How windy is it where you are ?

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited October 2009 in The bottom bracket
blowing a bl00dy gale in leeds - this afternoons ride is off :-(
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  • NWLondoner
    NWLondoner Posts: 2,047
    Well i had a high carb meal last night so not too good down south either :oops: :shock:
  • micken
    micken Posts: 275
    Leeds is windy,Weber bbq just blown over. No Dales for me today, but tomorrow looks like it's on.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Not really windy down south in Brizzle but some hydrogen and oxygen collided in the sky and fell to earth overnight.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • jellybellywmb
    jellybellywmb Posts: 1,379
    Too windy for me to enjoy my ride so aborted and sitting having dippy eggs with my daughter!

    Tomorrow looking good though.
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  • steveng
    steveng Posts: 23
    Really blowing up here in Argyll :(
  • AMcD
    AMcD Posts: 236
    Really blowy in Fife too. Our dog flap is permanently open at horizontal! and our tree is at a 45deg angle. The birds haven't managed to land for their breakfast :shock: .

    Will not be doing a morning 15mile as planned.
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Looking at the surface pressure charts, there's a very deep low pressure system out by the Shetlands while there's hardly an isobar over Western mainland Europe. The bad news for southerners is that the wind's moving south - though it's still fairly calm down here.

    The good news for all is that it's heading off to pester them there Scandinavians and the high over Europe looks to take over pretty rapidly once it's out of the way. The weekend's looking Shopperday - Cycleday.

    (Not that I'd ever trust the weather forecast...)
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  • ednwireland
    ednwireland Posts: 85
    seriously windy here (donegal - ireland)
    loads of diy todo and tendonitis :(
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Very windy here in Manchester, I'm still planning on a ride later on though if my cold totally dies away, wind won't stop me from cycling. Hopefully tomoz will be better...
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    Quite windy here round Bath now you come to mention it. Had such a stinking hangover though that i didn't notice on the bike :roll:
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  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    A. Very windy.
    B. Bloody windy.
    C. Too sodding windy to get out on bike so resorting to a tedius turbo session in garage whilst watching film( Grosse Pointe Blank methinks) on doovde player to relieve boredom of said session.
    D. All of the above.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Its windy down south as well, but still much warmer and nicer than the north. :wink:
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    it's ridiculous here on the fylde coast too - 60+mph gusts says the metoffice and I have no reason to doubt them.

    no way going out on the bike in that - it's neither safe nor enjoyable so best left alone!

    forecast for tomorrow looks better.
  • ConsciousPilot
    ConsciousPilot Posts: 117
    Tug boat skippers will rubbing their hands in glee at the extra work due to the high winds. Glad I got a decent ride in yesterday.
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  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    deptfordmarmoset wrote:
    Looking at the surface pressure charts, there's a very deep low pressure system out by the Shetlands while there's hardly an isobar over Western mainland Europe. The bad news for southerners is that the wind's moving south - though it's still fairly calm down here.

    The good news for all is that it's heading off to pester them there Scandinavians and the high over Europe looks to take over pretty rapidly once it's out of the way. The weekend's looking Shopperday - Cycleday.

    (Not that I'd ever trust the weather forecast...)

    It's blowing a f*ckin' hooley out here... Offshore from Shetlands :shock:
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  • drewfromrisca
    drewfromrisca Posts: 1,165
    It's pretty gusty down in West London, took dog out this morning and squirrels were clinging to the trees.
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  • LittleB0b
    LittleB0b Posts: 416
    dmclite wrote:
    Its windy down south as well, but still much warmer and nicer than the north. :wink:

    How can it be nicer we have all the hills and you have all the people?
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  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    LittleB0b wrote:
    dmclite wrote:
    Its windy down south as well, but still much warmer and nicer than the north. :wink:

    How can it be nicer we have all the hills and you have all the people?

    and to make it worse - the 'people' you have - are manky southerners!
  • holmeboy
    holmeboy Posts: 674
    Windy here in Dunbar Too! Just back from running the Doon Hill 10 mile race, had a little chuckle to my self at the top of Doon hill as all the lightweights were getting blown off coarse! Rest day for me tommorrow I think what ever the weather. :lol:
  • ademort
    ademort Posts: 1,924
    According to the local weather station here it,s currently blowing windforce 5 and expected windforce 8 by this evening.Would like to go out for a spin but there are already too many large broken tree branches on the road and with the weather expected to get much worse you would be a fool to go out.
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  • nasahapley
    nasahapley Posts: 717
    It's comically windy on top of Ilkley Moor, not the day to be up there bah'tat. No way I'd go out on the bike in this; conditions are past 'difficult' and well into 'dangerous' IMO. There's a tree at the bottom of my road swaying about rather alarmingly too.

    Edit: A builder's just parked his van right under the tree! What a muppet. I'll be watching this closely...
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    It's always windy up here, just some days more than others.
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  • wirralguy
    wirralguy Posts: 29
    its raining windy, then sunny here on the wirral hope its better tomorow
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    It's so windy in the lakes it was worth a blog post to moan about it!

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  • lesdon499
    lesdon499 Posts: 29
    Ha ha folks, you wanna see wind, come to Orkney Isles. Its blowing a hoolie up here and there's no way I'd consider going out today. Just as well I'm recovering from an op on my foot and should get back to turbo next week :D Sympathy votes on a post card please :)
  • schmako
    schmako Posts: 1,982
    Sitting in the loft room and its creaking more than usual.

    *waits for house to collapse*
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    lesdon499 wrote:
    Ha ha folks, you wanna see wind, come to Orkney Isles. Its blowing a hoolie up here and there's no way I'd consider going out today. Just as well I'm recovering from an op on my foot and should get back to turbo next week :D Sympathy votes on a post card please :)

    Sorry mate, not much sympathy on here, pedal one legged. :wink:

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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    It's blowing a f*ckin' hooley out here... Offshore from Shetlands Shocked

    Crikey, hopper1, are you on a supply ship? Respect! I know they're pretty sturdy ships but I hope you get safely back to port anyway.
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  • Mothyman
    Mothyman Posts: 655
    lesdon499 wrote:
    Ha ha folks, you wanna see wind, come to Orkney Isles. Its blowing a hoolie up here and there's no way I'd consider going out today. Just as well I'm recovering from an op on my foot and should get back to turbo next week :D Sympathy votes on a post card please :)

    ..I'll just go upstairs and throw the card out of the top window - it should be with you in about half an hour....!
  • jswba
    jswba Posts: 491
    Ludicrously windy in Newcastle. It was a struggle diving in a straight line in my car, so no chance of getting out on the bike

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