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@chdot: Love the comment under that second Forth Bridges tweet: "If a trampoline leaves Dalgety Bay at 2pm and wind speeds hit 80mph, what time will it be in Leven?"
(A pal of mine injured his arm trying to prevent a neighbour's trampoline from ripping up his garden fence during one of the storms a couple of years ago. Those things can be a menace in weather like today's.)
Jocks Lodge tree: https://twitter.com/harbomu/status/1042417998232018944
Sounds bad at my office and its hosing it down, luckily one of the guys on my team lives near me. I'm chickening out.
@steveo
You mean you're not going home tonight? Radical.
Has anyone been on the towpath since this morning? I'm planning on leaving late again in the hope that the wind does calm down a bit by then, but it would be useful to know about any potential diversions due to fallen debris.
You mean you're not going home tonight? Radical.
I've got my carradice, sufficient accommodation for such mild weather.
I am off up towpath now. @jdanielp you will have wind behind
@gembo I will eagerly await your report.
Hmm, it's briefly looking fairly pleasant outside so I might just go for it now (although based on my record so far this week, the weather may be luring me out just in time for another soaking).
"The V&A has closed to visitors due to high winds"
Didn't last long! It's been open less than a week.
P.S.:- Presume that's not the one in South Ken.
Someone posted on Spokes Facebook:-
"Innocent railway path between the Tunnel and Duddingston has one tree blocking the path about 100 metres from the tunnel and another tree being held up by other trees with branches hanging down to about 4ft from the ground, about 500 metres from Duddingston end."
another tree being held up by other trees
Known in the forestry trade as a 'fool killer'. Avoid.
I like the idea of @steveo bivvying under benches and behind bushes in a random Edinburgh location whenever the mood strikes him.
I went for it and was barely rained on at all. It was quite windy, but I have cycled in worse. There was quite a lot of debris down within Heriot-Watt towards the north entrance, and a large tree down just next to Hermiston House Road Bridge, but it had fallen into the field luckily. The towpath was all clear between there and Polwarth.
@unhurt
He's bivvying in his mate's house. Xbox, chippy and lager.
Towpath has some small branches at Harrison park. WoL path had some bigger branches but all passable.
The new trampoline I was admiring yesterday was blown up from th garden in the new Kinleith housing on the flood plain and up onto the WoL path. Broken but I imagine fixable. Will need sandbags tho or will be blown back up again next storm
Caught up with an old friend at weekend wedding. He got so annoyed with the ugly child safety netting round his garden trampoline he has sunk the trampoline into a hole so the surface is level with the lawn. I was impressed.
He got so annoyed with the ugly child safety netting round his garden
It's a bit harsh, protecting yourself from ugly children.
Was watching the easyjet go-arounds with colleagues from office window. 4 attempts does seem a lot. Would have guessed it would have diverted after failed attempts.
I'd planned to leave work early but the rain came on again, so deferred my departure for ten or fifteen minutes until it'd blown over. I detoured to the motorbike shop with a stonking tailwind and no rain, but twenty minutes later it was absolutely lashing down again, so I had a cup of tea and waited until the weather was a bit calmer. I got a bit* wet heading up out of Morningside but overall sneaked home in between showers. The A703 had some huge puddles though and all but two motorists anticipated me not wanting to cycle through them.
* Just the top of my chest, since I was in the torpedo, and my merino l/s jersey was nice and warm.
he has sunk the trampoline into a hole so the surface is level with the lawn.
One of the houses of Braid Mount View or Braid Mount Crest has such a contrivance in the back garden. I often wondered how it drains. You can see it from the Braid Hills Trail footpath which starts just north of the top of the hill on Braid Road.
Down stairs' trampoline has reduced itself to twisted metal after repeated attempts to become one with the fence ours is safely tucked leeward of the shed.
Happily took my lift home, intending to run back tomorrow I've now realised I brought my jeans home. Sitting in my pants in the office will not be popular.
I blithely cycled to Kings Cross this evening to discover all Edinburgh trains cancelled. And we wonder how the metropolitan elite becomes so oblivious to everything north of watford (which I saw for the first time monday, while having breakfast on the sleeper).
“Was watching the easyjet go-arounds”
This probably -
https://twitter.com/ianalgiephoto/status/1042404873214541824
@rosie he is a cruel man!
@steveo or you will be too popular. Neither is a comfortable scenario.
I chose not to cycle yesterday. Discretion, valour etc.
Two big trees have fallen down in Inch Park. Road is blocked from both ends, meaning the park is car free. If curbs were dropped around the trees, I'd love for it to be made permanent.
One trapped car in the middle though
“
Good Morning - most routes around Edinburgh returning to normal following #StormAli. If you know otherwise & safe/legal to do so then get in touch.
Please note the Edintravel desk will close earlier today at 4.30pm. #edintravel
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https://mobile.twitter.com/edintravel/status/1042652422232043520
Anyone know how the NEPN / Corstorphine Railway line are ? I avoided them this morning and just did the straight line from Princes St to Maybury. Wouldn't mind going back on the paths for the trip home.
NEPN was fine last night.
A lot of small twigs to cycle over, but merely an annoyance
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