What are you doing today??

The Lone Ranger wrote:Did ye's all go up the top?

Ya. Walked up from the car park too. No need for the gym this week!

They should have had advance notices of those roadworks rather than turning a feckin corner and get stuck in it

Was it on Leith Walk ?

And you had better look out for the traffic tomorrow, Hibs play Dumbarton at home, so there will be two or three more cars on the road going to that...

Just missed a bad accident on the way home from meeting Dermo, it was at the Newcraighall junction, traffic tailed back for miles, 2 guys in hospital I hear, looked quite bad

Adam Mint wrote:Was it on Leith Walk ?

Don't know the name of the road Minty. If you go to the Leith end of Easter road and swing left. It was just there. There is a statue of Queen Victoria outside as building nearby. Not sure what the building is as they are renovating it

Just browsing camper vans on Ebay, Though this would be ideal for Cam when in the highlands with his camera,
It even has a staircase to help getting up to bed Item 271781657437 ebay

Had a look, bit basic even for me! That's some staircase...2 short planks comes to mind!

Some nutters out there

Just booked a couple of nights at the Ballachulish Hotel in Glencoe for 9th & 10th March. Ballachullish means "place of the narrows", which is why there used to be a ferry here until 1975 before the bridge across the seal loch (Loch Leven) opened.

Fabulous day today, the sun was splitting the sky and Auld Reekie looked her best, Val trailed me around the shops for odds and ends and then we went to Cafe Andaluz for lunch [paella] , it was great , they have closed George St heading east and put up what could best be described as conservatories outside most of the restaurants looks very nice and it will be magic in the Summer, since we came home 3 weeks ago we have had glorious sunshine every day it;s just a shame it is a wee bit chilly, had rain one night but it cleared up by mid day

It was lovely today Bill, I fell on my arse on someone's front step, it was covered in ice! My army training automatically kicked in though and I had my right hand down to save myself before I hit the deck. I could see the woman was thinking "he's well fit", but Trish was in the car so I left her looking after me longingly...

Added another B&B to our wee break at Foyers on the shore of Loch Ness. Just 1 night then we'll see where we go from there...

The Lone Ranger wrote:It was lovely today Bill, I fell on my arse on someone's front step, it was covered in ice! My army training automatically kicked in though and I had my right hand down to save myself before I hit the deck. I could see the woman was thinking "he's well fit", but Trish was in the car so I left her looking after me longingly...

Val had a fall today as well, she went to have a look in Hamilton &Inches and went over on her ankle, needless to say I was well out of credit card reach so two other guys helped her up, just a twisted ankle ,so no damage done to Val nor bank account 

Been to Skegness today to collect hog accessories and remove starter motor from yacht, lovely day and all went well. Lots of activity down there all hoping for a nice summer. 

Perfectspecimen wrote:Been to Skegness today to collect hog accessories and remove starter motor from yacht, lovely day and all went well. Lots of activity down there all hoping for a nice summer. 

Had a wee look on the map and saw a place called Great Snoring!

Patsy can snore but its not great.....

Got to be carefull falling when your getting on a bit, My training from being a stunt double always pays off,
 but lesser mortals need to watch it,

searcher wrote:

The Lone Ranger wrote:It was lovely today Bill, I fell on my arse on someone's front step, it was covered in ice! My army training automatically kicked in though and I had my right hand down to save myself before I hit the deck. I could see the woman was thinking "he's well fit", but Trish was in the car so I left her looking after me longingly...

Val had a fall today as well, she went to have a look in Hamilton &Inches and went over on her ankle, needless to say I was well out of credit card reach so two other guys helped her up, just a twisted ankle ,so no damage done to Val nor bank account 

The Lone Ranger wrote:

You'd wonder which he was more worried about!

Fixed starter motor today, I think.   Little clutch thing on the back had seized so it wasnt throwing the gear into the flywheel. I have a new tub of grease I bought the other day so I will give it a liberal dose when the WD40 dries out. Salt water innit. 

3rdforum wrote:

Adam Mint wrote:Was it on Leith Walk ?

Don't know the name of the road Minty. If you go to the Leith end of Easter road and swing left. It was just there. There is a statue of Queen Victoria outside as building nearby. Not sure what the building is as they are renovating it

Think you were in Duke Street, the statues  at the foot (bottom) of Leith  Walk where it meets Duke Street and Junction Street, the building  behind Victoria was a Woolworths to the right and a wallpaper shop to te left when I was a kid, then they built the Kirkgate shopping center to the side of it, it's a shithole,,,

The reason I asked if it was Leith Walk was because when I was up there at the turn of the year we took a drive round Edinburgh/Leith and got stuck in a major trafic jam as Leith Walk was all dug up again,,, I say again cos when the Edinburgh tram project started trams were meant to run down Leith Walk and it was dug up for a couple of years while they rerouted drains, cables, etc, then the project went tits up and the trams never got there, shame...

Very little, its too damned cold.

Today Mathew its one of these ...

Was the pool league presentation doo last night, was held in our local this year, moves around the pubs in the league, DJ, karaoke, big buffet and lots of beer, oh and even some trophies...



The tankards for being second in the team knockout cup...
The shield and trophy are for being second in the doubles league, shield stays in the local for a year...
Landlord even filled the pub teams winning tankards with a free pint...
Doo finished about midnight, then it was town till silly o'clock, ouch...

Well done Minty!