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Like a washing machine this morning; hoping for a bit of wind-assist on return trip.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:20 pm
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12 of us out for a night ride in E Sussex tonight!!! Rain makes the Harveys by a log fire afterwards all the sweeter!!!


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:27 pm
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Just started hailing here in Notts


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:35 pm
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The rain at work is dancing a good foot of the tank park, horizontal with the wind and rather dark.
Love it ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:36 pm
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not today, on the train as I am full of man flu, no its proper flu, really.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:37 pm
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I am riding home, mighty rain has now stoppped but very dark and grim looking, got lights and waterproof gear, and want to go home, i'd best crack on!


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:42 pm
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I'm guessing it's a westerly as it's lovely in Hyde, the evening sunlight is casting a beautiful golden glow over everything


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:42 pm
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I got absolutely soaked in Manchester. But its stopped now and is nice and clearish with a beautiful sunset in stockport now ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:45 pm
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Wow! Actually its now clearing, the wind has completely dropped and the sky is amazing colours. Hey ho!


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:50 pm
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Walking home here just outside Southampton. The rain's stopped for now but if the BBC rainfall radar is to be believed the worst is yet to come.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:51 pm
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Stopped raining here in Yorkshire but it is still darker than a Conservative's soul out there...


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:54 pm
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In Notts downwind on the way in right ....tard on the way home now with rain and no waterproof. Quite good fun in a sadistic way


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 4:58 pm
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Stoped and might be clearing here too, lots of water on the ground though.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 5:01 pm
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He did email me for a lift.....just sayin'..... ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 5:11 pm
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[url] http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ [/url]

Looks like the pac-a-mac is going to get shredded this evening.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 5:14 pm
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nbt you can go off people...
the light rain has started here in hors ham should be chucking it down (according to BBC rain index) just as I leave for my 15 mile schlep home


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 5:23 pm
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Its howling a gale and the rains coming in sideways! ๐Ÿ˜ฏ
The balloons gone up and mrs toppers is diverting to pick me up. ๐Ÿ˜€
Not possible very often so its a nice treat. Although I suspect i'm going to get soaked loading the bike into the car!!


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 5:32 pm
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MTFU boys and girls your skin's waterproof!


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 5:45 pm
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That was a bit of an epic! 26.4 miles of horizontal rain. Key 103 news reader lady said there was a tornado in Stockport. I didn't think it was that bad. Never mind, strike day tomorrow.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 7:14 pm
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I am, but not far. Please take care, a cyclist was killed on the A590 in south cumbria this morning (no other details known).


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 7:18 pm
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It was torrential in Nottingham when I started getting ready to leave the office, and everyone laughed at me.

By the time I got out the door it had stopped, and it was a dry ride home. Came in the door feeling very smug and chipper....

...to be confronted by a pile of steaming coats and shoes in the hallway - apparently the walk home from school co-incided with the downpour ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 7:22 pm
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Rode in this morning, was getting ready to come home when got a phone call from my wife
"don't even think of riding your bike in this"
Suitably told off got a lift in our van
Felt a bit of a cheat, but it was very gusty


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 8:01 pm
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Proper teeth gritter with a head/side wind in + side/head wind home.
The magic of Pembrokeshire 360 headwinds. Winter ITA.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 8:12 pm
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18 miles home and no rain! Even had a tailwind ๐Ÿ˜€
A lot of standing water though and a monster hail shower 5 minutes after I got home ๐Ÿ˜›


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 8:31 pm
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Windy in this morning - but not too much rain on the way home - just a side-wind and I may have belted past the cute girl from the end of the office - what was I thinking!


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 8:32 pm
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I had to ride into work up on the pedals the entire way. Sweating like a pig once I got there.

Coming home tonight, WEEEEEEE!!! Matching cars on the flat. Legs were going quite fast though on a 75 inch gear.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 8:35 pm
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I got damp on the way in, damp and windblown on the way home.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 8:37 pm
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Well, the tailwind I thought I would have got, turned into a headwind.

Still better than driving though.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 8:45 pm
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I cycled in this afternoon, pretty rough. Prior to, had lunch in a caf near my house that was subsequently hit by a tornado, in South Manchester!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15948258

Part of a chimney fell on a woman but she doesn't appear to be seriously injured.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 8:54 pm
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Bugger of a wind riding to work (newcastle from coast)
then tail wind woosh on way home.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 8:55 pm
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Nice and dry on the way to work
nice and dry on the way home
Very lucky
First time i have rode to work since September as I crashed off my bike and suffered a plateu tibia fracture and 2 pieces of metal to hold my bone back together.
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Posted : 29/11/2011 9:10 pm
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Day off work today so went out for a 4 hour ride/fight with the wind- South Pennines- ok until it started raining and hailing as well. Totally drenched & frozen to the bone but still nice to be out riding instead of working.


 
Posted : 29/11/2011 9:25 pm
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