@IWRATS 110 pages back you cLAIM 1991 AS FIRst SIGHTING. HIS toll cross juggling troop used to come in to the IB on a monday 1992 - we used to be in after The one pound cameo monday film.
Apart from MC hammer those trousers ain’t cool
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Thinking on it I'd say '90. A whole year of monastic devotion to the atoms reduced to rounding error.
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Also I came home by @algo's house and the kids' rainbows are the best I've seen. Good colour saturation and crisp lines.
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Gandalf abides.
I recall he was almost permanently in residence at the old Forest, in the days before the Settlement went bust.
If Fargo had been set in Lothian instead of Minnesota, he'd have been in it.
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A laid back tandem today in the Moorfoots. Then a hand cycle nearer home. And plenty of newbies around Carrington.
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@unhurt at the bottom of my garden beyond the wilderness on the wol path pinch point. Very convivial chat
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Tandem was us doing our faux Tour de Lauder. Cracking weather.
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@nobrakes were you on the front or behind?
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I’m on the front. Where did we meet? Saw a lot of cyclists today.
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Ah. The person on the back seemed to be asleep! :)
I passed you on the long ascent north to Piper's Grave, probably near the Glentress farm
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@arellcat doing flyby of castle on her Windcheetah. Heard the buzz of three wheels moving fast and she was gone down Johnston Terrace. Mrs LB and I on foot.
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Lol. I won’t tell her! She’s 4’10 so the seat swallows her up. I remember you passing. We’d be doing our obligatory 6 - 8 mph up there. It’s a long slow climb on that bike.
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Bet you zoom down though.
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Piper's Grave
Had to look up where this was. I think I've cycled along that road at least a dozen times, but don't think I've ever noticed it. Going to put that down to me always either looking up at the sky or staring at my handlebars and grimacing.
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a trio of cargo bikes heading up North bridge.
- trio?
- swarm?
- caravan?
- pandemonium?
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There is a baker’s boys rally in Dublin every 16th of June, Well not this year. In recent times not all the bikes have been Edwardian delivery bikes with big straw baskets. The Dublin hire bikes are out in force and indeed not just boys anymore.
Blooms day (16th of June) is one huge pub crawl (more walking between pubs these days) and about noon when thinking of whetting my thrapple, i could be stravaiging through merino Square and chance to look over my shoulder and 50 Edwardian delivery bikes would be cycling round. Just one of the incidentals. Another was The Diceman who was a Glaswegian Thomas McGinty, now dead. He would appear dressed as James Joyce’s Ulysses, the very book we were celebrating.
Off now to cycle up to Cauldstane slap then pick litter on the whang
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Nice bit of gravel riding, @gembo.
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Went up listonshiels on wrong bike saw a big hare and a shepherdess on way up and on the much Quicker descent. Was a little hare raising to be honest.
Back on road the asphalt felt very smooth.
THen went and did the litter, picked a nappy early on which somewhat put me off my stride.
Did have nice long chat with @AROBCOMP.
THEN went out to HARPERRIG for the west wind home. When i had filled the bags I had I dumped them at the funny wee shop thing at top of Leyden Road. Might see if Mrs Garto will drive me out. To pick them up.
Mostly discards McDonald Coffee Cups. Surprising number of lucozade bottles. Fair few Irn Bru cans and bottles but they are more visible. Absolutely no empty tubs of hummus.
Borestone is the Listonshiels pass. Goes to Carlops I always confuse them Cauldstane is the Little Vantage route comes to West Linton.
Both wet in winter so nice and dry just now. Cauldstane is harder.
Meant to say from near top at Listonshiels I could almost see Blair Atholl. It was a clear morning and completely silent apart from the birdies up there.
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Spotted a recumbent tandem today at the junction with East Preston Street and Dalkeith Road about to enter the park - waved instinctively.... Did Arthur's seat loop with 4 year old for the first time on her bike - lots of friendly interactions and encouragement on the way up. Still find it unfathomable that the park is now *more* open to cars that it was before
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When i turned and descended from Harperig I could see a big fire which could have been my house but as i reached edinburgh thought more dalmahoy way.
Approx 90 mins later the fire brigade have arrived (woods beyond ravelrig hill. The engines cannot get access from the north so they are heading down now from balerno, sirens blaring.
Suggestion a series of deliberate fires.
You do see wood piled up into bonfires at this time of year in the woods. So someone has lit them is my guess/
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@algo - nice seeing you other say at hardware store.
Arthur's Seat hill road a big achievement for 4 year old! @carfreeholyrood on twitter shows that free parking is getting well used and keeping roads open helps drivers get there quickly.Double recliner - not ours today - could be Dutch guy in city or the Anderson's one. Also a trike one in city. Mrs LB and I did first tandem ride last week.
Cargo bikes x 3. Could be @Farroutdeliveries or @leecraigie & co.Big fire near Balerno. Expect updates @gembo !
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I cycled through Balerno this morning. All the way from Juniper Green I was thinking "Lots of folk burning garden waste around here".
Then from up by Harlaw I got a proper view that made things make more sense.
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i saw two big fires this morning from dalmeny, seemed to be out ratho way ?
edit: ah right i see, balerno it is
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@laidback, the fires are under control. The smoke has dissipated such that I have my washin oot.
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Good. Not sure if we'll see rain in April this year. Ground very dry.
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Rain forecast now for Thursday - pushed back to the last day of April.
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@Gembo - very trendy. Had never heard of Cauldstane Slap previously, then twice in one morning
"Path of the Month" on Heritage Paths
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@IainMcr yes is a mighty path - often boggy, With The bejeweled crows nest on the Ladder stile and the shepherd with the sheepdog that he admires because it was gnawed by rats as a puppy.
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Spotted Lee Craigie and two others on cargo bikes going round Cameron Toll roundabout on Friday evening.
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The sight of Gembo picking litter,
Was enough to set my heart a flitter.For warmth he'd donned jumper and jean,
To give the verges and fences a clean.If only he'd brought disposable gloves too,
To offset revulsion at picking baby poo.Posted 4 years ago #
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