http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Odd: suspect 'wearing a cycling shirt' en Thu, 21 May 2026 19:21:52 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240634 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:05:10 +0000 Rob 240634@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"The suspects arrived in a white Skoda Rapid ... wearing a blue cycling top"</em></p> <p>I was sure it was going to be Wiggins. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240612 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:36:12 +0000 I were right about that saddle 240612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@douglas</p> <p>See also great Scots word 'happit'.</p> <p>@fimm</p> <p>Snoods still a thing. I live with a snoodsmith. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240610 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:34:23 +0000 SRD 240610@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lucy Maud Montgomery references them in one of her books, as I recall. Or Louisa May Alcott? </p> <p> I just thought it was funny in this context. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240604 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:51:28 +0000 dougal 240604@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Snood goes back to at least Old English and then gets lost. I have recently discovered the venerable item of '<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/the-book-of-haps/patterns">hap</a>' which opens the world to a great degree of wordplay. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240601 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:33:45 +0000 fimm 240601@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Snoods were a thing when I was a teenager - a knitted tube, much looser than a buff, usually worn either round the neck or in the cowl style covering the head and coming down to the neck. My Mum liked hers because it kept her ears nice and warm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240582 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:29:25 +0000 I were right about that saddle 240582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's to their credit that their subconscious minds clearly wanted to be caught and punished. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240581 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:25:13 +0000 sallyhinch 240581@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The fools, they should have done it on bikes, not just in cycling gear, then they would have been invisible... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240580 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:21:02 +0000 Frenchy 240580@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>'snoods'? </em></p> <p>Buffs. Think it's a portmanteau of scarf and hood, with an extra n just to confuse me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240579 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:04:04 +0000 SRD 240579@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'snoods'? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-240578 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 20:38:48 +0000 chdot 240578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>But, the 31 year-old helped get himself caught after being clocked buying distinctive cycling gear worn during the attack.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/man-jailed-for-horror-knife-attack-in-edinburgh-city-centre-1-4336293" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/man-jailed-for-horror-knife-attack-in-edinburgh-city-centre-1-4336293</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-226219 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:30:48 +0000 Nelly 226219@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Always wondered what Lance was up to these days. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-226215 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:12:46 +0000 dougal 226215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, he was the guy that shot up the Gauntlet! I remember that, a good friend of mine used to live on that square in Broomhouse. I'm not trying to say he's glad that he no longer lives there ... actually yes that's exactly what I'm saying. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-226210 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:47:43 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 226210@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/crime/gangland-slash-run-attack-caught-8507896" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/crime/gangland-slash-run-attack-caught-8507896</a></p> <p>From the photos at the bottom, the police are right - I guess back pockets are as handy for concealing chibs as they are for carrying tubes or gels. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-226209 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:47:34 +0000 chdot 226209@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Could be Team Sky. </p> <p>Previously -</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/man-slashed-during-disturbance-near-princes-street-1-4187701" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/man-slashed-during-disturbance-near-princes-street-1-4187701</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16679#post-226207 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 10:34:21 +0000 SRD 226207@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>UPDATED APPEAL, SERIOUS ASSAULT, WATERLOO PLACE<br /> Police in Edinburgh investigating a serious assault in the city centre have issued photos of a vehicle they are keen to trace the movements of.<br /> Two men seriously assaulted a 32-year-old man on Waterloo Place around 12.40pm on Wednesday 27 July.<br /> The suspects arrived in a white Skoda Rapid bearing the false plates DX65 ZWL that travelled towards Regent Road after the assault.<br /> The vehicle was later abandoned and set on fire in Bingham Drive near to the Niddrie burn. Three men were seen to run off from the vehicle.<br /> From enquiries it has been established that the vehicle was in Lutton Place in Newington on the morning of the assault and at Duddingston Row shortly before it took place.<br /> * The first suspect is described as around 6ft, wearing a yellow cycling top, black cap and sunglasses.<br /> * The second suspect is described as around 5ft 6in – 5ft 8in, wearing a blue cycling top, black cap and sunglasses.<br /> * The only description available for the third suspect is he had short dark hair and was wearing a yellow top.<br /> Police will be conducting enquiries in Waterloo Place at lunchtime today to trace further witnesses.<br /> Detective Inspector Grant Johnston, of Gayfield CID, said: “We’re appealing for anyone who witnessed the event in Waterloo Place, or saw the vehicle before or after the event to get in touch.<br /> "It is a distinctive vehicle and I’m hoping that the pictures may jog someone’s memory about seeing the vehicle, perhaps in unusual or suspicious circumstances, last Wednesday morning or around the time of the incident.”<br /> Those with any information should contact Police Scotland on 101 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.</p> <p>" </p>