All well up at Clubbiedean Big Puddle. Filled in again nicely. Some braking needed at alpaca land for dog walker some brAnches down on WoL path but all small
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"Severe weather warning"
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Posted 6 months ago #
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Power back on. Sounds of chain sawing. Think yet another Beech tree has succumbed.
Neighbours had visitors from Leeds trying to get back yesterday. Ened up getting lift to Perth to catch a train to Edinburgh that got cancelled. On web LNER were not running so luckily they didn't get to Edinburgh as they would have got stuck there.
Posted 6 months ago # -
There is a lot of bitty debris on the canal towpath today, particularly west of Wester Hailes with its lower footfall.
Posted 6 months ago # -
If you didn't hear, London-Edinburgh-London was paused and then riders were told to head back due to the storm. Just one rider (the magnificent Iain McBride) made it to Dalkeith before he was paused, and I think he will be the only one to complete the ride this year (during the actual event - at least one person did a helpers ride the week before).
That meant the northern controls were largely unused (eg 350 beds at Dalkeith), and lots of volunteers redundant. Those that weren't paused in time to avoid some of the higher rides in northern England and Scotland talk of terrible winds.
Many of our Scottish contingent are now taking the opportunity for a tour, many back to London using the controls.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Yellow storm warnings for lightning today and tomorrow (tomorrow has the largest area reaching over to NI and all the way up to Shetland)
No transporting giant metal rods anyone!Posted 6 months ago # -
Posted 4 months ago #
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The A68 is now CLOSED in both directions from Soutra Mains to Oxton due to heavy snow.
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Posted 3 months ago # -
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A week-long winter cold snap that would once have been normal in the Netherlands has caused more than 2,000 flight cancellations, chaos on roads and railways, buildings to partially collapse, and a stream of angry cyclists asking why roads seem better gritted than cycle lanes.
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Posted 1 month ago # -
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In Aberdeen, Ian Yuill, co-leader of the city council, said that on Thursday there were 17 road gritters out, ploughs, 14 pavement gritters, 90 road staff, about 240 environmental services staff, and 31 diggers hired from contractors all shifting snow and treating roads and pavements.
According to the PA news agency, he told BBC Radio Scotland Breakfast on Friday
It’s a huge job. Our staff can’t be everywhere but they are working incredibly hard, and we have been gritting roads pretty much around the clock since this started.
One of the challenges that Aberdeen city council has had is because of the repeated snowfalls, our gritters and ploughs have had to go back time and time and time again to the priority routes in the city, and that has meant they haven’t been able to get on to secondary routes and side roads.
Hiring these diggers has allowed the council to move snow on side roads and start to tackle that problem.
There is still a long way to go. There is still an awful lot of snow lying on the streets and pavements of Aberdeen.
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Posted 1 month ago # -
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It has rained every day for the last 37 days in the UK, while Aberdeen has had zero hours of sunshine since 21 January and Sheffield has had no hours of sunshine so far this month, Sky News reported.
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Posted 2 weeks ago # -
Gorgeous shot, @LaidBack!
Posted 2 weeks ago # -
@bakky - thanks! More soggy highlands and bus adventure shots on @laidbackbikes on Blue Sky (as you know!).
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