http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Lothians face a battering from blizzards and gales" en Fri, 22 May 2026 00:27:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97282 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:50:12 +0000 Nelly 97282@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"How are burger supplies holding up?"</p> <p>Stable </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97277 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:42:58 +0000 cb 97277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"How are burger supplies holding up?"</p> <p>Neigh too bad at the moment. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97275 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:35:09 +0000 kaputnik 97275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How are burger supplies holding up? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97274 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:10:42 +0000 chdot 97274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Well I heard on the news that supermarkets were running out of bread and milk"</p> <p>That was in Wales. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97273 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:09:23 +0000 Min 97273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well I heard on the news that supermarkets were running out of bread and milk so we are definitely aw doomed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97262 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:59:59 +0000 kaputnik 97262@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think the Chipwrapper have been contacting a different Met Office from the one that the BBC base their forecasts on. Either that or there was something special slipped in the canteen mushroom soup. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97259 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:46:18 +0000 stiltskin 97259@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There seems to be a rather noticeable absence of blizzard-like conditions forecast on the BBC website at the moment. Slow news day?</p> <p>)Unless you conside the summary : <em>Wintry showers near East Coast will spread further inland later in the day. Cold and quite windy.</em><br /> = blizzard) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97257 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:39:59 +0000 DaveC 97257@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have started cycling both ways on Mon then one way each day for the rest fo the week but I think I'll cycle home this evening and just get the bus bothways tomorrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97233 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:21:22 +0000 amir 97233@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not sure that there's much point in the flask.</p> <p>"de-icer and scraper"</p> <p>for the (sports) glasses, presumably? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97231 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:14:50 +0000 cb 97231@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"carry plenty of warm clothing, blankets, de-icer and scraper, some food, hot flask and a fully-charged mobile"</p> <p>Going to need bigger panniers for all that lot. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97230 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:14:49 +0000 fimm 97230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We were being "encouraged" to take our laptops home this evening. I came in on my road bike and would have to put my laptop in my rucksack. I'm not cycling for an hour with a laptop on my back. </p> <p>Scotrail better run their service tomorrow morning... (I'll bike-train-bike, with the Brompton.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97229 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:11:29 +0000 amir 97229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Met Office and BBC forecasts only have the snow coming in after dark. Before then it seems quite nice if cold. I am planning a coast road excursion tomorrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9294#post-97226 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:01:26 +0000 chdot 97226@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> carry plenty of warm clothing, blankets, de-icer and scraper, some food, hot flask and a fully-charged mobile</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/lothians-face-a-battering-from-blizzards-and-gales-1-2742179" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/lothians-face-a-battering-from-blizzards-and-gales-1-2742179</a> </p>