Author Topic: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov  (Read 6158 times)

steveD

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #75 on: November 19, 2009, 08:49:03 PM »
Latest update, I have spoken to Alistair at Tibbie Shiels and they are cut off by the flooding. I will post on other sites that this location is cancelled and I personally will try for Llanthony.
All of the roads around there are flooded and more rain is expected tonight. :'(
If I'm not working I'll be away on my bike camping!

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #76 on: November 19, 2009, 09:45:31 PM »
Aye SteveD,

Precipitation not stopped here all day and all the fields, even those on a slope, are like burns. Not had the wind here, but suspect Smudge has on the Forth and I was speaking to a friend in Ae, who said some of the gusts were interesting! All the low lying agricultural ground is under water in the Nith catchment.

Suspect the Megget spillways will be at full bore.

May go for a daylight donda on Saturday, but won't disturb the inn, as they may be bailing hard! ???

Thank you for your planning and co-ordination effort towards this meeting and I trust you have a safe expedition to the Llanthony 'Piddle in a Puddle' meet. ;D

My regards, Bill.

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #77 on: November 19, 2009, 10:33:31 PM »
b****r  :'( :'(

I was looking forward to that!
Ahh well, maybe later in the year/next year... (I keep trying to convince you lot to come up here in the summer!  ::) ;))

Like Bill said, thanks for your efforts Steve, I'm sure it will all come to fruition soon, just not to be this weekend, and when it does happen it will be good!!

Suppose that means I have to do the housework tomorrow now :o :o :-\

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #78 on: November 19, 2009, 10:49:17 PM »
Dear Mrs Mop,

Thought you might be doing your 'Free diving' breathing exercises! The puddles will be deep enough! ;)

Just seen on the BBC1 Ten O'clock weather, 276mm of rain in the past 24hrs up to 22:00 tonight at Seathwaite, Cumbria. Shap not far behind and Eskdalemuir about 3rd or 4th on the list with a 100+mm.

Digging holes on an ex-opencast coal mine site tomorrow ;D ;D ;D ;D Up to the oxters in gutters and glar. Oh deep joy!

Safe travelling, Bill.

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #79 on: November 19, 2009, 10:59:53 PM »
Thanks for the organising, was really looking forward to this. i just spent 22hours on the srx400 fixing it. well at leased its done and ready for the next trip!!! Smudge where abouts are you as i could do with a test run?

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #80 on: November 20, 2009, 07:54:50 AM »
Don't worry, I should have said postponed not cancelled! Roll on some good weather and we will try again! ;D
If I'm not working I'll be away on my bike camping!

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #81 on: November 21, 2009, 03:04:13 PM »
Just been out for a wee run!!!!! ;D

Left Perth at 09:00 and arrived at Tibbie at 11:00. Took a photo, dined with plain car occupants in the Glen Cafe, then rode home via Megget, Talla, Tweedsmuir, Broughton (water in the petrol! ???), the Edinburgh by-pass (car park ::) ) and the canal from South Queensferry to Perth. In the door, bike away, wet gear off, mug of tea in hand by 14:15. The Wee Bros was a good'un. Will post images later (only 3!).

Tara, Bill.

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #82 on: November 21, 2009, 07:31:06 PM »
Sounds like a wet one Bill!
I took the chance to nip down that way while I was on a car errand yesterday and got as far as Innerliethen where I could go no further due to the road being flooded out.
Certainly a lot of water in all the lower valleys and undoubtedly the right decision to postpone the camping.

I trust the water in petrol prob has been resolved?

Just recovering from the Scotland match here, I think my neighbours may have guessed I was watching by the shouts cheers and groans they could probably hear  :o :-[
I have to feel sorry for the Aussie kicker but what an incredible bit of work by the Scots,  :o ;D Think I need to go for a wee lie down now!!

