peasy23 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Up til now I was pretty ambivalent in regards to the bridge being closed. Now though we have to travel to play Hill of Beath in mid January so it better be fixed by then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Here to Dundee via Kincardine tomorrow morning definitely the best option then? Going to a wedding so can't f**k it up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDcups Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Here to Dundee via Kincardine tomorrow morning definitely the best option then? Going to a wedding so can't f**k it up. Go over the forth road bridge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Well thanks for that whining irrelevant little whimsy, but don't try be a smart arse if you're going to take stupid routes home. Billy Dynamite was talking about crossing in the morning, which I have done every day this week during peak times. Very little delays at all given the increased volume of traffic. I'd imagine Sunday morning will also be a bit quieter. Southbound coming from Fife has been very busy mind you, as has the bridge in general in the afternoons. Given the well documented traffic and delays, I'd say it was bound to be "a fucking nightmare" if you're going to take that bizarre route from Larbert to Polmont. Surely from Larbert you'd have been much quicker going via Stenhousemuir to Carronshore, Skinflats and Grangemouth, or Stenhousemuir, Bainsford, round by Bankside and up by the Falkirk Stadium? I'm not sure in what kind of alternate reality you live in where you think that travelling between two towns that are connected by motorway junctions is a "bizarre route" but it was you who said that the bridges Northbound have been "an absolute doddle all week", champ. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 How about dropping the bickering Gaz and helping me out with an answer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I would imagine you'll be absolutely fine on a Sunday morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Here to Dundee via Kincardine tomorrow morning definitely the best option then? Going to a wedding so can't f**k it up. Drive over the Forth Rail bridge, make sure you do at least 50 MPH or the trains will catch you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 The jambo aboves already cracked a pish joke about one of the Forth bridges. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Only if there was not one single other car out on the road. However, usually, either of those routes is polluted by Falkirk's "drive at 25mph and like a complete walloper" club. Motorway is better, for Larbert to Grangemouth or Polmont. I did Polmont to Larbert via TFS and through Camelon just the other day and at a peak time no bother at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDcups Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 The jambo aboves already cracked a pish joke about one of the Forth bridges. I was being serious. Slip the security £20 they will let you cross. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I did Polmont to Larbert via TFS and through Camelon just the other day and at a peak time no bother at all.I was going the other way, though. It takes much longer due to getting caught in the traffic crawling along to Earl's Gate to join the motorway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 The jambo aboves already cracked a pish joke about one of the Forth bridges. I was being serious. Slip the security £20 they will let you cross. Or hire an ambulance for the day. Turn up with the lights and siren going - job done. (and save £20) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Or hire an ambulance for the day. Turn up with the lights and siren going - job done. (and save £20) How serious does it have to be to justify lights and siren? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 How serious does it have to be to justify lights and siren? Don't want to be late for a wedding - doesn't get much more serious than that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Knowing some of the ambulance men I do, it wouldn't surprise me if they use the siren shortly after phoning the office and instructing them to put the soup on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) How serious does it have to be to justify lights and siren?The Forth Road Bridge is closed which is gravely serious but the Forth Road Bridge has also seen many suicides. It's a tricky call whether to use the siren or not. Philpy would need to be involved, probably as a paid consultant, to formulate a policy for this unique and delicate event.This is a very sensitive issue and people are in an almost 'Princess Diana' frenzy about it. Hopefully the matter can be satisfactorily resolved. Edited December 13, 2015 by Scary Bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Knowing some of the ambulance men I do, it wouldn't surprise me if they use the siren shortly after phoning the office and instructing them to put the soup on You know ambulance men (plural) and two women. I'm getting the feeling you are a fairly dishonest character. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) Clacks Bridge has reopened after being shut earlier. It made me wonder what the use of those expensive looking electronic overhead gantry signs is if they don't actually tell you in advance that the bridge you're driving towards is shut !? Edited December 13, 2015 by Ned Nederlander 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I was going the other way, though. It takes much longer due to getting caught in the traffic crawling along to Earl's Gate to join the motorway I didn't go through Earl's Gate Roundabout (that's been an absolute c'nt since they stuck the lights in last year so I was already avoiding that) Are you saying the traffic heading to Earl's Gate Roundabout was backed up to TFS !? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Went through Stirling earlier was a piece of piss. Average speed cameras on A90 were a bit of a pain in the arse though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.