http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The 2021 thread en Sun, 31 May 2026 10:03:58 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342591 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:01:07 +0000 gembo 342591@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax san, what will you call the dug? Covee? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342589 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:46:57 +0000 minus six 342589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>have always set myself up to travel at the drop of hat</p> <p>but now that's a thing of the past i'm going to get a dog</p> <p>yes, for 2021, i'm going to get a DOG </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342357 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 14:18:03 +0000 I were right about that saddle 342357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Romesh's demeanour reminded me greatly of one of our regulars. </p> <p>Also Richard Conte in The Godfather, but a different poster. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342355 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 14:09:01 +0000 gembo 342355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Quite a lot of tourists trekking up the Old Man of Storr path but not rammed.</p> <p>Argument was he normally goes round the world so fine to make travel show in highlands......looked summery so maybe that was less risky then? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342354 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 13:59:39 +0000 crowriver 342354@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>By chance I saw that "live" the other night on the televisor. Mildly diverting I suppose. Nice to see a bit of Skye without hordes of visitors crawling all over it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342336 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 08:42:27 +0000 gembo 342336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@weefolds, struggled to laugh with Romesh. The lads with him thought he was funny so maybe just me? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342334 Sat, 19 Dec 2020 08:37:02 +0000 wee folding bike 342334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pretty good all round but also touches on the issue of tourists in Scotland. </p> <p>The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan, Christmas – The Hebrides: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000qf0c" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000qf0c</a> via @bbciplayer </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342324 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:05:32 +0000 gembo 342324@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boris IlDiablo De Peffel Johnson </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342322 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:54:12 +0000 minus six 342322@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>better the devil you know</p> <p>boris is an <em>asset</em></p> <p>a trojan horse, if you will </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342321 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:47:06 +0000 gembo 342321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great rumour I heard that too [I didn’t but I want to spread the rumour further) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-342320 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:43:18 +0000 crowriver 342320@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rumours that Johnson will resign next month, after he gets Brexit "done". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-341967 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 21:56:28 +0000 LaidBack 341967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@crowriver - love the idea that Bwitons will show their exceptionality by using 1.6kw to lift some dust from the floor!<br /> That chimes in nicely with the ignorant PM talking about importance of green economy for CoP (not).<br /> Will Dyson make such items- imagine they would be banned in other markets using EU standards as a guide?</p> <p>A cargo trike can move 300kg with 0.25Kw motor - but they're made in EU. Motor rating is not important if used correctly. Also increases range of battery.</p> <p>Sorry too much <em>politics</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-341957 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 16:33:10 +0000 crowriver 341957@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Escape to the country" seems to be what Brexiteers plan to do next year, in order to help make No Deal a Titanic success!</p> <p><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpIEbjAW4AARgXX?format=jpg&amp;name=large"><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpIEbjAW4AARgXX?format=jpg&amp;name=large"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-341913 Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:05:35 +0000 wee folding bike 341913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some of the greenhouses were repurposed as garden centres. </p> <p>I saw a big one near Craignethan castle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-341909 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:10:15 +0000 crowriver 341909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Morningsider, be quiet and eat your mutton and peas. Proper British food, none of that forrin muck like tomatoes and ham... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-341908 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:33:07 +0000 gembo 341908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>St Cuthberts been here since 1860. Asda at Jewel first to crack, their monopoly. Scotmid now of course.</p> <p>Upper Clyde still has some greenhouses</p> <p>Remains grass all around</p> <p>Wind farms aplenty</p> <p>Just over the Hyndford Bridge </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438&page=2#post-341906 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:08:45 +0000 I were right about that saddle 341906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Willie Lowe's circa 1990. Security guard watching a turnip. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341905 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:08:20 +0000 chdot 341905@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Upper Clyde Valley Greenhouses can be reinstated for toms etc“</p> <p>Perhaps </p> <p>Depends on a lot of things </p> <p>Are there any greenhouses left?