Cycling rant (pt2)

A while back I did a wee rant about the state of the roads in Glasgow being a danger to cyclists, and that the money the council spends promoting cycling was basically being pissed up against the wall, as people would be reluctant to take up cycling considering the state of the roads. Well, here's part 2, which justifies my initial rant.

Someone I know in work who also cycles in daily, and is in fact cycling daft (his idea if a relaxing weekend usually involves about 60 miles on the bike).  On Sunday he was out on a bike run with another work mate, and on the way back into Glasgow, coming down the Switchback, his front wheel hit a pothole.  He went over the bars, hitting the other cyclist, who somehow managed to stay on his bike.  Being clipped in, when he went over the bars, the bike came with him.  He's now in the hospital with a double skull fracture.

The guy who was with him thought he was a gonner, as he was making a "death rattle" sound in his throat.  Fortunately, he's still alive.

After accompanying him to the hospital, his mate headed back up to the site of the accident to take a photo of the pothole, but guess what, it had been filled in.  Funny that.  The police apparently have photos though, as if he had died they would have been needed for a fatal accident inquiry.

Just shows, someone is almost killed and the pothole gets filled just like that.  Would it have been filled if he hadn't crashed on Sunday?  Call me cynical, but I doubt it.

To Infinity.....and beyond

Well, that's BT been out to upgrade my broadband to Infinity.  ta ta daaaa!  It seems slicker now.  No sign of lag at all.
I'd taken the afternoon off as they were coming out between 1.00 and 6.00pm, but while I was at work this morning (on site, not in the office), I got a call from the engineer.  He was at my house at 10.30!  He knew it was an afternoon appointment, but he had finished another job early, so came along on the off-chance.
When I did get home, he turned up dead on 1.00pm, so 10/10 for service.  The installation went smoothly, and it's all good.

On a totally separate issue, could someone, anyone in Glasgow City Council, please please please get their finger out and do something about the state of the roads. Major arteries through the city and riddled with potholes.  I was in Syria earlier this year, and their roads are in excellent condition.
It's that bad, that a pothole I reported a couple of weeks ago - about 10" in diameter and 6" deep - that was filled only last weekend, has started collapsing again.  The policy seems to be fill it in, not to repair the underlying problem, hence the fact it's now sinking again after less than a week.
Please get your act together, it's a false economy, and it's my tax money your wasting.