Remember, Remember

Wallace1492

Well, being a (relatively) fresh commuter last year, I hadn't given it much thought.
So, 5th November dawns, I am cycling to work, no bother at all.

However, hometime was a whole new experience. The Trolls had got up and were full of the Buckie, and playing with fire. And there I am, high viz jacket, all sorts of lights on, glowing in the dark. The Trolls wanted me to glow more though......

It was like the first day of the Somme, it was Shock and Awe on Maryhill Road....

The build up has started already, with various rockets and bangers going off, a sort of distant guns approaching, it will only build up to the 5th.

Thinking I may take the train, or go stealth, black clothing and no lights....

Anyone else get the same?

White Line

I had one of those wee 50p fireworks that all the school kids buy thrown at me last year. :shock: Although, they never really go where you want them to, so it just went down the road a bit and gave up with a pathetic pop. :roll:

I find that around Bonfire Night it is almost as bad as when it snows. The constant threat of little pr*cks throwing things at you passes your mind every 200m.

I'd say stealth is the way to go though, regarding the whole hiding from neds thing.

CdrJake

The week of November 5th is the only week of the year I don't cycle or drive. I'm usually too druged up on pills to be safe to do either.

rich_e

I'd not thought about that to be honest, so it's good that you pointed it out, might be like you say, a day not to ride.

I remember a few years ago driving somewhere on Bonfire night and some idiots were in a car coming the other way. Aside from the driver, they were all piled over to the side of the car on the pavement side, and had the rocket launcher tubes out of the windows. They were then launching rockets at anyone and anything as they drove along. That's the kind of crap you have to watch out for.

Wallace1492

CdrJake wrote:

The week of November 5th is the only week of the year I don't cycle or drive. I'm usually too druged up on pills to be safe to do either.

Why is that..... does it bring back an attack of the Shell Shock from your participation in the Battle of Jutland? :shock:

CdrJake

Wallace1492 wrote:

CdrJake wrote:

The week of November 5th is the only week of the year I don't cycle or drive. I'm usually too druged up on pills to be safe to do either.

Why is that..... does it bring back an attack of the Shell Shock from your participation in the Battle of Jutland? :shock:

not quite that far back, but PTSD from Bosnia.

Battle of Jutland...cheeky boy I'm not quite that old, my great great grandfather was however.

Wallace1492

CdrJake wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

CdrJake wrote:

The week of November 5th is the only week of the year I don't cycle or drive. I'm usually too druged up on pills to be safe to do either.

Why is that..... does it bring back an attack of the Shell Shock from your participation in the Battle of Jutland? :shock:

not quite that far back, but PTSD from Bosnia.

Battle of Jutland...cheeky boy I'm not quite that old, my great great grandfather was however.

Oops, sorry a bit of foot in mouth...... I had thought it was regular flu time for you.
Unreserved Apologies!!

My Grandfather did Mesapotamia in WW1, never talked about it.

shoulder_of_orion

My Great-Grandfather was a doctor at Gallipoli.

Whenever anyone mentioned Churchill or he had to refer to him he would never refer to him by name but say "That mass muderer!"

Wallace1492

Shoulder of Lamb wrote:

My Great-Grandfather was a doctor at Gallipoli.

Whenever anyone mentioned Churchill or he had to refer to him he would never refer to him by name but say "That mass muderer!"

Aye, a few bad decisions, but then again he didn't start it. Its just a pity bad decisions in that game costs hundreds if not thousands of lives.

CdrJake

Wallace1492 wrote:

CdrJake wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

CdrJake wrote:

The week of November 5th is the only week of the year I don't cycle or drive. I'm usually too druged up on pills to be safe to do either.

Why is that..... does it bring back an attack of the Shell Shock from your participation in the Battle of Jutland? :shock:

not quite that far back, but PTSD from Bosnia.

Battle of Jutland...cheeky boy I'm not quite that old, my great great grandfather was however.

Oops, sorry a bit of foot in mouth...... I had thought it was regular flu time for you.
Unreserved Apologies!!

My Grandfather did Mesapotamia in WW1, never talked about it.

Oh don't worry about it. I've learned to live with it. The worst week is in Janurary which falls at the time I was out there, but November 5th isn't fun with all the fireworks popping off. Just have to prepare NGale for the fact that I will be more difficult than usual to deal with.

NGale always wonders why I don't wear my green beret with my working rig, Bosnia is the reason why.

Never mind we have to move on from these things, life goes on for the rest of us.

sharm1969ca

wallace, i know its wrong to laugh at the pillocks throwing stuff especially fireworks but mate, you have made my day! just the way you have worded your post has put a bloody big smile on my dial. cheers mate.

Wallace1492

sharm1969ca wrote:

wallace, i know its wrong to laugh at the pillocks throwing stuff especially fireworks but mate, you have made my day! just the way you have worded your post has put a bloody big smile on my dial. cheers mate.

£5 spot in the post for that comment!!
Cheers.

Wallace1492

Result!!! Off to London for a couple of days next week, and will miss the 5th November Maryhill run. I can put away the tin helmet for another year.

Bonus is that I will be flying back on the evening of the 5th, so cloud permitting should have a great show all up Britain.

Still, will be plently of dodging bangers between now and then....