</p> <p>Has the land been repurposed (or left derelict)?</p> <p>Will the supply from the Netherlands be disrupted permanently (or unviable due to new tariffs)?</p> <p>Has global warming reduced the need for heat?</p> <p>Are there any local wind farms that might supply cheap electricity?</p> <p>Are there new plant varieties requiring lower inputs?</p> <p>Etc. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341904 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:56:21 +0000 Morningsider 341904@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, please no! Just like shopping in the local St Cuthbert's (which everyone just called "the store") when I was a lad. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341902 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:45:07 +0000 gembo 341902@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Upper Clyde Valley Greenhouses can be reinstated for toms etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341898 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:59:35 +0000 edinburgh87 341898@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@crowriver - very true! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341894 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:42:54 +0000 crowriver 341894@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@edinburgh87, yes fair enough, but don't forget how the North Coast 500 has effectively ruined Caithness for those not travelling in motor vehicles (and for those that are).</p> <p>That DM article is grim: back to Middle Ages it seems come next month!</p> <p><a href="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/10/17/10606652-9039649-What_a_no_trade_deal_split_from_the_EU_could_mean_for_UK_dining_-a-41_1607620036931.jpg"><img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/10/17/10606652-9039649-What_a_no_trade_deal_split_from_the_EU_could_mean_for_UK_dining_-a-41_1607620036931.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341891 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:28:24 +0000 edinburgh87 341891@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>The prospect of massed denizens of Brexitania descending upon the Highlands due to lack of forrin 'olidays opportunities fills me with dread.</blockquote></p> <p>It's tricky - I'm have similar holiday habits and hate crowds too but I guess I can't hand on heart object to others cottoning on to the things I enjoy, it's just a case of as you say finding more remote spots. Tangentially, we can all start planning our 2021 menus too:</p> <p><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9039649/What-No-Deal-mean-food-supplies-travel-economy.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9039649/What-No-Deal-mean-food-supplies-travel-economy.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341850 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 13:36:15 +0000 I were right about that saddle 341850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@fimm</p> <p>We went to swim the Fairy Pools a decade back. They were deserted due to a wind so mighty the waterfalls were going backwards. Undressing would have involved losing all clothes immediately. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341848 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 13:28:37 +0000 fimm 341848@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>See the "Fairy Pools" on Skye for an example of this - nothing to do with coronavirus. The first time I went there, probably over a decade ago, there was a narrow path and we had the place to ourselves (admittedly it was raining heavily, which is why we weren't up in the Cullin in the first place). Last time I went (a couple of years ago, on a sunny day) the path had become an eroded motorway, and just about every pool had occupants. The parking issues there are well known. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341846 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 13:02:10 +0000 crowriver 341846@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thinking on it, there's been a general increase in tourism in Scotland anyhow. The TripAdvisor effect I suppose. Was in Arisaig last October during half term, stayed in the hostel (hotel next door fully booked). Hostel deserted except for us. We were the only passengers to alight from train at Arisaig also. </p> <p>Took a walk around the bay and had to constantly jump off the road due to sightseers in cars. They would pass you on the way out to a beach, then ten minutes later pass you again on their way back. It was a bit breezy and chilly so maybe they never left their vehicles. I have been going to Arisaig off and on for a long time. Twenty years ago at the same time of year you'd hardly see a soul on those same single track roads. Hate to think what it must be like there in summer. Next year it is off the list. The prospect of massed denizens of Brexitania descending upon the Highlands due to lack of forrin 'olidays opportunities fills me with dread.</p> <p>Will try to think of more isolated spots, not near roads to wild camp. I will not be sharing them here as the internet has MANY EYES. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341827 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:13:49 +0000 dessert rat 341827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My 2021 Strava goals are identical to my 2020 ones - discover the Strava IDs of: IWRATS and Unhurt. </p> <p>There are 4 pages of ABs on Strava, surely it is incumbent upon him to prove he is none of them ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341823 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:48:37 +0000 acsimpson 341823@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS, I'm glad you put the Strava invite on the end of that. Sarcasm is hard to recognise online without such a flag. ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341814 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:26:10 +0000 gembo 341814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooooh IWRATS, competition for that title is fierce </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20438#post-341806 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:51:46 +0000 I were right about that saddle 341806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I aim to become south-east Scotland's leading fly-tipper in 2021. Follow me on Strava. </p>