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    In a Word EXPLETIVE DELETED Just my opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mall67 View Post
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    Well, quite... I assume you are looking for a response to this?
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    thread disappearing in 10,9,8,7...........

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mall67 View Post
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    It's so nice to see 'descriptive' terms of the English language put to such good use
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    Cycling is really bad on Caithness roads at the moment. Lots of pot holes causing me to swerve out towards the centre of the road where exactly I don't want to go if the road is busy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rheghead View Post
    Cycling is really bad on Caithness roads at the moment. Lots of pot holes causing me to swerve out towards the centre of the road where exactly I don't want to go if the road is busy.

    oh cmon.....what happened to the good old bunnyhop on the bike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julia View Post
    It's so nice to see 'descriptive' terms of the English language put to such good use
    I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rheghead View Post
    Cycling is really bad on Caithness roads at the moment. Lots of pot holes causing me to swerve out towards the centre of the road where exactly I don't want to go if the road is busy.
    YES I AGREE.

    Don't take this personally but cyclists are just moving pot holes. Although I take the utmost care passing you guys, its just a matter of time until a cyclist gets injured or worse on the Dounreay road in the morning or evening. I've seen some close ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mall67 View Post
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    Have you visited Edinburgh recently?
    There are holes in the road in which monsters lurk;
    Potholes and roadworks a plenty.
    It makes moving around the city very hard work;
    so it's time to retire to the country.
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    Caithness potholes claim another victim.I was that unlucky person .£384 in damages and the Council told me to claim Transerve ,Transerve say its the Council to blame .So i foot the bill and the Council get away scot-free ..

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    Quote Originally Posted by octane View Post
    oh cmon.....what happened to the good old bunnyhop on the bike
    Ah yes, I'm quite a master of it but it'll take the jump of a wererabbit to get over some of the holes in Caithness roads.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mall67 View Post
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    what has caithness done wrong recently , my god lost how many posts slating it over the last few days, but i have a easy solution to your problem, is anyone forcing you to stay, no, well off you go simple.
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    total agree with you balto,if people are not happy in caithness ,take a9 south as we who have lived here all our lives ,will still be here and happy with our country
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    Quote Originally Posted by silverfox57 View Post
    total agree with you balto,if people are not happy in caithness ,take a9 south as we who have lived here all our lives ,will still be her as happy with our country
    Maybe thats why they are complaining!!! They cant get south due to the potholes,so have to stay here and make do with the restless natives!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by balto View Post
    what has caithness done wrong recently , my god lost how many posts slating it over the last few days, but i have a easy solution to your problem, is anyone forcing you to stay, no, well off you go simple.
    i think they are on about the roads not caithness in a whole has any one been up south rd lately from the bottom of nothcote st to homebase now that rd is mental

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotrod4 View Post
    Maybe thats why they are complaining!!! They cant get south due to the potholes,so have to stay here and make do with the restless natives!!!!
    take train,or plane and caithness will be happy place i

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mall67 View Post
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    Ye nailed it there Mall67.The word explains it to what they are.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rfr10 View Post
    Well, quite... I assume you are looking for a response to this?
    Like your signature.Mine should read WAF,TNS,OIDIA,HMV,PHD.
    Their coming to take me away.....haha-hee-hee-ho-ho

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    Quote Originally Posted by im behind you View Post
    i think they are on about the roads not caithness in a whole has any one been up south rd lately from the bottom of nothcote st to homebase now that rd is mental
    dont think so the thread is called caithness roads.
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    As another cyclist after 12 years of cycling into Thurso to work (survived despite the close and dangerous attention of a certain school bus driver) I can definitely say the roads are the worst ever. With the lack of funding coming up over the next couple of years I can't see them getting any better either. What can you expect when the main road contractor (currently Transerv (Scotland)) only has a 5 (or short, anyway) term contract. The Scottish govt might be saving money by taking the A9 maintenance off the council but it's us poor punters that will suffer. And you motorists will no doubt realise that you will be damaging your suspension more easily by riding the potholes, even if it doesn't transmit through to your body? Having said that gimme cycling anytime; it saves fossil fuels, it's healthy, and cheap. The car gets used very little these days.
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