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druidh · 2010-04-02T19:32:17Z

I was up for a wee spin this afternoon - mainly to see what condition the tracks were in. I was gonna go up and over Maidens, but the snow was just too deep and slushy to get any grip or steering. I decided to turn back and stay at a lower lever, so an exploration of the wee wooded section around Harlaw seemed in order. It's wet, obviously, but I couldn't help but notice the amount of "windfall" - particularly as 99% of it seemed to be on the line of the track, and almost none elsewhere. Even stranger, some of the branches were enormous and I couldn't see what nearby trees they could possibly have snapped off. It was almost as if someone had actually moved them into place. Anyway - I moved some of it aside, but I'll need to go up with a saw to get rid of some of the rest. Twas grand to be out though. [img

Northwind

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Ah hah, call off the lynch mob!

"I have just read the email I sent you re Susan Falconer, I must have had a senior moment as I said she was not back until the 20 August when in fact it should have read the 20 April. Sorry for the confusion.

However in the meantime Martin Duncan will go out sometime this week to have a look, while the ground is still quite wet. If he had had more time he would have invited you along, but he is going off himself on leave next week."

Now that's a lot more encouraging. So, a bit of watch this space.

Posted : 07/04/2010 6:57 pm

13thfloormonk

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Nail Trail is definitely off the Pentland Rangers beat, when we found the (or one of the) nail traps we went to them and they told us to go elsewhere.

Posted : 07/04/2010 7:33 pm

TandemJeremy

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I did wonder about that Northwind!

Posted : 07/04/2010 9:14 pm

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