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #83 on: November 21, 2009, 08:17:50 PM »
Sounds like a wet one Bill!
I took the chance to nip down that way while I was on a car errand yesterday and got as far as Innerliethen where I could go no further due to the road being flooded out.
Certainly a lot of water in all the lower valleys and undoubtedly the right decision to postpone the camping.

I trust the water in petrol prob has been resolved?

Just recovering from the Scotland match here, I think my neighbours may have guessed I was watching by the shouts cheers and groans they could probably hear  :o :-[
I have to feel sorry for the Aussie kicker but what an incredible bit of work by the Scots,  :o ;D Think I need to go for a wee lie down now!!

Aye Smudge,

Did we go to the same place? ??? Into Innerleithen and turn right. No problem apart from a shower of 'Hoorays' and 'Ruperts' brandishing 12 bores and wrestling dogs, whilst trying to throw something at birds sitting tight in a Sitka spruce plantation on a 40 degree slope. The Bros is so quiet they were all jumping off the road at the last minute or being spun by their dogs on leads, as the dogs took fright! One good old Lab, just stopped on the grass and the 'Rupert' fell over him! ;D

There was also a VERY disconsolate policeman, sitting in a marked up van at the top cattle grid on the watershed afore the descent to Mount Benger, I eased the throttle, waved, nodded and carried on into the mist.

As for the rugby, Matt the moustachiode Gringo was obviously out of sorts and as I was drinking Marston's brown ale, whilst demolishing venison sausages, smoked back bacon, an egg, tomatoes and tatty scones the leaping about was muted and the verbals muffled! ;D However, I was finding it difficult to keep the grub in, as the grin split the fizog from ear to ear and the OZ team member in the studio looked pretty crocked by it all. Still a couple of 'tinnies' of XXXX and a couple of 'Leap Frogs' should see them hammer the Welsh in 'The Millenium'! Am I bovered??????????????????? Nah! ;)

Cheery, cheery and get a good sleep, Bill.

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #84 on: November 21, 2009, 11:41:49 PM »
I think we do mean the same one... yesterday the road was closed and the river filled the valley, the rugby pitch in the next village was underwater  :o

Ok, images seem not to work tonight for some reason, have a shufti here and you'll hopefully see what I mean..


http://www.flickr.com/photos/69593709@N00/?saved=1

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #85 on: November 22, 2009, 12:20:17 AM »
I think we do mean the same one... yesterday the road was closed and the river filled the valley, the rugby pitch in the next village was underwater  :o

Ok, images seem not to work tonight for some reason, have a shufti here and you'll hopefully see what I mean..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69593709@N00/?saved=1

Aye Smudge,

Had the shufti! Yep, the car park on the left in the flooded road picture was full of Lycra clad mountain people, in various states of undress and clartiness. Water all receded, but the fencing in poor repair! Below St Mary's Loch there was a large animal feeder looking lost and lonely and all the fences were in ropey condition with lots of debris hanging from them. Mercifully, the peeps appear to have avoided large losses if any. :)

My regards, Bill.

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #86 on: November 22, 2009, 02:10:35 PM »
As it happens we managed to locate several flooded roads on our weekend camp at Llanthony Priory, I will leave it to SteveD to describe my insanely over-fast 'wade' through one of them as he had the ringside seat and all I could see was water.

We got soaked to the skin yesterday on our ride-out... and that was before I did a launch-of-the-lifeboat impression.

GC


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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #87 on: November 22, 2009, 03:25:54 PM »
I'm all for a bit of wading, it's the landrover driver in me  ;) but the stuff in the valleys here was moving far too fast to chance it. For once the Polis weren't joking when they said the road was closed  :o
Still, got the bike washed yesterday, caught up with some bits and bobs and had a bimble over to Cramond Island today with swmbo so not a bad weekend overall  :)

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #88 on: November 28, 2009, 11:36:36 PM »
So... if this is merely postponed, when do we try again?  ;)

GC

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Re: Borders meet 20th-21st Nov
« Reply #89 on: November 29, 2009, 10:59:15 AM »
When are you free???im up for a pre christmas meet?