I was in Dalry buying essential cushions from charity shops. So beaten back by the wind I had to retreat back homewards.
Nice day for watching the trees move.
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"Severe weather warning"
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Posted 7 years ago #
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As opposed to non-essential cushions?
I was going to nip to Leith on an errand but I lay down on the sofa for 15 minutes. Hour and a half later... Apparently the wind and intermittent rain noises v soothing.
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Nearly blown off bike passing the tennis courts in Balerno. A cold and lonely spot you understand. Also exposed.
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Map agrees:
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Nce map
Wind forecast for today not arrived yet, could have been out Whang after all
Capt mainwaring in dads' army honeymooned in Invermurchy, a cold and lonely spot you understand, that is why he is able to play the bagpipes when the regiment has a burns supper and Fraser maliciously proposes he pipe in the haggis.(there is nothing else to do so he learnt to play the pipes)
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The wind was fierce last night. It took off part of the shed roof of one of my neighbours.
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Was windy last night but this morning on way to work wind was fine but I see on way home it will be windy 47mph on bbc weather
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Having battled the wind and what can only describe as like being in a cold dark shower all the way to Caldercruix I was quite pleased to turn South and start heading for Carnwath for my 2nd Breakfast and then to enjoy the 'quickening' home.
Sadly up on the wilds of North Lanarkshire my bottom bracket became wobbly and I'm now unglamourously shivering on the train home after a couple of miles walk to the station.
I knew I should have stayed under the covers...
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Oh dear. I'm off to Balerno later - at least the WoL path is mostly sheltered! Wind not quite arrived in this bit of town yet - still and dripping grey out.
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@hankchief all the pain, no gain.
@unhurt watch out for falling trees
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I don’t know if it is to do with the wind but the train level crossing is being operated by man in kirknewton ( or was at 720). The strange thing is as approached barrier goes down wait 5 minutes barrier comes up but no train passed.
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@gembo - That, and the one where Wilson and Pike don't want to take off their smart German uniforms are my favourite scenes in Dad's Army.
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@rosie, yes my good friend sandy loves Wilson in his Nazi flannel. Croft and Perry were very observant of the actors in the ensemble and basically after the first series they wrote scenes to suit the personalities of the actors. This did not work for them in their later works which are weaker.
@ed1 - Ghost train
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Off to brave the wet. Mr @gembo are we still on for a wee glass at 4?
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Yes just after 4 as watching Casablanca which ends at 4
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I'm alone like @Iain McR at PY at the moment...
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Alone with a pint?
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Emergency over. @gembo and groceries arrived, rum'd, and has now departed
Belhaven Robert Burns Brown Ale is quite nice btw.
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This could be weather or commuting.
I took the Schwalbe studs off the Brompton. A couple of weeks ago it had two punctures. On Friday I used it again and got punctures in both wheels, the back twice. I gave in and got the train home.
I emailed Schwalbe about this and they said I might not have inflated them properly.
Tried patching last night but after half a dozen in one tube I gave in.
Marathon Plus are back on. No ice expected this week and I'll get the Longstaff's spare front wheel before there is. Anyway, it doesn't need studs to stay up, just to stop and steer.
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In my defence, the cashline machine was not accepting cards, so I did the shopping in Scotmid that I was going to do after the fly half before the fly half to enable me to acquire some cash. Although if prosecuting apparently grey horse will take a card, even for a pint, that just seems weird to me.
That is why I was late.
Those 29ers are massif as sir Sean's wee French wife is wont to describe him
Also wind very blowy on way back from pub on my puny 700s so safe home to @unhurt
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http://www.mummysgoneacycle.com/surely-that-is-dangerous/
"One morning I stopped to say hello to a neighbour on our way to school. She stopped scraping the snow from her car to comment “Surely that’s dangerous?” By ‘that’ she meant the cargo bike. She has never made such a comment before so I am assuming she felt that cycling in the snow was dangerous rather than cycling on a cargo bike per se."
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Agree with that blogger. Doubt I needed my spikes, have taken them off. Just a generalisation but important to accept confirmation bias?
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Filthy muddy. Went to longer way onto the canal which was lovely and deserted, then home via subway, Roseburn Path and round the back of Craigleith retail "Park".
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@unhurt, good route. Imagine you have washing on and tax return tidied away to make space for wine. I have disappointing cote du Rhone on the go with the bean stew, baked Tattie and for the lucky ones cannelloni veg version. About to go on the table
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Chief partner in wine is DRIVING here due to childcare issues, so I am hoping the gin fiend will step in...
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I have disappointing cote du Rhone on the go
I've always found the trick with Côtes is to go young and cheap. If possible buy from an Arab corner shop in France.
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@iwrats, that was my strategy as bought in the Jet Garage. However, unlike the cote du Rhone Scotmid used to punt for £4.65 which I liked, this one was a bit thin. Don't get me wrong, it has all been consumed, just not worth £7 and not a D on the sainsbury scale as sainsbury who rule the jet garage decreed, d for full bodied, whereas the languedoc for £6.50 was a C. That is the last time I buy booze in a garage.
@unhurt, your driving pal could get a taxi home?
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quite a bit of a turnaround from 6.15am this morning from the 2am howl and lashihng winds that kept me awake.
outdoor pool pretty deep today
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...and its looking fairly settled the entire week on BBC weather website - although the weather on the tv last night suggested a bit of rain tomorrow...
did i also notice a slight "lightness" in the sky far away at 7am?
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