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Gravel, gravel everywhere
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostOnly in France (and Tesco's)."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by quackhandle View Post
The phrase is surface dressing.
And it is horrible stuff. Especially for cyclists.
Surface Dressing - CORMACComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostYou forgot Iceland, Aldi, Lidl, Asda, Morrisons, Ikea and any company that supplied school dinners...
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Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
I used to work on the roads.
The phrase is surface dressing.
And it is horrible stuff. Especially for cyclists.
Surface Dressing - CORMAC
When they do country roads in Devon, they just seem to spray the gravel alone all over the place and hope for the best!
edit: Oh, I read the article mudskipper referenced. So in Devon they scatter the chippings with wild abandon, but don't seem to start with the bitumen.
So within a few days, mounds of chippings have built up like snow drifts in the sides of the road and down the middle, but not where anyone's tyres actually go!Last edited by OwlHoot; 24 August 2016, 16:15.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostI used to work on the roads.
The phrase is surface dressing.
And it is horrible stuff. Especially for cyclists.
Surface Dressing - CORMACComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostWhy can't they at least spray some liquid tar on the existing surface, to give some chance of holding the new gravel in place?
When they do country roads in Devon, they just seem to spray the gravel alone all over the place and hope for the best!
edit: Oh, I read the article mudskipper referenced. So in Devon they scatter the chippings with wild abandon, but don't seem to start with the bitumen.
So within a few days, mounds of chippings have built up like snow drifts in the sides of the road and down the middle, but not where anyone's tyres actually go!
You really don't want to hit a bank of that stuff when you're taking a corner.
Particularly on a full dresser like my old man's.Comment
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