We have baled on cycling today after we had to go and recover our Triban 3's which were being blown around like a leaf. They have now had to be brought indoors simply to ensure they don't blow away! Just occasionally, and only very occasionally mind you, common sense kicks in...
The local weather station has the wind chill factor at -23C at the moment with gusts up to 95mph (that's imperial!) and sustained 69mph tis due to drop later this afternoon thankfully, but going to get rather bad again overnight. Tomorrow is forecast to be equally as bad.
My OH & I were cycling in Turkey in Feb 2012 in -15C, so temperature wise we are not normally bothered by cold, but the wind is another matter. We have cycled in Norway in August 2011 when we could not actually keep the bikes on a very remote road which was 2 lanes wide. It was a case of sod which side of the road we had to cycle on, just try to stay on the tarmac and for a couple of hours we had to push the bikes until we found shelter. We were almost as far north on Mainland Norway as you can get - well up inside the permanent tundra/permafrost area and there was simply no shelter.
My mother knows some very good (& cheap) workmen who specialise in fences at sensible prices if you are interested - send me a private message if you want their details and I will contact her and see if I can get them and if you want to see their handiwork first, I can tell you where to go to see their old house which they had done before they moved home in Alsager.
