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I am quite enjoying walking in the snow as an alternative to cycling. Judging by the tiredness of my legs it is a good form of exercise.
Yesterday I walked up Blackford Hill with work colleagues. Apart from the occasional blizzard it was lovely. And we saw a soomeone descending on a bike - with the wheel replaced by skis! Ace! (you can now tell how old I am).
"(you can now tell how old I am)"
No - not unless you are implying 'very old but young at heart'(?)
Or maybe "Ace" had a definable popularity window??
UPDATE
I used 'Ace' at school and I'm a bit older than that. Mind you, I grew up in Aberdeeshire and things took a little longer to get to us...
The ride to work was actually most enjoyable. Strangely, despite being on the mountain bike, with snowy conditions, and a headwind, I got in as quickly as normal. Okay, so I was on the main roads which is a shorter route, but I can only conclude that cars hold us all up.
The traffic is so light just now it's brilliant, and I had a FANTASTIC Lothian Buses driver (I shall be writing to them to say so) who seemed to actively shield me from passing cars at one point.
Been told to 'use your discretion' on travelling to work today, so I'll head home at lunch in the daylight, maybe take a look at the Innocent, and work from home in the afternoon. Nice to be back on the bike though.
I use "ace" in a "that's what older people than me say" sort of way. Just like I use "splendid" or "braw".
"splendid"
Is that irony or the new cool??
We've adopted 'fabby-doo' from the Katie Morag books. Intended to sound ironic, but sometimes it just feels right!
Is that irony or the new cool??
I use splendid but usually only while effecting a suitably Received Pronunciation accent. One has to make an effort.
anth maybe take a look at the Innocent
I did - sure it would be nice walk / half cycle if not in a hurry.
"splendid"
Is that irony or the new cool??
Depends. Is Donald "I can see that pin" Pleasance in the Great Escape cool? That's the manner in which I use that particular word.
Tea? Splendid.
Philip Hammond orders snow transport review
The AA's president, Edmund King, said: "We might have more salt than last year but we need better planning to allow gritters through heavy traffic and blocked roads.
I'm not sure what he's getting at. How do you "plan" gritters and ploughs through roads blocked by traffic?
"How do you "plan" gritters and ploughs through roads blocked by traffic?"
Make them extra big, so they can plough the cars into the verge as well?
"Make them extra big, so they can plough the cars into the verge as well?"
I think it's a bit like fire engines 'moving' double parked cars (allegedly).
I've seen them do it, but they don't want to damage the engine, so they get out and 6 burly firemen "bounce" it out the way. It's quite a treat to see.
Kirst will be along in a moment to ask for photos of the bouncing firemen...
I wonder...
...if/when the time comes, how they'll keep the tram tracks clear. There's some (for steel rail / steel wheel adhesion) pretty steep sections along the railway flyovers, the fastlink section that I can see the trams struggling to get over in conditions like these. How much will the cooncil have to fork out for special road-on-rail snowploughs to keep this "priority route" clear. Or will they just close it and put on a "tram replacement bus service" (a.k.a the number 22) instead
Mind you, in Sheffield the tram was the only way in which a couple were able to get to their wedding
Do fire engines in this country still use these:
http://www.onspot.com/indhisfr.htm
Perhaps they could be fitted to buses?
Edit - found a vid:
@anth - "Kirst will be along in a moment to ask for photos of the bouncing firemen... " lol
I reckon your kind bus driver is also a cyclist...
Won't the trams have a wee ploug of their own under the vehicle but in front of the wheels... Hmm they look quite low along the middle so maybe a whole plough... wonder if they thought about this or we get the next outrage "£5M to buy ploughs for trams than never ran"
They need to heat the rails so they are visible and avoidable by me (grrr) *thud* ow my knee!
It could be a cow catcher.
Some of the old Glasgow trams had one which only fell into place when triggered by a body on the line. Mr Simpson of the transport museum gave demos until it was closed for a refurb.
"I reckon your kind bus driver is also a cyclist."
Not impossible, I think I was told '8% of our drivers cycle to work' - and presume more will cycle at other times.
Tram - "they look quite low along the middle". Yes, I often wonder if they will manage the humps, even in good weather...
Back home. Rode to Earth Foods (up Lothian Road, Melville Drive, Causewayside) with no dramas (one close pass). Coming back I just took the south road round Arthur's Seat as I wanted to have a wee gander at Duddingston Loch. Saw two cars coming the other way, and one caught me just as I got to the loch - rode in tyre tracks.
Heavy snow by this point and the roads into Duddingston going white again...
when triggered by a body on the line
A Nesbitt deflector?
As an ENews poster says -
"Notice most complaints are from selfish car owners who can't get out of their streets. Police are stating only go out if journey essential. How many of these people are going on essential journeys rather than being too lazy to walk? Neighbour spent 30 mins other day getting car out and returned within 20 mins with couple of bags from supermarket that is 1/4 mile away."
This is cruel - I can see loads of people sledging in a field above the Braid Burn and I am stuck inside slaving away over a report.
Ace - not!
"Coming back I just took the south road round Arthur's Seat as I wanted to have a wee gander at Duddingston Loch."
Decided to avoid the snowdrift that is the Innocent? You know it makes sense. Though I had been looking forward to counting all the Anth-shaped full body prints in the snow the next morning..
Hearing rumours people abandoning vehicles on Lothian/Western Approach Rd? This true?
Edinburgh's 'treacherous' pavements a 'disgrace' even the BBC is in on the "where are the mini-tractors" act.
"I have also only seen one of these mini-tractors in the streets and it was clearing the pavement outside Alex Salmond's residence in Charlotte Square."
An Edinburgh City Council spokeswoman said: "We have 12 mini-tractors. They have a blade on the front to clear snow and a thing on the back spitting out salt.
Yes. A "thing", for "spitting". That's what we need.
"We have identified several sites across the city for the dumping of snow. JCB's are going into neighbourhoods to collect snow which is then getting dumped at various sites.
Min's front garden?
(Q. Anyone been near city chambers / council offices at Market Street to check they aren't being deployed there?)
@amir
Look a bit like this?
"Yes. A "thing", for "spitting". That's what we need."
I thought spitting on pavements was illegal(?)
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