Wind....

[KnittyNorah]

When I went to Martin Mere wildfowl reserve a couple of months ago, I was hunched over the handlebars, pedalling as hard as I could in my lowest gear on pancake-flat country lanes and the lock-free canal towpath - and going barely fast enough to stay upright. When I left Martin Mere to ride back to the railway station, I was pedalling only occasionally in the highest gear and was whizzing along with virtually no effort on my part, sitting up and looking at the scenery all around me.
Wind - I hate it and I love it ...
It was beautifully sunny here over the weekend, and on Monday, but the wind was like a demon catching me at every twist and turn when I tried to go out on Sunday and Monday. I went out yesterday and as long as I stuck to the canal, which is sheltered from the wind for the most part - and, of course, flat - it was OK. But I certainly look very carefully at wind directions when planning a ride anywhere interesting.

 

[Rusty Nails]

The older I get the worse wind gets

 

[postman]

May was windy in Leeds I commented saying I hope we don't get a summer with that stupid constant wind like a few years ago,and he here you all are commenting on the same problem.But right now it's warm and sunny with a slight gentle breeze.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

In the Holderness district of East Yorkshire, we have the 'PermaWind' (tm) which is like the Permafrost of the extreme North, we don't have hills, though in most directions it feels like you are riding up a hill on the flats...

looks like an interesting area on a map.would you recommend a visit?

 

[craigwend]

looks like an interesting area on a map.would you recommend a visit?

Yes I would, probably do in a day or two, depending on how slow / fast you want to go. Lots of quiet rural roads, a 'bracing coastal wid', nice villages and towns (some nicer that others) from the Southern most point at the Spurn Peninsula and wildlife / wetlands reserves, to the more mid northern part around Hornsea and everywhere in between (eg Stoney Creek)

 

[hobo]

Nice tailwind going down past the Roaches the other weekend.

 

[Alex321]

Subjectively, I have certainly felt we have had more significantly windy days in the last year or so than usual (in South Wales).

 

[vickster]

Breezy today in SW London as well as being rather hot and sunny out.
Perfect to dry my washing

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

It's blowing quite strongly here today. Hopefully will blow away these horid high temperatures.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

It's blowing quite strongly here today. Hopefully will blow away these horid high temperatures.

op north early this evening, while the south fried, a nice gentle drizzle to refresh me on my bike trip trip to the supermarket.
Petrichor is where it's at.

 

[grldtnr]

I never minded the wind, mind you I am a dirty gert big lump of maniless, in my club riding days, for some reason I was always on the front, always got my own back when it was very windy, I just dropped a cog & rode away from every one!
What I dont like much is the rain, rain& wind is even worserer !

 

[Fab Foodie]

The older I get the worse wind gets

Yeah, and you can't trust a fart....

 

[grldtnr]

Defo not☹️!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Absolutely horrible wind here today! I've just been for a walk round the local park/woodland. Branches, conkers and leaves were littering the ground after being blown off the trees.

 

[Alex321]

It was pretty nasty here as well.

I went for a quite long (by my standards) ride, but was careful to head into it to start, so I'd have as much as possible with me later. Slow in the early part of the ride, several Pbs in the later part.