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C'mon own up, who was it ?


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:06 pm
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Probably one of the blokes from my work 😀

(To be fair, what else are you meant to do? The trains won't take bikes and diverting to the Kincardine Bridge adds about 30 miles to the trip)


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:08 pm
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Nutter!


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:09 pm
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wh'appened?


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:09 pm
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Did he manual all the way over ?!??? 😀


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:14 pm
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(To be fair, what else are you meant to do? The trains won't take bikes and diverting to the Kincardine Bridge adds about 30 miles to the trip)

"Trains." What trains?


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:18 pm
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Well yeah, that too!


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:20 pm
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They said he was taking his life into his own hands - not really, not like he has the surface area of the side of a lorry.


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:25 pm
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According to the BBC he "took his life in his hands". I couldn't make out if he was wearing a helmet ....


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:27 pm
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Probably aracer...


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:29 pm
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Probably safer than mixing with traffic.


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:29 pm
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Was it TJ evading a friendly dog?


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:33 pm
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Contemplated doing the same when the M1 was closed owing to the possible failure of the reservoir dam. Thought if plod came I could just pop over the central reservation! Bottled it in the end of course!


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:37 pm
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Did he head can it and shout 'oiiiii' loudly at every gust of wind?


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:37 pm
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wh'appened?

High winds made the bridge come alive.


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:51 pm
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I immediately wondered if it was "one of us". Looked exciting.

My colleagues were astounded that I'd run into work this morning. "In this weather?!!!" Yup, it was great fun!! Dodging wheelie bins and fallen branches all over.


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:53 pm
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What has amused me today, is the news (unconfirmed by me as yet) that the police were on the exits of the bridge handing out careless driving tickets to anyone ignoring the 'cars only' signs.


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 6:54 pm
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Well done that cyclist. I got to the bridge and chickened out because I reckoned there was too much heat to risk it. I don't mind getting shouted at by the jobsworth bridge employees, but the police would probably have made an issue of it.
The cycling was OK this morning by 8am, occasional gusts but nothing to cause you to "take your life in your hands"!


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 10:20 pm
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Well it wasn't me, but I have cycled past the cops before, and using the wind speed tracker on the FRB website saw it has registered gusts over 55mph and it was pretty hairy, so God knows what it was like today.


 
Posted : 05/12/2013 10:54 pm
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[quote=BoardinBob said]Probably aracer...

Too many wheels for me 😉


 
Posted : 06/12/2013 12:01 am

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