Tales from today's commute....

[Andy in Germany]

Much excitement: the cycleway alongside the closed section of between our village and the next has been resurfaced: we have 2.5km of smooth flat goodness.

And still güügle tries to send me along a 3.5km triangle with two unnecessary hills...

 

[fossyant]

Much excitement: the cycleway alongside the closed section of between our village and the next has been resurfaced: we have 2.5km of smooth flat goodness.

And still güügle tries to send me along a 3.5km triangle with two unnecessary hills...

You need to go play Pool on it, if it's that good.

 

[Alex321]

Forecast this morning (in manchester) was for heavy rain from lunchtime through to tomorrow. It's now 16:30 and not started raining (forecast is for current rain). Should I try to nip home early and beat it or will I get soaked whatever?

Lights here are variably necessary between 5-6pm depending on cloud cover. Not required for an 8:15am ride in. Clocks go back this weekend, so will require lights every night, but may escape them on morning riders all year.

I leave the house at about 7:00 for the ride in, so have been needing full lights for the early part of the ride for a while now, switching to flashing later on.

Coming home, I leave the office just after 4:30, getting home between 5:30 and 5:45, so will definitely be needing full seeing mode lights for a lot of that after the clocks go back.

 

[ianrauk]

First rainy commute for over 3 weeks. Not torrential but we nevertheless.
Brightening up now and hopefully a dry commute home.

Rainy commute # 28 for the year

 

[Alex321]

Mixed weather for me on the way in. AT least the rain had stopped long enough overnight that roads weren't actually flooded, which I was worried about when I went to bed.

First 8 miles or so, no rain, fairly windy. It started raining at about St Brides Super-Ely, eased off just after St Fagans, then started again as I turned onto the Taff embankments, and absolutely pissed down from there to the office. Really glad we not only have a shower, but also a tumble drier in eth office, so at least I won't be putting wet kit on when I start the journey home.

 

[ianrauk]

Mixed weather for me on the way in. AT least the rain had stopped long enough overnight that roads weren't actually flooded, which I was worried about when I went to bed.

First 8 miles or so, no rain, fairly windy. It started raining at about St Brides Super-Ely, eased off just after St Fagans,

Blimey. Some of my family live in Taffs Well, near the footy ground. not to far from your commute.

 

[Alex321]

Blimey. Some of my family live in Taffs Well, near the footy ground. not to far from your commute.

I used to go that way when I commuted previously, 25 years or so ago, when I lived in Pontypridd and worked in Cardiff.

But now I live in the Vale of Glamorgan (Ystradowen), and work in Cardiff Bay - we are now back in the office two days a week, which I choose to be Wednesday and Friday. I'd have more hills (and would be further) if I went round by Taffs Well from where I am now.

This is my route in at the moment

https://www.strava.com/activities/6182129076

 

[fossyant]

Torrential rain last 4 miles. Absolutely soaked. Ah well.

 

[ianrauk]

Torrential rain last 4 miles. Absolutely soaked. Ah well.

Raining oop Norf...whoda thunk it
Better not mention the sunny blue skies we had today

 

[fossyant]

Raining oop Norf...whoda thunk it
Better not mention the sunny blue skies we had today

Yeh yeh.. was nice until home time.

 

[rivers]

I was going to start testing bits for an off-road commute today. Turned off onto a bridleway to be met by a lake. I think I'll let it dry out a bit first.

 

[Jenkins]

Raining oop Norf...whoda thunk it
Better not mention the sunny blue skies we had today

And the light winds - it really was quite pleasant down here.

From tonights commute home, it looks like the gritters have been out for the first time of this half of the year - just a light dusting on the main roads.

 

[cyberknight]

first sub zero commute coming home after lates
garmin was registering -0.7 and it was certainly chilly , the car windscreens were frosting over .

 

[rivers]

Wahoo was reading between -1 and 0 the entire way into work. Definitely chilly out there this morning.

 

[ianrauk]

Wahoo was reading between -1 and 0 the entire way into work. Definitely chilly out there this morning.

Yup, a frost and fog this morning. But all burned off by the time I got to work.
Chilly willy time.