Must be something to look forward to.
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The 2021 thread
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Posted 3 years ago #
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Doubt it - on a national level at least. At least 2020 had that wonderful but short lived feeling of shared suffering and community solidarity for a few weeks.
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there's plenty to look forward to
return of debtors prisons and the poorhouse, removal of free heath care, reinstatement of the death penalty
we're gonna party like its 1784
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I look forward to being vaccinated against Covid, otherwise I expect a fairly bleak year, punctuated with episodes of real fear.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Personally I'm looking forward to shaking off post-viral long covid (?), getting back on the bike and shedding the new WFH adipose tissue. Bloody miss my commute even in the cold and dark winter.
Posted 3 years ago # -
@CocoShepherd
You said it dude.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Looking forward to my kids getting on with life despite us doing our best to mess it up for them.
Also the cooncil fixing the potholes down the hill to Lauder so I can try once more for 55 mph on my M5 bat bike.
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As forrin 'olidays look to be off the agenda for the foreseeable, I am hoping that I'll be able to get out into Scotland's countryside at some point: either by bike or on foot. Maybe a spot of wild camping to boot. Hopefully the place won't be too blighted by campervans and RVs from down south, their being similarly confined to barracks as it were.
Posted 3 years ago # -
I’ve got a lot of gigs pending. Booked Bill Bailey in December ‘21.
Posted 3 years ago # -
@weefolds
Alas St Nick Cave has cancelled his rearranged tour. Somewhat gutted
Posted 3 years ago # -
The management is not expecting her three tickets for Manilow to happen.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Baz must be a good age now
Posted 3 years ago # -
Suspect 2021 will be much the same as 2020, least until July/August.
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@Baldcyclist, but without the forrin 'olidays. As nobody will let plague-riddled Brits into their country any more.
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Until forrin 'olidays are back on, I expect the odds of enjoying the countryside will be minimal.
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@steveo, indeed. Try visiting the hills and glens or a beach anytime after March and you'll be tripping over a mass of "staycationers" up from Brum or Essex, or even just from Glesca. The dirty campers, fly-tippers and tree choppers (for "camp fires") will be out in force.
Maybe I need to do my cycling and walking before BST starts. Or in the middle of the night. Just to avoid the divots.
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@crow there is a lot of moanin about Townies in my little enclave whic( is hysterically funny as all the Balerno-ites need to do is get out in the morning before the townies are up.
Local authorities were slow to react all over south east and south west Scotland (the bits I covered during lockdown ) but they do all now have double yellow lines. Tinto hill car park even has a toilet now and an overspill car park. The blue meanies are sent out too so this t8me round the local authorities might be able to manage this better.
The flywheels we all run along direct us all to the same car parks. Despite there being other places further out that require just a little bit more effort.
The camping needs unwilded at Thriepmuir/Harlaw etc.work to do there for sure.
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I aim to become south-east Scotland's leading fly-tipper in 2021. Follow me on Strava.
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Ooooh IWRATS, competition for that title is fierce
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@IWRATS, I'm glad you put the Strava invite on the end of that. Sarcasm is hard to recognise online without such a flag. ;-)
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My 2021 Strava goals are identical to my 2020 ones - discover the Strava IDs of: IWRATS and Unhurt.
There are 4 pages of ABs on Strava, surely it is incumbent upon him to prove he is none of them ?
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Thinking on it, there's been a general increase in tourism in Scotland anyhow. The TripAdvisor effect I suppose. Was in Arisaig last October during half term, stayed in the hostel (hotel next door fully booked). Hostel deserted except for us. We were the only passengers to alight from train at Arisaig also.
Took a walk around the bay and had to constantly jump off the road due to sightseers in cars. They would pass you on the way out to a beach, then ten minutes later pass you again on their way back. It was a bit breezy and chilly so maybe they never left their vehicles. I have been going to Arisaig off and on for a long time. Twenty years ago at the same time of year you'd hardly see a soul on those same single track roads. Hate to think what it must be like there in summer. Next year it is off the list. The prospect of massed denizens of Brexitania descending upon the Highlands due to lack of forrin 'olidays opportunities fills me with dread.
Will try to think of more isolated spots, not near roads to wild camp. I will not be sharing them here as the internet has MANY EYES.
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See the "Fairy Pools" on Skye for an example of this - nothing to do with coronavirus. The first time I went there, probably over a decade ago, there was a narrow path and we had the place to ourselves (admittedly it was raining heavily, which is why we weren't up in the Cullin in the first place). Last time I went (a couple of years ago, on a sunny day) the path had become an eroded motorway, and just about every pool had occupants. The parking issues there are well known.
Posted 3 years ago # -
@fimm
We went to swim the Fairy Pools a decade back. They were deserted due to a wind so mighty the waterfalls were going backwards. Undressing would have involved losing all clothes immediately.
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The prospect of massed denizens of Brexitania descending upon the Highlands due to lack of forrin 'olidays opportunities fills me with dread.
It's tricky - I'm have similar holiday habits and hate crowds too but I guess I can't hand on heart object to others cottoning on to the things I enjoy, it's just a case of as you say finding more remote spots. Tangentially, we can all start planning our 2021 menus too:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9039649/What-No-Deal-mean-food-supplies-travel-economy.html
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@edinburgh87, yes fair enough, but don't forget how the North Coast 500 has effectively ruined Caithness for those not travelling in motor vehicles (and for those that are).
That DM article is grim: back to Middle Ages it seems come next month!
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@crowriver - very true!
Posted 3 years ago # -
Upper Clyde Valley Greenhouses can be reinstated for toms etc
Posted 3 years ago # -
Oh, please no! Just like shopping in the local St Cuthbert's (which everyone just called "the store") when I was a lad.
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“Upper Clyde Valley Greenhouses can be reinstated for toms etc“
Perhaps
Depends on a lot of things
Are there any greenhouses left?
Has the land been repurposed (or left derelict)?
Will the supply from the Netherlands be disrupted permanently (or unviable due to new tariffs)?
Has global warming reduced the need for heat?
Are there any local wind farms that might supply cheap electricity?
Are there new plant varieties requiring lower inputs?
Etc.
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