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The buses are going through Castle Street again and picking up outside the Castle as usual. Have you seen the new set up? It's hilarious. The bus shelters on the pavement, then there's a six feet wide cycle lane, then there are bus stops in the middle of the road. They've put pedestrian crossings across the cycle lanes. I shit you not.
Being hit by a fast ridden push bike can do a person serious damage.
I once witnessed a woman hit by a cyclist on Station road/Bridge road near the school. He hit her full tilt and she was taken to hospital, broken arm split head and unconscious. It is not to be laughed at.
and I have seen cyclists ignoring pedestrian crossings. I saw one guy who fell (was pushed?) off his bike whilst weaving through people on a pelicon crossing, who jumped up and demanded to know why the had got in his way.
I gave my particulars to the police who attended and some time later his solicitor had the cheek to write to me asking if I'd make a statement to the effect that she was partly to blame by moving in front of him as he tried to pass her, completely ignoring the fact that she (and the cyclist) was on the pavement. And of course there was no insurance for her to claim off, as there should be!
The problem is that some cyclist ruin it for others (as in all things) because they think the rules of the road only apply to everyone else and not them.
In the correct order now :facepalm: :hehe:
Being hit by a fast ridden push bike can do a person serious damage.
I once witnessed a woman hit by a cyclist on Station road/Bridge road near the school. He hit her full tilt and she was taken to hospital, broken arm split head and unconscious. It is not to be laughed at. I gave my particulars to the police who attended and some time later his solicitor had the cheek to write to me asking if I'd make a statement to the effect that she was partly to blame by moving in front of him as he tried to pass her, completely ignoring the fact that she (and the cyclist) was on the pavement. And of course there was no insurance for her to claim off, as there should be!
and I have seen cyclists ignoring pedestrian crossings. I saw one guy who fell (was pushed?) off his bike whilst weaving through people on a pelicon crossing, who jumped up and demanded to know why the had got in his way.
The problem is that some cyclist ruin it for others (as in all things) because they think the rules of the road only apply to everyone else and not them.
I had to drive into Kingsway a couple of times last week on business and if you could see the works that have been done on the roads it would be quite clear to anyone that the Council never had any intention of allowing the road to revert to its former use at all.
Despite all their protestation of consulting people before making any decisions they made their collective mind up as soon as they saw an opportunity to close it.
There is no way that some of those works could ever have been described as temporary.
The whole thing was both premeditated and deceitful, almost blatently lying to the citizens who used it about their intentions.
Couldn't believe it on tonights BBC Wales news. The vaccine arrives at a hospital in Wrexham. The pharmacist says they've not handled anything before that needs to be stored at such low temperatures. Pfizer say the vaccine is stable for short periods in the fridge.
Then the camera pans to someone who has the box of vaccines in front of her and she's counting them to check the contents of the box!!
Hope they still work.
Good to see footage on tv of the first person having the vaccine. Feels like weve turned a corner. Her name escapes me.
The second person to receive it was apparently called William Shakespeare. It had to be (or not) didnt it?
After all of the high figures in recent days, just 780 new cases in Wales this time with the number of tests not being as low as you might expect. RCT was the only area above 200 cases and then only by 4.
https://public.tableau.com/profile/p...eadlinesummary
This is a page I check every day - and you can see the very high rates on your side of the Bristol Channel: https://www.covidlive.co.uk/
One theory is that Tuesday's figures are always low due to a weekend lag. 595 cases on the 24th, 667 cases on the 1st and now 780 cases today.
667 cases last week shot up to 1,480 the following day, 1,473 on the Thursday, 1,471 on Friday eventually going over 2,000 by the end of the week. I don't have anything to say it will be the case but it's possible that the highest figures on the Tuesday in three weeks will see us way above 2,000 by the Sunday if climb replicates last week.
Again, I don't fully understand what is so hard about it. If you need to be indoors ensure there is good ventilation by opening a window and allowing air-flow (do it for 5-10 minutes once an hour if can't bear otherwise), wear a mask, wash your hands and social distance. If cases keep rising we're going to end up in greater restrictions which no one wants.
There is an interesting quirk of the numbers if you compare Wales with the whole of the UK.
Wales has about 1 21st of the total population of the UK.
Proportionally we have had more coronavirus cases than we "should" have, about 10,000 more than if we had had the average rate for the UK as a whole.
However, we have had less deaths than you would expect compared to the UK population - about 350 less.
No idea if this is a real effect or just a quirk of the numbers, or differences in the way the data has been collected etc.
I wonder if the recent uplift in positive cases is due to universities carrying out end of term tests before students return home?
Good news about the Oxford vaccine.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55228422
A change to self isolation rules in Wales from tomorrow.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55236684
Anyone know anyone who has had a letter about a vaccination date?
Yesterday was just a blip in what is an upward trend in Wales, the highest figure I've seen for new cases today (2,238) with 638 in Blaenau Gwent, 411 in both Cardiff and RCT and 382 in Swansea - we'd be heading towards another lockdown within days I reckon if it wasn't for the desire for a as normal as possible Christmas.
https://public.tableau.com/profile/p...eadlinesummary
The Christmas obsession is ridiculous.
The shops are going to be rammed. People packing into each others houses.
Seems like more and more people that I know are getting it.
At least 5 people that I know from the Workingmens club in Newport that my Dad uses are positive in the last 5 days.
There’s no evidence that they caught it there, but maybe the closures are for the best at the moment.
It’s getting beyond absurd over here.
4398 new cases in Virginia alone yesterday and people still think it’s nothing.
I despair!