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resolved@gembo yes, he does. We have 6 people commuting from Glasgow-ish. 9 of us commutes from Edinburgh. About 18 from elsewhere -- mostly West Lothian.
Haha! Thanks. West Lothian is pretty actually. Not so pretty if you only ever take A71 or the motorway.
Whenever anyone finds a nice bit of West Lothian it becomes a Hidden Gem
THe latest being The Waterfall on Linhouse Water but Colzium is nice Black Ness Abercorn Dalmeny all sweet
Hippodrome Cinema ion Bo;ness lovely
Mannerstons Farm Shop good
West Binnie Hill descent fab
Linlithgow nice, the descent down to Linlithgow from Avonbridge is lovely, the whole of the Bathgate Alps corking.
Almondell a bit gloomy but I like it
Canal is good and Jupiter Artland.
Fauldhouse to Harthill climb was a cracker, was set on fire at the weekend
Back road from Addiewell to Briech is nice
Gave a round Britain traveller directions to the Forth Bridge from my house this a.m. He has the tiniest map I have ever seen. Seems to have come all the way from Carstairs on the A70.
All his possessions on his very old very skinny flat bar bike
I sent him down Ravelrig Hill with a warning. He seemed to think he was following NCN 74
Watch out for him in the news
Chap on a bike having a free and frank exchange of views with a woman in a black SUV at the Ashley Terrace/Polwarth Terrace junction just before lunch. I didn't see the start and what caused her to beep the horn at him. While it's possible that he had pulled out sharply (but entirely predictably) round a van that was parked half on the pavement on a double yellow line, my impression was that the cause of the disagreement was that she thought that he should be 'on the left' and not in the 'middle of the road'.
He was making the same points that I would have made in the circumstances, centred around the fact that the road was too narrow for her to overtake him and that, above all, the traffic light in front of them both was red so it was pretty pointless anyway.
My children, with whom I was walking, forbade me from joining in.
Traffic on Myreside Road seemed pretty normal for a weekday morning. Usual mix of workies' vans and single-occupant cars. Notably a very fine Jaguar E-type with one occupant, presumably going on essential business somewhere, and in Shandon a very fine Jaguar F-type rorting out of Shaftesbury Park on a vital trip to somewhere with lots of engine-revving.
I was saying to my neighbour the other day that it's really quite remarkable how many late evening essential journeys require loud exhausts and maximum revs.
The Shaftesbury Park F-type, is owned by a neighbour just across the road. It's his only car so pretty funny when he returns from trips to DIY shops with bits of wood stuck out the windows.
I was working upstairs and the engine noise was enough for me to look out the window.
@greenroofer was the E type Red? There was one up at the mad development (ten years and still landscaping) just west of balerno. Parked on the rubble at top of hill next to digger
Recumbent tandem on the Broomhouse path.
Still lots of new cyclists everywhere. I thought the cooler weather may have reduced numbers a bit. Lots of tots on balance bikes and family groups exploring Levenhall by bike too.
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Colin
@gembo the E-type was a pale mint green as I recall. It was a hard top.
@chrisfl in that case I take back what I said. Maybe his journey actually was necessary. (Although I can't imagine anyone uses a E-type for day to day motoring nowadays, so I stand by my cynical comments about that one)
Early this morning, a loose collective of neoprened swimmers at Gladhouse.They must be enjoying the fresh weather (6 degrees). I haven't seen swimmers there for a while.
Someone I know at Scottish Water says that gives her the fear when she sees people swimming in reservoirs. Wonder what the true risk is, have kinda fancied it.
Birds poop in reservoirs all the time.
@edinburgh87 what's she afraid of? Pollution or currents?
I understand that Thriepmuir and Harlow are usually free of the latter as they are only used to hold water for the Water of Leith, while Torduff and Bonaly (I think, maybe) are owned by Scottish Water and could have water drawn off at any time.
Algae blooms?
I suspect the primary risks are deep, dark and cold. Cold leads to risks of the cold shock response, deep leads to folk getting unexpectedly out of their depth, and dark means entanglement hazards can't be observed.
These risks can be managed (and equally apply to Scottish lakes), but could be pitfalls for the unwary.
Robert
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Harlaw has paddlers
They do run the water off for the Hydro scheme
When first came ton the sticks I walked up the bavelaw burn and climbed the dry walls of the run off. Lucky they didn’t open it as I was climbing
Thriepmuir not seen the swimmers back yet - long way in to get to water deep enough?
@edinburgh87 what's she afraid of? Pollution or currents?
Basically cold shock and unexpected interactions with intakes and other such mechanisms combined with the relatively isolated locations AFAIK. Love the idea of wild swimming though to mix things up a bit
Ah, so not largish groups swimming somewhere like Threipmuir which can be warm and shallow.
When Mr fimm coaches outdoor swimming sessions for the triathlon club he is very thorough with his risk assessments etc because if something does go wrong it is likely to be serious...
Threipmuir veritably hoaching with swimsters, paddlers and rubber ring enthusiasts yesterday. Lovely peaceful afternoon in the sun surrounded by others who arrived on bikes somewhat tarnished by the arrival of several poorly controlled dogs with "it's only a dog" type owners who arrived by car.
Tinto hill car park busy thiis morning about 9.30, i oimagine it will end up rammed .
Quite strong Easterly or maybe NNE on way home. Into the teeth anyway
Spies tell me Harlaw Rammed by 9am this morning. Driver of white SUV couldn’t get parked so he jumped out motor and found the no parking cones over the wall so that he could then park, Nice.
10 litre bottles of vodka on lang whang from carnwath heading east. (Grant’s Brand)
After cycling through various smashed ones I decided to check tyres. Front. One very worn, Need to replace now
Yes the parking at Harlaw was laughable yesterday. The cones placed to enforce no parking on verges completely ignored and people just parked at the other side of the road completely defeating the point and reducing the road width even further. Some notices on those car windscreens but no tickets. Totally fine on a bike/foot/horse.
Paths lathered(?) at certain points in horsey poop. Which I didn't really appreciate as the trailer got a sprinkling. They should carry bags around with them and pick it up.
They should carry bags around with them and pick it up.
I think it's traditional for gardeners to go and pick it up for them!
Robert
Spotted a guy winding a Brompton up the long steep Kirkgate from Currie towards the hills and gave him a big wave not sure why just looked cool.
8am Sunday morning special alarm for the houses next to AUchengray Level Crossing, the barriers down, the lights flashing, the klaxon blaring. Several minutes elapses. The barriers go up, the lights stop flashing, the klaxon ends.
The Gembo gingerly edges out looking both ways - no train
This train. Is coming like a ghost train.
The farmer at Auchengray used to run a club b ut’s been closed down
Well was a pub more, well was a living room more
Use to have a sign in ye olden days
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