A77 yesterday - a bit wet

[ewan221]

Was a bit annoyed at the road being closed due to "surface water"

Then found this picture and understood why it was closed

[St. Anger]

Oaft - that does indeed look bad.

Even the MX5 has it's roof up.

[750turbo]

It seemed to rain here non stop for about 18 hours, loads of roads were blocked.

And what were we met with yesterday? A glorious sunny day.

[KB_S1]

I got caught in it on Thursday evening.

Ayr to Glasgow took 3.5 hours.
It really was crazy how much water there was everywhere.

Thankfully I had the Impreza and some company to keep morale up and help with route planning.

[A.J.M]

Is it wrong i'm looking at that picture and thinking it would be great to drive the disco through that as far to the left as i could...

[scotty_d]

A.J.M said:

Is it wrong i'm looking at that picture and thinking it would be great to drive the disco through that as far to the left as i could...

No not at all i was thinking the very same thing if i were home i would have been straight down the A77 in the rangie for a play of my new toy

[tonytifoso]

A.J.M said:

Is it wrong i'm looking at that picture and thinking it would be great to drive the disco through that as far to the left as i could...

You are such a juvenile!

[gowmonster]

this seems to be a regular occurrence here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZffhQuKrWHg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hut-r1TVyho&fea...

[750turbo]

gowmonster said:

this seems to be a regular occurrence here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZffhQuKrWHg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hut-r1TVyho&fea...

Bloody Hell!!!

I wonder if the flood defences implemented after the last disaster in Kilmarnock/Crookedholm has something to do with this?

I remember we had a no of cars towed in, filled with filthy water at the time, not a pretty site sadly.

[A.J.M]

tonytifoso said:

You are such a juvenile!

Juvenile is finding out that you can do full throttle upshift's with the command shift function of your autobox. There is a very upset focus driver who had 2.8 tons get away from him off a roundabout in Airdrie tonight.

[tonytifoso]

A.J.M said:

tonytifoso said:

You are such a juvenile!

Juvenile is finding out that you can do full throttle upshift's with the command shift function of your autobox. There is a very upset focus driver who had 2.8 tons get away from him off a roundabout in Airdrie tonight.

Wisnae tryin'

[BMR]

I was up the A77 today, it appears a lot of emergency ditches were dug and existing ones were dug up.

Dare I say this may be a consequence of the road being 'maintained' by a private firm? I can never remember it flooding before twice like this in one year.

[Craigie]

I would tend to think things would be better with a private firm.

Private firm have a contract with the Council or whoever. They will lean on them heavily, possible fines etc if fail to upkeep.

Whereas the roads that are in the Councils' control, well, they are answerable to no one!!

[gowmonster]

Craigie said:

I would tend to think things would be better with a private firm.

Private firm have a contract with the Council or whoever. They will lean on them heavily, possible fines etc if fail to upkeep.

Whereas the roads that are in the Councils' control, well, they are answerable to no one!!

hmm, what about private firms maximising profit?