confusing grammar from the BBC - or a copywriter with a sense of humour - disruption to ferries and train services between Glasgow Central and Edinburgh
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I don't care what the weatherman says
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Posted 14 years ago #
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Another roof off -- that building I mentioned yesterday on Harden Place (between Polwarth Terrace and Temple Park) was in two parts (or was tow joined buildings). Anyway, the roof of the second building is now mostly off too. Will see if I can get a picture.
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"Another roof off"
Is it a new building?
Posted 14 years ago # -
Post-war social housing of some sort - presumably 1970s when copper was cheap?
Possibly the ice earlier in the winter weakened it, especially at the edges, so that the wind could catch it and peel it back?
Posted 14 years ago # -
One should never ever need to use the granny ring on the flat in the city, its just not cricket.
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On Calder Road last night I was pedalling quite hard just to stand still. My normal 30 minute commute home took an hour. I was late for normal friday night swim in High School pool and had to endure two hours in Bubbles Leisure Pool Livingston with 4 children. I may have mentioned this on another string.
The night before I was hit by a horizontal tsunami of rain on the open ground between Balerno and Currie. I was wet.
There is a flume at Bubbles that is completely dark inside. Darker than a black steer's tucus on a moonless night.
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I thought I'd give the bike the night off and walk down to the pub last night in my not-cycling clothes - attempts at getting a bus were thwarted by a lack of non-paper money and the "frequency" (wrong word) of buses form Marchmont. Bad idea. I would have been much happier sitting in Bert's bar nursing my brewdog in lycra and waterproofs than drowned jeans and jumper.
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Looks like it's going to be a wee bit calmer come monday and tuesday. Actually had a corkin' cycle home on Friday night. Judged the wind right and went via Cramond and was blown the whole way home.
Coming up through the Trinity tunnel I had to screeh to a halt for a full size tree right across the path. Had to shoulder bike and clamber through it. Have clarenced it, so hopefully they'll get the chainsaws out. Shame though, it was quite a mature tree.
Posted 14 years ago # -
Tree which must have gone down across North Meadow Walk after 5pm Thursday was being cleared Friday morning.
Posted 14 years ago # -
Rode that way to work this morning to see if it had been shifted. Hilariously it looked like someone had come along and chainsawed about a foot off the tip, thus making it passible (if you walked in the mud off the side of the tarmac)
Bits of ride today reminded me of watching Kickstart as a yoof. At the airport had a choice of cycling through a three foot deep puddle or up a small river that was now running down the bike path.
Chose the river, bits of that were only calf deep. Glad I had overshoes on.
All in it wasn't actually that bad a ride :)
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There was a nice massive drain-block puddle on PS westbound overlapping the cobbled tram-stop choke-point and making going through at least a bit of it necessary. Of course, to avoid drenching any pedestrians buses were swerving part-way into the right-hand lane, which makes it quite handy that most cyclists won't be in the right-hand lane going over the cobblybit.
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Had a nice ride from MH up to BL through the M's and round AS down the IRT to PP along to SF then back to MH via the RCP in time for T. Weather was S.
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Through the M's what?
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At least it is getting noticably lighter for the first part of the way home. Not pitch black at least.
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Had a nice ride from MH up to BL through the M's and round AS down the IRT to PP along to SF then back to MH via the RCP in time for T. Weather was S.
from My House?
through the Meadows?
round Arthur's Seat?
down the Innocent Railway Track?
To ? along to ?
to My house?
via the Roseburn Cycle Path?
Weather was s'OK/so-so/super/stonking/sh***Posted 14 years ago # -
via the Royal Commonwealth Pool?
Weather was Sunny? Snowy!
But I feel we are missing our friend Recombodna's subtle ironies....
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"IRT to PP along to SF"
Porty Prom to Seafield?
"RCP"
Roseburn Cycle path? (edit-Kaputnik surmised that one while I was typing)
"Weather was S."
Think I'll leave that one..
Posted 14 years ago # -
I thought it was:
Had a nice ride from My House up to Bruntsfield Links through the Meadows and round Arthur's Seat down the Innocent Railway Tunnel to Portobello Prom along to SeaField then back to My House via the Royal Commonwealth Pool in time for Tea. Weather was Somewhat Inclement?
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HA ha ha classic guys!!! can you tell I was bored sitting here trying to put together my weekly pub quiz? Well done That's cheered me up from the somewhat inclement weather!!
Arellcat and kaputnik spot on! RCP Roseburn cycle path!
Posted 14 years ago # -
The good news is, oot in EH28 the sun's just come out! #hiphiphiphooray
Posted 14 years ago # -
the stream running through the back of niddrey was just about to burst onto the path about an hour ago, it was lapping over the footbridge!
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Windy again yesterday. I had a look at the Forth Road Bridge website which said it was averaging 36mph and gusting to 52mph! My word is was windy on the bridge. I took a longer way home towards the bridge to avoid exposed areas of cycleway. On the bridge I was nearly blown off at the start of the bridge so I got off to walk. As I approached half way I was passed by a Guy on a Genisis Day One, orange with disk brakes, I had to have a close look as it was similar to my Cotic. Anyway I considered if he could I could. Anyway as we approached the second North tower we were both nearly blown off again and ended up walking off the bridge. The other cyclist said he wished the outside rail was higher as our higher centre of gravity could see us blown over into the Forth!
He lives in Spagety Bay as do I so I suppose I'll spot him again some time.Posted 13 years ago #
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