlier?<br /> The only thing I remember from '79 is the election of a certian Prime Minister. Mind you I was only 7 years old... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111745 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:25:48 +0000 amir 111745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My recollection of the seventies and early eighties was that all summers were warm and sunny and that the winters were cold with snow good enough for sledging. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111731 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:14:05 +0000 Charterhall 111731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They said on the news yesterday that this has been the coldest spring since 1979. Can anyone remember, what was the rest of that year like ? I'm hoping that somebody will be able to tell us that after the cold spring the rest of the year was glorious !</p> <p>(I was still at school in 1979, it was the year before my O-levels, I've no recollection of the weather. And anyway it was before I became a settler). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111598 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:05:52 +0000 AKen 111598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>CEC have assessed the road condition but it doesn't rank high enough to be resurfaced...</em></p> <p>I don't know how repairs are prioritised but a quiet, dead-end road I use(up past Baberton Mains to Donkey Lane) recently had all the pot-holes fixed - and properly fixed too, not just with tar dumped in them. The stretch of road serves about 5 houses. More often than not, when I use it, there's no motorised traffic at all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111588 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:13:01 +0000 Snowy 111588@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD Me too. Ow indeed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111545 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:02:00 +0000 allebong 111545@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Count this as good news: Freelands road is being resurfaced. Went out to Ratho by the canal this evening and decided to come back this way. There was a rudimentary barrier setup at the Ratho end - didn't think much of it so kept going. Just past the housing estate there's a brand new and very lovely surface been laid down. It runs as far as the farmhouse here:</p> <p><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&amp;ll=55.927859,-3.369587&amp;spn=0.004803,0.013937&amp;t=m&amp;z=17&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=55.927859,-3.369587&amp;panoid=eeGKGx_o01-dL2lhF_mdNA&amp;cbp=12,254.88,,0,1.73" rel="nofollow">http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&amp;ll=55.927859,-3.369587&amp;spn=0.004803,0.013937&amp;t=m&amp;z=17&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=55.927859,-3.369587&amp;panoid=eeGKGx_o01-dL2lhF_mdNA&amp;cbp=12,254.88,,0,1.73</a></p> <p>There's a proper 'road closed' sign at this end, but the work is 99% done, and I slid past easily on the bike:</p> <p><a href="http://postimg.org/image/hipe6s0n5/"><img src="http://s24.postimg.org/hipe6s0n5/IMG_8336.jpg"></a></p> <p>Compare that to the previous surface as seen in google...much better. Hopefully this whole area will be getting redone. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111532 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:46:34 +0000 Greenroofer 111532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@MeepMeep. Just as everywhere in Edinburgh, most of the people in cars are considerate and doing their best. In my video they were coping well with a difficult situation of four bikes spaced out along a narrow road. I ride the route every day, and I'd say that was the norm: it's not pleasant, but most people give enough room. Probably about once a week someone does something a bit stupid, and about once every couple of months I get a fright from something <strong>really</strong> stupid. Even on the ride on this video, though, at about 1:50 (hard to see because it's speeded up) I had to assertively take a very strong primary position because the car behind me was gunning its engine in preparation for trying to squeeze through beside us on the single-track bridge. You'll see it come flying past after we'd crossed the bridge.</p> <p>@chdot: my solution to your suggestion is a single bollard in the middle of that same bridge over the railway. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111528 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:12:08 +0000 MeepMeep 111528@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It looked (and sounded) particularly vicious through the window. For once I'm glad I'm still working at 19:10! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111527 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:06:16 +0000 SRD 111527@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>just got caught in hail on the links. again. this time in shorts and tshirt. OW. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111526 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:58:41 +0000 MeepMeep 111526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My barometer is how busy the changing rooms are and free space (or lack thereof) in/on the bike racks.</p> <p>The abysmal road surface is very evident even on the video but I can't say I'm shocked. More apathetic. Given the quality of some of the repairs on the roads I've seen over the past few months (e.g. "let's dump a load of tar here, lads - it's alright, we'll leave the traffic to pit it down"), nothing short of a complete overhaul of our roads is likely to sort them out. Tempted to say that we've passed the point of no return with many of them.</p> <p>Also wanted to note the nice wide berth the Citroen people carrier gave you all c. 0:51 in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111525 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:47:05 +0000 Dougie 111525@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Must be summer, my shoes were still wet from Monday when I put them on today </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111400 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:42:07 +0000 HankChief 111400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The first thing that needs to be fixed is the road surface on Gogar Station Road. (Once there is a nice surface, then it can be closed to traffic...)</p> <p>CEC have assessed the road condition but it doesn't rank high enough to be resurfaced...</p> <p>Don't know the specifics of how the assessment is done, but I think that not having a bus route going down it counts against it and that no consideration is taken of it being well used by cyclist (and 'rat run' cars)</p> <p>Not a fun road to cycle down in daylight and truly scary during winter commutes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111397 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:42 +0000 chdot 111397@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"quite tricky for cars to get past"</p> <p>Really ought to be closed to motors - just a rat run. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111395 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:16:38 +0000 Greenroofer 111395@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Little bit OT, but the other guide to summer is the number of bikes out. Did this video for a project I'm involved in at work, but I've never seen so many people on bikes on Gogar Station Road: it must be the POP effect (and it being summer!)</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQk9SxgeaZM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQk9SxgeaZM</a></p> <p>It is interesting that with this 'critical mass' on the road, it actually becomes quite tricky for cars to get past. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111260 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:11:06 +0000 lionfish 111260@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just about to cycle home - looks a little damp out there... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111256 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:06:55 +0000 allebong 111256@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was on the train from Glasgow earlier this afternoon. Thought I was coming down with a fever, the sweat was dripping off me like mad and I kept getting those horrible hot flushes that make you want to heave. Just after the ticket inspector had come through she went on the tannoy...."we apologise for the temperature in the front coach, this is due to an air conditioning fault"....so at least it wasn't just me melting down. This was past Linlithgow so there wasn't even any point in moving to the next car.</p> <p>I did rather enjoy the cycle from Haymarket though, for once I welcomed the drizzle. Excellent way to cool off even in cotton clothes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111254 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:51:34 +0000 steveo 111254@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Its not raining yet... </em></p> <p>...is now... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111253 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:51:03 +0000 steveo 111253@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well its doing my grass a world of good. Just need to try and hack it back so I can mow it now. Any one got a goat I could borrow... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111242 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:35:31 +0000 kaputnik 111242@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm hoping this recent combination of sun and showers will be better for the garden than last year's combination of showers and showers </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111239 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:23:41 +0000 MeepMeep 111239@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No scaring the natives, SRD! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111219 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:09:57 +0000 SRD 111219@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just wishing I had shorts (a) it is sticky (b) better for riding in rain, when I remembered that my baggy cycling shorts were here in office. </p> <p>ta da! first shorts-wearing of the year (run for your lives) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10230#post-111204 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:10 +0000 alanr 111204@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hope it's not selfish to wish for rain, but it does give you free cooling on the Lanark Road ascent up to Gillespie Crossroads. I hope we get some decent lightning tonight, and not merely rain. It certainly is nice out there .. </p>