Rain rant

IanTrcp

FFS this is Surrey not Wales. I don't want to grow webbed feet but its happening. I have a friction burn on my neck from where my helmet strap rubs when it gets sodden, and incipient RSI from trying vainly to wipe my shades. I also have an Etape to pretend to train for. Will the rain ever stop?

Bobbinogs

Is there a MTFU smilie somewhere? I don't seem to be able to find it...

DIESELDOG

If it ain't raining, it ain't training.

Or so they say

Love n hugs

DD

Herbsman

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JTFU

super_prestige

IanTrcp wrote:

FFS this is Surrey not Wales. I don't want to grow webbed feet but its happening. I have a friction burn on my neck from where my helmet strap rubs when it gets sodden, and incipient RSI from trying vainly to wipe my shades. I also have an Etape to pretend to train for. Will the rain ever stop?

Ha Ha you want to come and live hear in Chester 10 miles from the border of Wales great roads great climbs, cant remeber getting wet on a suday run for a good few weeks, just working on the tan lines.

Chip \'oyler

If you can't train in the rain then you sure as hell won't be able to race in it

Le Commentateur

You never know, it may actually rain during the Etape too.

bompington

So what happened to the drought we've kept on hearing about? I knew it would only take a couple of days' rain for the southern softies to start whingeing

bompington

...and what's more, happiness is pulling on the sodden kit that's still hanging dripping in the garage after yesterday's ride.
Or not.

keef66

Jesus Henry Christ! We've just had the driest spring since records began. I took my mudguards off in March and haven't regretted it once. All I read on here is people complaining about the wind, and now somebody has the nerve to moan about a spot of rain.

It's Wimbledon and Glastonbury. It's meant to be raining. Just get out there; you won't dissolve!

bompington

the met office summary for May wrote:

It was a very wet month across western and northern Scotland, with over 250% of the average recorded. In sharp contrast, it was very dry over much of East Anglia and south–east England where less than 30% of normal rainfall was recorded; the third successive very dry month in these areas. Provisionally, in series from 1910, it was the wettest May on record in Scotland but among the driest on record in Essex and Kent.

You don't want to know what 250% of average west Scotland rainfall looks like.

rick_chasey

bompington wrote:

the met office summary for May wrote:

It was a very wet month across western and northern Scotland, with over 250% of the average recorded. In sharp contrast, it was very dry over much of East Anglia and south–east England where less than 30% of normal rainfall was recorded; the third successive very dry month in these areas. Provisionally, in series from 1910, it was the wettest May on record in Scotland but among the driest on record in Essex and Kent.

You don't want to know what 250% of average west Scotland rainfall looks like.

Which begs the question - why live there?

bompington

Rick Chasey wrote:

bompington wrote:

You don't want to know what 250% of average west Scotland rainfall looks like.

Which begs the question - why live there?

Fair enough question. You could ask the same about, for example, London: why would you want to live there given the cost of living*, traffic, pollution, crime etc.?
And you might reply, quite reasonably, that the other side of the balance contains things like higher salaries, access to cultural and sporting events, better restaurants*.

In the same way you don't, for instance, get this in London:


You pays your money and takes your choice: if you're lucky enough to have a choice, that is. You couldn't pay me enough money to live in London, but that's my choice, as I like to remind myself while sitting in my 4 bedroom house in the country with its sub-£100K mortgage.

Actually my quoting the rainfall figure is a bit disingenuous, May is normally quite a dry month in the west of Scotland, often the driest in the year.


*Comparisons aren't always that straightforward: for instance living costs can be pretty bad in remote places - £1.50 a litre for diesel anyone? On the other hand, have you ever eaten at the Three Chimneys on Skye, or the Kilberry Inn on Kintyre?

t.m.h.n.e.t

Cycling in rainy/lower temperatures would more than likely be better for you :shock: Your body will work harder to keep you warm in turn burning through more energy

rick_chasey

bompington wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

bompington wrote:

You don't want to know what 250% of average west Scotland rainfall looks like.

Which begs the question - why live there?

Fair enough question. You could ask the same about, for example, London: why would you want to live there given the cost of living*, traffic, pollution, crime etc.?
And you might reply, quite reasonably, that the other side of the balance contains things like higher salaries, access to cultural and sporting events, better restaurants*.

In the same way you don't, for instance, get this in London:


You pays your money and takes your choice: if you're lucky enough to have a choice, that is. You couldn't pay me enough money to live in London, but that's my choice, as I like to remind myself while sitting in my 4 bedroom house in the country with its sub-£100K mortgage.

Actually my quoting the rainfall figure is a bit disingenuous, May is normally quite a dry month in the west of Scotland, often the driest in the year.


*Comparisons aren't always that straightforward: for instance living costs can be pretty bad in remote places - £1.50 a litre for diesel anyone? On the other hand, have you ever eaten at the Three Chimneys on Skye, or the Kilberry Inn on Kintyre?

Ja, I meant more abstractly.

But yes. For what it's worth, me and my girlfriend both have full time jobs in professional services and between us we can afford a one bed with a proper living room, because we've decided to live in Fularrm.

keef66

Is that your garden??

BillyMansell

keef66 wrote:

Is that your garden??

It's the feature wall in his sitting room - he's a big fan of classic Coronation Street