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meanredspider

Got up this morning and the temperature was 1.6C. If that wasn't miserable enough it was also "dreich" (the perfect Scottish word for Scottish weather - cold, miserable, dark & drizzly) out. As I was riding in, I was just thinking (d'oh) that this was the worst possible morning for a puncture but consoled myself that, since I'd been running Rubinos I'd only had 1 puncture in the last 3800 miles from a massive piece of green bottle glass that slashed the sidewall.

I don't even need to complete the story other than to say that it was a 10mm long shard of green bottle glass.

It was probably about time though as my CO2 cylinders have started to rust and one of the inspection gloves I use tore through age.

What does pi55 me off is that, of all the punctures I've ever had, 95% occur within the 1 mile stretch of the Kessock Bridge. Same goes for the people I see repairing punctures.

Wallace1492

On the upside, what a lovely place to be repairing a puncture...... even in the driech, you can still get a half decent view, if not, you still know what is out there and can take solace that you are not repairing a p******e on the side of Maryhill Road, with people walking about in pyjama's, broken glass everywhere, and busses and taxi's hurtling past.

Yesterday I had to do a p******e repair on the banks of the Forth and Clyde canal, ducks quacking, walkers enjoying the afternoon and a few fishermen about. I took my time and was happy I was not on a grubby city centre road desperately trying to repair on way into work.

meanredspider

Ha - every cloud . As it happens I was right by the Longman roundabout (bottom of the Kessock bridge) - probably the busiest bit of road in the whole Highlands - especially at 8.30am. But, yes, infinitely better than pretty much anywhere in Glasgow.

davis

How do you pronounce "dreich". A bit like "dryke"?

meanredspider

davis wrote:

How do you pronounce "dreich". A bit like "dryke"?

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries ... ary/dreich - there's a button

davis

meanredspider wrote:

davis wrote:

How do you pronounce "dreich". A bit like "dryke"?

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries ... ary/dreich - there's a button

Ah yes, the dulcet Scottish lilt; halfway between spitting and assault ;-)

*the above, for the criminally dullwitted, is sarcasm.

antfly

Scottish BBC weatherman Philip Avery uses the word a lot, he has never needed to explain it's meaning, it's onomatopoeic !

daviesee

meanredspider wrote:

davis wrote:

How do you pronounce "dreich". A bit like "dryke"?

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries ... ary/dreich - there's a button

I had a look out of curiosity with no joy.
So - "Dree" then the "ch" from loch. (And that is never ck) If that makes sense.
About as wet as the loch too.

meanredspider

daviesee wrote:

So - "Dree" then the "ch" from loch. (And that is never ck) If that makes sense.
About as wet as the loch too.

Yes - though possibly said with an even softer, drawn-out CH

Blacktemplar

meanredspider wrote:

daviesee wrote:

So - "Dree" then the "ch" from loch. (And that is never ck) If that makes sense.
About as wet as the loch too.

Yes - though possibly said with an even softer, drawn-out CH

I particularly like that other east-coast classic- haar. Even if is a Dutch word....

It was like the bleedin' Tyne here this morning, I was soaked by the time I got to work.

daviesee

Blacktemplar wrote:

It was like the bleedin' Tyne here this morning, I was soaked by the time I got to work.

On the bright side.......
It is the first time in 4 years that I have been caught out while wearing the Rapha Winter Jersey.
I arrived dry :shock: Wasn't expecting that. :P
I wouldn't try it in a torrential downpour but mist/fog/drizzle - dreich, no problem.

daviesee

Taking that back.
It turned out to be torrential on the return so the Gore Phantom came out.
What happened to the dry day forecast? :evil:
New word of the day. Drookit. Self explanatory.
Getting an early start to Burns night.