Wind & rain , rain & wind
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MattHB
Proud Daddy
- Location
- Deepest darkest Dorset
The wind is the evilz 
albion
Guru
- Location
- South Tyneside
It was gusting at 65 mph while out on xmas errands the last few nights.
No long distances so it was quite exciting. Its wind with cold rain that I can't bear.
No long distances so it was quite exciting. Its wind with cold rain that I can't bear.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Up on the top near Penistone it was certainly windy and wet today!
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
It was gusting 55mph on Christmas and Boxing (St Stephen's) Day but at least it was dry but Wednesday was 70-80mph and rain; even if it had been dry, I wasn't going out. Thursday and Friday have been a bit less blowy but wetter but I've not been in cycling shape anyway 
Fingers crossed its supposed to be a bit less blowy and drier tomorrow and I'll get a few more miles before
Fingers crossed its supposed to be a bit less blowy and drier tomorrow and I'll get a few more miles before 
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
I really cannot remember a wetter year than 2011 (in the west of Scotland anyway); and we have had a lot of wet years! It does grind you down eventually when you get constant wet/windy days, then you look at the forecast and there is no sign of any let-up any time soon. My 2 main hobbies are motorbikes and cycling; I think I need to emigrate!
Yet more wind and rain for the next 5 days..........
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/st/st_forecast_weather.html
Yet more wind and rain for the next 5 days..........
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/st/st_forecast_weather.html
fenlandpsychocyclist
Guest
Hahaha!! You guys should try the "fenland hill".
It always blows, day in day out.
It's amazing how the wind drops once i get into sandringham/downham market areas which have "slight" hills, but once back on the
fenland plains its always present!
I've done 85 rides recorded on my garmin device this year, and have always logged
the windspeed from my weather station against each garmin connect entry ... lowest
was in september at 6mph.
Somewhere on the web i saw a guide of head windspeed vs equivalent gradient ... if i remember correctly 10mph
head wind equals 1in40 foot gradient?
So 60mph is probably a hardknott pass equivalent?
It always blows, day in day out.
It's amazing how the wind drops once i get into sandringham/downham market areas which have "slight" hills, but once back on the
fenland plains its always present!
I've done 85 rides recorded on my garmin device this year, and have always logged
the windspeed from my weather station against each garmin connect entry ... lowest
was in september at 6mph.
Somewhere on the web i saw a guide of head windspeed vs equivalent gradient ... if i remember correctly 10mph
head wind equals 1in40 foot gradient?
So 60mph is probably a hardknott pass equivalent?
Spot on. No fun at all. Can handle rain and sometimes enjoying riding in it but never the wind.
The wind is the evilz
mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
I can't remember the last day without a significant wind. I know living next to the coast doesn't help, but this December has been extremely windy (I'll be able to say how much higher than normal when I get the weather record next week)
This is not the wettest year (in west Cumbria at least). There was a long dry spring hrer, but we have definitely finished with a lot of water.
This is not the wettest year (in west Cumbria at least). There was a long dry spring hrer, but we have definitely finished with a lot of water.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
It was the combination of northerly wind and hail that sapped my enthusiasm yesterday.....so much that I turned for home after less than 10 minutes.
Chrisc
Guru
- Location
- Huddersfield
I got back home from up there before it kicked off!
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
I got back home from up there before it kicked off!
Chris - I'd hoped to but when I came out of the cafe at Windmill Nurseries it'd just started raining, and then got worse.
Orange
Active Member
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Got a right good soaking coming back from work today. Discovered brakes hardly work at all on the many downhills immediately followed by 90 degree right or left handers.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Saw on the news it has been the wettest year on record in Scotland (no real surprise there) but somewhere in England has had their driest year on record, perhaps we can set up an exchange scheme.
