youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
From the middle of last week, and even as late as Saturday evening , the Met office and BBC online forecasts predicted doom and gloom for the weekend. Heavy rain, gales, plague of frogs, etc etc were being forecast for our area today, concern being expressed about the 'bad weather on Sunday'. We abandoned our planned ride earlier today in view of the atrocious conditions expected later. I did the weekly shop instead .
What actually happened? It's cloudy, we had a light shower for all of 5 minutes, and there's a bit of wind, in fact a normal day, fine conditions for a Sunday ride. This happens more and more frequently - it seems the only near accurate forecast is the on-the-day, last minute one. I'm going to give up weather forecasts except for 'Rain Today' and XC wind observation, both of which are more or less real time and confirm your own 'looking out the window' forecast.
Oh - and I do know about Rule 5 !
What actually happened? It's cloudy, we had a light shower for all of 5 minutes, and there's a bit of wind, in fact a normal day, fine conditions for a Sunday ride. This happens more and more frequently - it seems the only near accurate forecast is the on-the-day, last minute one. I'm going to give up weather forecasts except for 'Rain Today' and XC wind observation, both of which are more or less real time and confirm your own 'looking out the window' forecast.
Oh - and I do know about Rule 5 !