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Not sure if the owners of the land on the roads Lapogus mentions would regard fencing as cost effective, the A82 Glasgow - Fort William - Inverness covers some pretty remote country. Particularly the stretch from Crianlarich to Fort William via Tyndrum. The A87 runs from the A82 at Invergarry to Kyle Of Lochalsh again through some pretty inhospitable countryside. Even the A9 once you pass Pitlochry goes through some wild countryside.

All are heavily used by tourists who may not be aware of the dangers presented by wildlife which has little or no road sense.
When I was a ponyman at the deerstalking (Red Deer stags) the weight range of a gralloched stag was about 170-300 lbs (80-140kg) with a mode of around 190lbs (85kg). Quite a bit of weight was left at the point of kill, which kept the local raven population happy, but meant the weight before weighing was probably in excess of 200lbs for most stags. It should be noted that as this was primarily a cull the biggest and best were left. A set of antlers through a windscreen is not something to relish.

One final point A roads in the far north of Scotland aren't the same as those in East Anglia, A836

SandyS. Does the word "oxymoron" come to mind when you read that the climate study came out of the "Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science"? golfCharlie will spill whatever he's drinking.

Wonderful logic demonstated - the 15ppm rise in atmospheric CO2 between 1830 and 1900 (wonder how they measured that?) attributed entirely to industrialisation. Fancy that.

I see the "hottest" place in the UK yesterday was again at Gravesend (ie the Broadness PLA radar station) where the Stevenson screen is situated inside a high metal rail fence beside a steel lattice tower and close to the stations air conditioning outlets.

Stewgreen. I have known Iain Lake since he was an undergraduate at UEA, and as far as I know he has been there his whole academic life. He is an epidemiologist and was taught by two of the best, both now retired. I don't think most of his work has involved climate change. My suspicion is that this was part of a SMARTER study which wanted some climate nonsense input. It's a example of how contaminating climate science can be to other disciplines.

Lane predicts the UK will be affected by 2050, so panic stations then.

Ragweed is bad news and causes at least 50% of allergic reactions in North America. I suffered from it most of the time I lived there. I doubt if the spread away from eastern and central Europe has anything to do with rising temperatures, it's a very invasive species and will spread anyway.

Has anyone here suffered from allergies particularly this summer? Both my wife and I have experienced sore and running eyes this year, much more than previous years.

Looks like it's been confirmed that things started warming up at the end of the Little Ice Age.

Climate warming 'started about 180 years ago' near the beginning of the Industrial Revolution