Wettest day on record - Saturday 3 October

[matticus]

Weather records, something for Oxonians to moan about, and a cute "Everyday Cycling" picture. All in the one story!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54561601

p.s. who knows where this is?
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/10934/production/_114929876_pic3.png

 

[figbat]

p.s. who knows where this is?

Oooh, me, me, me!

 

[MichaelW2]

How does she ride a bicycle in the rain. I mean there is water. Eveywhere!

 

[matticus]

Oooh, me, me, me!
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Cheers! I thought I recognised the racecourse (I grew up through floods there), but all the modern buildings in the photo confused me!

 

[Drago]

But records only go back to 1991, when the hall of records was washed away in a flash flood.

 

[dan_bo]

Bollocks that. October 3rd was classed as 'a tad damp' in Manchester.

Pussies.

 

[matticus]

Bollocks that. October 3rd was classed as 'a tad damp' in Manchester.

Pussies.

That's because we had all the rain in Oxfordshire. You're welcome!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Dammit. I was in Gandia under blue skies and nearly thirty degree heat that day. I always miss the good stuff

 

[dan_bo]

That's because we had all the rain in Oxfordshire. You're welcome!

First a bloody change. Bless.