Country Roads and speed do not mix.

There is a road safety advert on the TV which says that the majority of accidents happen on country roads, well  here was one we came across yesterday.  Appears that this driver came over a brow of a hill at a junction far too fast, lost control and after demolishing a wall ended up in the field. 

 Not sure how amused the farmer will be when the recovery vehicle has to drive through his crops to retrieve the wreckage.     Another bloke I know had a bit of an bump on Saturday afternoon on the outskirts of Dalkeith,   head on collision, two cars total write offs and he had to be cut free by the fire service,  fortunately no serious injury.

 Wrote about the model aircraft lads a few entries ago,  eventually downloaded he photos to add a bit interest.

 Out on the moor, nice wee manicured runway and taxi ways.

Had to go into Edinburgh this morning, what a nightmare,  easy to see that the Festival is about to start, roadworks everywhere, traffic jams, and cyclist ruling the roost, so to speak.  Good job that the City is small enough to get about by foot as traffic is horrendous and parking spaces are all gone by 8 am.    As  usual the silly season is upon us with hotels, bars and food outlets all hiking up their prices to fleece the tourists - daylight robbery methinks, all in the name of supply and demand.

Tried to get to my motorcycle shops,  TWO WHEELS was busy with no parking available and when I popped across to the Harley Davidson garage at KB,  all gone,  !!!   Now moved to  new premises at Sighthill, so it was home to browse the Internet instead.   My Gold Top boots, which are only about forty five years old have finally given in and will need to head to the great boot grave in the sky,  I priced a new pair of Gold Tops at £369 , but think I will be knocking on 115 years  if he boots last as long, so maybe a cheaper pair will suffice meantime, but then again they do look good .  SPORTSBIKESHOP had a fine selection of goodies to peruse. 

Mrs B. just returned home and commented that she had just seen one of the motor cycle hearses passing being followed by a limo.