Swimming

HamishD
HamishD Posts: 538
edited September 2011 in Commuting chat
Think I might MTFD and get the tube home . ..

Just had about a foot of water descend upon West London. :shock:

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  • pitchshifter
    pitchshifter Posts: 1,476
    Lies its not raining in Trafalgar square!

    The sky doesn't look happy though.. :cry:
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Apparently you can breathe through a hollow reed.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,773
    I don't mind if I know it's raining. Last night wound me up. I left work and it wasn't raining, 100 yards down the road however...
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Had a phone call at 4.25 from someone in Wembley saying it was torrential there. Sounds like it may be moving away from Cenrral London.

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,773
    Fark me! Monsoon has just hit Feltham.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    I spoke too soon. It is p!ssing down outside my window.
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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Its biblical here in Farringdon...
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Greg66 wrote:
    I spoke too soon. It is p!ssing down outside my window.

    Me too, my window at home that is ... :P
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  • jds_1981
    jds_1981 Posts: 1,858
    Will it rain today isn't looking too promising either
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  • Applespider
    Applespider Posts: 506
    Yeah - it is hosing down at Victoria. I suppose it is an excellent test of new overtrousers and overshoes... I got to work this morning looking considerably drier and calmer than colleagues who had been fighting brollies and trains

    But think I will be heading straight home rather than via gym!
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    two ducks just sailed past the window wearing raincoats...

    if you live in east - at least you'll get there quick (from central)

    westies, well...
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  • jzed
    jzed Posts: 2,926
    itboffin wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    I spoke too soon. It is p!ssing down outside my window.

    Me too, my window at home that is ... :P

    Did the doctor not tell you to get out on your bike and burn off all those beers and burgers you have been consuming....MTFU and get out there.....I'm off for laps of the park - I'll be soaked within 1/2 mile of work so a few laps will make no difference - NAILS
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Just had a cloudburst here in Aldgate.... but rain radar shows it'll pass in the next 30min or so and clear behind that...


    ... I hope... :roll:
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    JZed wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    I spoke too soon. It is p!ssing down outside my window.

    Me too, my window at home that is ... :P

    Did the doctor not tell you to get out on your bike and burn off all those beers and burgers you have been consuming....MTFU and get out there.....I'm off for laps of the park - I'll be soaked within 1/2 mile of work so a few laps will make no difference - NAILS

    You townies have no idea about REAL weather tsk!
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    hmmm... never seen the trees outside my window bend so much.... and an umbrella just flew past... and I'm on the third floor :shock:
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    the end of the world just passed by my window... the wind seems to be changing a bit and I can't see much of east london
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    might have been a squal - update at southwark area is calm again and lightly drizzle rather than weather even noah would shit his pants at.
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  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    mayfair it was wallumping it down but has now eased to a steady drizzle.

    Down to luck whether you escape with a bit of drizzle or get hit by a tornado on the way home I reckon
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    well the weather is travelling east but the band of rain is at 45degrees to the wind, so NW London will dry out , but SW London is going to be wet for a while longer.... and SE London has yet to experience the worst I reckon...
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    I'm going to the pub until it settles. Gonna be a tasty headwind home.

    Don't mind the rain as much, but when it sheets down like this, people seem to forget how to drive...
  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    The heavy sheeting seems to have passed and RainToday is looking a little more promising about the next hour or so. Might be time to let it home...
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,773
    Great ride home after all that. Drivers left me room (with one exception that sqeezed me into a lake), the rain had stopped I think, got wetter from spray and sweat than falling rain.
    Fast ride through Bushy Park, with another chap behind making sure I couldn't rest. I think the wind was mostly behind as I seemed to be travelling at about 24mph for a good while.
    BIG puddles though.
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Timed it perfectly, and didn't get wet at all, tho the wind was still a PITA...

    Traffic was much heavier today, both this morning and this evening... holidays must be over I guess...

    PF visit on the front 1/2mile from home tho :( so walked it, will fix after food and footie...
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