met office
met office
This seems to have just appeared on the met Office site
https://beta.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/w ... -in-winter
and a bit more here
https://beta.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/w ... conditions
seems like sound advice and no mention of hats
https://beta.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/w ... -in-winter
and a bit more here
https://beta.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/w ... conditions
seems like sound advice and no mention of hats
NUKe
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OK as far as they go but a bit of a slip at one point towards "keep seen" nonsense and no mention of studded or winter tyres either, sadly.
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I like the Met Office. I have a soft spot for them for calling D a Day right and feel the BBC shouldn’t have dropped them. I’ve even invested in their weather app.
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Not sure about using both brakes, I try and avoid touching the front. Also I head to the main roads and steer clear of paths when ice is around. hard to give general advice I suppose.
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geocycle wrote:Not sure about using both brakes, I try and avoid touching the front. Also I head to the main roads and steer clear of paths when ice is around. hard to give general advice I suppose.
+1 on that.
That said, anything that encourages more people to use 2 wheels should be lauded - so many people dump the bike in favour of the car as soon as the temperature drops, completely the wrong way around!
Convention? what's that then?
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Not sure they had a choice. Government require BBC to put services out to competitive tender and the Met Office was nowhere near.Whippet wrote:I like the Met Office. I have a soft spot for them for calling D a Day right and feel the BBC shouldn’t have dropped them. I’ve even invested in their weather app.
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st599_uk wrote:Not sure they had a choice. Government require BBC to put services out to competitive tender and the Met Office was nowhere near.Whippet wrote:I like the Met Office. I have a soft spot for them for calling D a Day right and feel the BBC shouldn’t have dropped them. I’ve even invested in their weather app.
Perhaps the BBC should be put out to tender.
NUKe
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Quite a lot of it is. The law now requires between 25 and 50% shows to be made by Indies.NUKe wrote:st599_uk wrote:Not sure they had a choice. Government require BBC to put services out to competitive tender and the Met Office was nowhere near.Whippet wrote:I like the Met Office. I have a soft spot for them for calling D a Day right and feel the BBC shouldn’t have dropped them. I’ve even invested in their weather app.
Perhaps the BBC should be put out to tender.
A novice learning...
“the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
“the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
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Whippet wrote:I like the Met Office. I have a soft spot for them for calling D a Day right and feel the BBC shouldn’t have dropped them. I’ve even invested in their weather app.
The Met Office have a Youtube channel (link) with forecasts several times a day - plus the week ahead, longer trends & videos on particular subjects - if you want to watch their forecasting.
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Should the Met Office be giving cycling advice???
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Should the Met Office be giving cycling advice???
Did you click the link? If you did then you would have seen that the Met Office has taken the advice from British Cycling.
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What next......The lung foundation telling us how to breathe??
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philvantwo wrote:What next......The lung foundation telling us how to breathe??
I think that is a bit unfair, the article is aimed at people thinking of cycling in the winter months, not your dyed in the wool tourists.
NUKe
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