How's your weather?

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NATURAL ANKLING
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Re: How's your weather?

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Hi,
Cowsham wrote: 24 Oct 2021, 7:49am Been wind and rain without ceasing for weeks now but that's normal for here. Relying on indoor exercise for now. To be fair I do need a lot of work on the upper half after my bad off.
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NATURAL ANKLING wrote: 24 Oct 2021, 12:08pm Hi,
Cowsham wrote: 24 Oct 2021, 7:49am Been wind and rain without ceasing for weeks now but that's normal for here. Relying on indoor exercise for now. To be fair I do need a lot of work on the upper half after my bad off.
What are you training to be?
Is it still the fashion to develop your upper body?
Magic Mike :)
Yes it is very much so.
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Still raining
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I pity anyone who had to cycle in the weather we have endured today. 40mph gusts and heavy continuous rain. If it were I riding I think I would have just worn shorts and jersey as with an ambient temperature of 15 Centigrade any waterproof gear would have had me sweating buckets into a headwind so I would have got just as wet.
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Rode home at 17:45 in the rain in Bristol, no waterproof gear cause it was dry when I rode to work. There was a headwind at the begining of the commute home but my direction of travel changed and it was behind me I guess. Worst bit of the ride was the first ten minutes as I went from dry to wet, once wet I knew it wouldn't be any wetter. Not too cold either, in fact I undid the zip on my jersey which helped when it came to putting my clear glasses somewhere as I got to a point in my ride where oncoming traffic would be a lot closer. Shoes on the boot dryer along with my gloves and the wet kit should have gone in the washing machine but is in a damp pile in front of the washing machine still :oops:
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Not too cold round our way, it seems the winters really are getting warmer. When I were a lad.... Ect ect
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After days of rain it faired this morning to the extent I rode into work this morning. Roads wet and some light rain but that's all.
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Absolutely hammered it down all yesterday evening and all night.
Roads flooded - even the A38 at Notter Bridge. Rivers overflowing, huge puddles on the roads, terrible conditions.

Clearing up this morning, but still drizzling on and off 10am. Should be ok soon, and we're off for a walk, but we'll keep away from the river path.
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Fogging 'orrible here, at least it was the last time I looked.
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More heavy showers this morning but one consolation is that I am not camping :) .
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It's odd, that I can quite enjoy the sound of rain lashing down outside when I am secure inside in the dry, but when I hear the wind squalling it makes me uneasy.
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Mike Sales wrote: 29 Oct 2021, 10:39am It's odd, that I can quite enjoy the sound of rain lashing down outside when I am secure inside in the dry, but when I hear the wind squalling it makes me uneasy.
We usually have both -- that's why houses up here need to be watertight in the sideways direction.

Unusually the sun is poking through the clouds today in places.
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My mercury barometer tumbled over night; I don't remember seeing it so low. The rapid fall is supposed to precede a storm but it's sunny with a gentle breeze at the mo. Online forecasts predict a lot of rain in the next couple of days but nothing suggesting strong winds.
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thirdcrank wrote: 30 Oct 2021, 1:59pm My mercury barometer tumbled over night; I don't remember seeing it so low. The rapid fall is supposed to precede a storm but it's sunny with a gentle breeze at the mo. Online forecasts predict a lot of rain in the next couple of days but nothing suggesting strong winds.
Well I'm glad there's an extra hour to sleep -- it's really mad outside right now-- I'm ' Woke' to violent storms. Anything not bolted down would be long gone. Gale winds and heavy rain.
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The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright is wet, windy and I have lost an hour somewhere. I'll have to ask if anybody's seen it. If Daylight Saving Time really worked, why can't I save it up somewhere in the bikeshed for use at my convenience? I'm sure I have an empty Golden Syrup tin under the bench that I could fill.
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