CANCELLED: Late Late delayed Christmas Night Ride to Bognor 29/01/10

[Flying Dodo]

Sadly, my hoped for warm spell before Christmas hasn't arrived! A lot depends upon exactly how cold it gets. For example overnight Gatwick dropped to -1, but it was above freezing to the south and west of there.

Once you get out into the countryside past Gatwick some of the roads are damp due to run-off from the fields, so if it is going to be several degrees below freezing, an option would be to stick to the main roads after Horsham, and so take the A264 and then the A29 and then drop down on the A284 into Arundel, and carry on as before.

 

[Aperitif]

And go for Bury Hill...upwards? all that road salt and titanium - a lethal combo!
Might as well turn off to the A284 after that and head for 'Littlehampton'...how quaint, how appropriate it is sounding by the minute...

I got cold feet this morning - a physical thing you understand - it's not mental...yet.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Titanium is impervious to your salty charms.

Anyway, at least you'll be warmed up by going up Bury Hill!

 

[Aperitif]

Titanium is impervious to your salty charms.

Anyway, at least you'll be warmed up by going up Bury Hill!

Are you Adamant about that?

TiNaCL is the new rust!

(OK - technically it is TiCaCL - before some bright spark gets me...)

 

[rich p]

I have had 2 offs on ice and I might not be so lucky the third time. My hip was sore for 6 months after one so I may bail out if it's going to be too icy.

 

[TimO]

I just saw this story on the Sky website, which quotes the Met Office;

Fri 18 Dec

There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting southeastern parts of England. Snow showers, especially during the first half of the day, will give local accumulations of 5 to 10cm.

I guessing that much snow in London wouldn't be too bad, but could be worse out on some of the route. I guess we'll have to wait and see what it's like on Friday.

I'll be at work, so I'll have an idea what it's like a mile away from HPC up to about half an hour before midnight.

 

[Flying Dodo]

It's snow joke - the wind will be coming straight off the Urals. I guess see what it's like on Friday, but perhaps we should start earmarking alternative dates?

 

[MacB]

It's snow joke - the wind will be coming straight off the Urals. I guess see what it's like on Friday, but perhaps we should start earmarking alternative dates?

Saturday

 

[Flying Dodo]

Saturday

As in a daytime ride to the coast?

 

[MacB]

As in a daytime ride to the coast?

twas a joke, but that could actually work, certainly I had whole day booked out anyway.

 

[Flying Dodo]

It's an option, although I'd have to check the Lobster Pot would be OK fitting us in, although it might work if it was late afternoon.

 

[TimO]

We've got three days yet to see what happens, a lot can change in the forecasts in that time.

 

[Aperitif]

Apparently 'that snow' is a possible 10cm tomorrow - towards the East of London. (I had a pint with Simon's cat earlier..)

 

[Bollo]

Apparently 'that snow' is a possible 10cm tomorrow - towards the East of London. (I had a pint with Simon's cat earlier..)

After last month's FNRttC, Simon's cat has clearly spending too much time at the bar and not enough time casting his feline peepers over the synoptic charts.

I'm going to call it after tomorrow's forecasts.

 

[Aperitif]

After last month's FNRttC, Simon's cat has clearly spending too much time at the bar and not enough time casting his feline peepers over the synoptic charts.

I'm going to call it after tomorrow's forecasts.

"Here, kitty kitty, here..." will do the trick.