http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: BBbbrrr...mercury set to plummet en Mon, 18 May 2026 11:41:44 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68734 Thu, 03 May 2012 22:11:32 +0000 Claggy Cog 68734@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax - ah that will have been the one week of summer we had then!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68732 Thu, 03 May 2012 22:08:37 +0000 minus six 68732@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Claggy Cog</p> <p>sure, i've been on the gilet since March.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68728 Thu, 03 May 2012 22:05:43 +0000 Claggy Cog 68728@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax if that is the case then it is safe to cast off your vestments!! I am fairly certain that the hawthorn has stopped flowering. Although according to gardening things I have been looking at it flowers between May and June, although I am certain I have seen a fair amount of it already. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68726 Thu, 03 May 2012 22:02:43 +0000 minus six 68726@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Ne'er cast a cloot 'til May is oot</em></p> <p> i heard that the saying refers to the <em>May blossom on the hawthorn tree</em>, not the actual calendar month</p> <p>just sayin, like.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68723 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:52:05 +0000 DaveC 68723@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah cool! Start time is 8am but get there 1/2 an hour before and we can chew the fat over a cuppa! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68717 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:26:34 +0000 Uberuce 68717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've seen the elevation profile, and I dunno if wee blue floofy and I would make it, so I think I'll restrict myself to pootling over on my Dad's BSO and waving you off from the start line. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68715 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:22:37 +0000 DaveC 68715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That is a very kind offer Uberuce. We're driving up on the day... err morning and then returning home afterwards. Three in the car with bikes! Are you doing anything Sunday? Fancy a we jaunt out to .... Braemar for lunch? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68713 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:19:36 +0000 Uberuce 68713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, I forgot to say: I'm in Forfar this weekend for my Mammy's birthday, but she's <em>worried about the internet weirdos I hang out with</em>, and more pertinently, we won't be in the house on Saturday night, so I can't offer you a bunk. Watch this space and I'll see about getting you a seat round the table for Sunday dinner, though.</p> <p>I've tried explaining the irony of her internet weirdo concern to her, but... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68711 Thu, 03 May 2012 21:07:05 +0000 DaveC 68711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah just as I'm preparing to ride the Deeside Loop from Forfar which takes us over Glenshee... brrrr Cheers for the heads up! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68699 Thu, 03 May 2012 20:24:41 +0000 Instography 68699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Off camping up north tomorrow. Fun! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68698 Thu, 03 May 2012 20:13:12 +0000 freewhwheelin 68698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ach, ye'll be fine, soon warm up, and skin is waterproof ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68696 Thu, 03 May 2012 19:22:01 +0000 crowriver 68696@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>May is "usually" one of the nicer months weather-wise in Scotland. Today is nice, but it looks like the Spokes ride on Sunday will be in winter conditions! Was not January milder than what we are "looking forward" to? Granted the days are longer, but still... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68695 Thu, 03 May 2012 19:17:23 +0000 Claggy Cog 68695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I scoffed when people were saying that May was set to be the coldest on record...mmmm, I am revising my thoughts on this!! Yes, April was miserable. What I think is absoulutely the worst is the fact that it is cloudy all day, every day, unrelenting dullness. I mean just how much cloud can there be?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68693 Thu, 03 May 2012 19:05:40 +0000 steveo 68693@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm away on the bike this weekend thankfully we decided not to bivvy, there is every chance I'd die! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68692 Thu, 03 May 2012 19:03:13 +0000 crowriver 68692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Darn it! Wasn't April bad enough? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6396#post-68690 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:41:44 +0000 Claggy Cog 68690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ne'er cast a cloot 'til May is oot!! Crack out the thermals, if you ever put them away.</p> <p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/bank-holiday-weather-forecast--uk-to-shiver-with-temperatures-as-low-as--9c.html" rel="nofollow">http://uk.news.yahoo.com/bank-holiday-weather-forecast--uk-to-shiver-with-temperatures-as-low-as--9c.html</a> </p>