windy road

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/491cf1b7/dizzyroadjpg.jpg

 

(John) wrote in :

You want windy, well try the M6 over Shap during a thunderstorm. I couldn't
get the bike to lean into a right hander as the wind held me upright. Then,
suddenly I shot towards the armco in the central reservation as the bastard
wind changed direction. That's windy, that is.

 

**** the M6, do it on the A6 in the middle of winter on an unfaired 250.

 

Is this one of those to tone of voice communication things that doesn't
come over well in usenet [1]?

Windy as in "glass of wine" dy.

Windy as in "win a race" dy.

[1] Might be a woosh but I'm feeling particularly thick these days.

 

It made perfect sense to me, Lord Voldemort

 

I think Wessie et al deliberately chose to ignore the implied meaning.

Of course, the OP could have avoided confusion by using the word
"winding".

 

Or "twisty", "bendy" etc.

 

I don't recognise it. However looking at the neat construction, especially
the width of the road, I reckon it is either Scandinavian or Austrian.

It's certainly not French or Italian. It's been purpose built for motor
vehicles rather than being a metalled cart track.

 

I had the chance to use the phrase "winding hole" on Sunday, probably
the only opportunity I shall ever have to casually drop it into a
conversation, but I didn't as I was afraid that the other party wouldn't
understand. He asked if there was anywhere nearby where he could turn
his narrowboat round.

 

**** knows where it is, I just nicked the pic from a bike forum.

 

Well, it looks like the Limited Mobility Access wheelchair switchback that's
been carved up the side of the Blea Tarn Pass.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/country/article/0,,2132405,00.html
http://www.georgefisheronline.co.uk/docs/news/update_pdf/Summer_07/page1-8.pdf

 

So get back on the forum and find out.