[Closed] How much FREAKING RAIN?!?

Agreed. But summer will come in time. That's what I'm clinging on to.

Yeah i'm starting to get a bit sick of it now as well, I've only had 3 dry days in the past month since i got my new bike where i did not have to wear goretex trousers and waterproof jacket/gloves - it's not so much the rain that annoys me as the amount of mud i have to clean off my kit after every ride, then wash the bike etc…etc…still good fun but the novelty is wearing a bit thin - I'd love a spell of nice frosty weather.

We are supposed to get nailed by Storm Imogen tomorrow; thankfully, I am off to London.

you do know that London is going....oh, nothing, never mind...

Yes, yes, I know. It's just that Cardiff is supposed to get the worst of it.

But last evening, I walked with my son along the Taff, and in 11 years, I have never seen it approach the levels it is at now.

Funny you should say that. Drove up to Ludlow yesterdan and back today, and flooding up there wasn't as bad as it was in South Wales.

However, it was pretty high, and there's a hell of a lot of raining falling currently. Should be fun tomorrow. I'm on a train journey.

It's getting really tedious now, and the wind. I know we aren't getting the worst of the storm up North but it's howling again out there.

Absolutely beautiful day today this side of the water and stupidly warm. I was quite surprised at how dry the trails were even up to the snow line. We are supposed to be getting this storm tomorrow though.

Imagine a half mile long site based on clay with 400 m3 of muck to move. The last few weeks have been testing to say the least.

It is bleugh down here.

Has mostly been sunny here today but that all came to a halt at 4 pm.

The garden is seriously squashy under foot.

The world needs oil. We put it in great big tankers ,ship it around the world, charge a fortune for it and entire economies are based on it.
The world also needs water. We have ****ing loads of it. Put it in a great big tanker ,ship it around the world and flog it.
Give it a bit of time and the locals of Dubai will be pissed off with boys from the valleys racing their Bugattis up and down the high street.

I have had standing water in my garden for 7 weeks now (mostly clay soil) and i reckon in that time we have only had about 4 totally dry days, i am in leeds.

Yep, totally had enough . . . counting the days until I can go back to Blue Ridge - picked their rainiest month but hey, [url= http://comfortinnofblueridge.com/WebCam.php ]they have sky[/url] 😀

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Thunder and lightning in Malvern in the last 20-minutes

This incessant wind is a drag. 😐

But summer will come in time. That's what I'm clinging on to.

So was I until Mrs MR almost gleefully unloaded her rainy summer 2016 prediction* onto my unsuspecting optimism.

*Claims the projected washout is supported by countless apps, Googling and maybe witchcraft. She may of course just be taking the pee.

I can't cope with winter in the north of England any more. I have a plan to move to Andalusia for the winter, just need to make it happen somehow.

Non-stop here in Skipton since November.

Depressing as hell. Glad the Mrs is Spanish so there's the option to bugger off to Spain in the near future.

A mate of mine, born and bred in the Lakes and well-used to inclement weather is talking about bailing out to Oz - he's just had enough this winter. Oz has the opposite problem of droughts of course.

Mind you, it's not like we've not been warned... various beardy types have been telling us for 50+ years this is where we'd end up but we decided that owning 4x4s was more important...

If all the Northerners disappear off to Spain, it'll sort out our overpopulation problem nicely, mind 🙂

I read something recently which pointed out it's the poorer countries which will be hit most by climate change and if it gets so bad that they simply can't live there anymore it'll make the current migration levels look like a picnic. It'll be interesting to see Farage's face when that happens 🙂

Jeez it's kicking off in Hampshire. 😯 Thunder is making me jump out of my skin, as is the lightening (no curtains anywhere for full effect). Pretty spectacular.

That's 40k m3 of muck btw.

Yep, never have I been so ready for summer/pissed off with winter! Relentless miserable weather. I'm in South Wales aswell.

It is hard to stay positive, isn't it.

Lovely sunny walk this morning, but pissing it down since about 2:00. Very wet going for swim and now the raindrop and wind is lashing against the house. Quite some noise...

We've basically spent all winter digging ditches and drains in the local park. It's fun, but also a bit depressing when the ground is totally saturated and there's not much you can do about it.

Trying to remain positive,I reckon it usually balances out.
We had a great Autumn,dusty trails in October in Lancashire,never known that before,reservoirs really low.It's just balanced things up by pouring down pretty much non stop since late November.Not sure where the non-stop winds have come from over the last few months..
Raining again this evening in West Lancs.

Frikin b'jezus..

Just driven my normal Sunday hack back up the A3 to Town for yet another stint... Can honestly say it was one of the most stressful drives I have ever had, and I've driven in Belgium too 🙄

Terrible rivers running across the roads and motorways, just windy as blinkin eva...

Awful..

Thunder and lightening now kicking off here in Surrey. Not long until the bridges in these parts become breached.

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Let it pour from the heavens, that hot dark rain! Bathe me in it's
pure sweet glory

One day the vampire children shall bask in the glory of a blood soaked downpour.

More Gin anyone

Getting pretty miffed with it ti be honest. None stop wind and rain in Darwen since I stepped off the plane from Greece mid October. Maybe a few dry and sunny days this morning till 1600 was nice though.
Luckily I have broke two ribs in a rib cage vs metal bed rail incident at work so don't feel as guilty not riding my bikes.

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water goes in the river, not in the sky

Luckily I have broke two ribs in a rib cage

Was on top of the South Downs today prior to the weather forecast of 2pm downpour. Wind was crazy strong and you could see the rain clouds drawing in from the south east, they looked biblical.
Got back down to my car as I literally felt the firsts spots of rain on my face, at 2:06 the heavens opened in a big way.

Chapeau, Met office.

Rain? Yes Please!

Today 42c
Tuesday 42c
Wednesday (A chilly) 41c
Thursday (Winter's on it's way) 39c
Friday 36c

Night temps down to 28c

Just to make you feel better.... I got back on Saturday morning from two weeks of glorious sunshine in Khartoum then Addis Ababa, fresh breezes and never too hot.

But I've got a chest infection and my bowels have stopped working due to rubbish hotel food and my suitcase still hasn't caught up with me. No office for me today.

Winter here in Munich has been warm... Maybe five out six days of proper snow, a few days of cold sleety rain. Other than that it's been rather warm... 14C today... January was so warm I wore shorts on one day despite there being snow on the ground..
The river rose crazily the other week with all of the melt water coming from the alps.

I can get used to this...

Not much rain but it's VERY windy down here on the Sarf coast. So much so I've just watched the Sith Hound do the same poo twice! 🙂

I'm flying back into Brizzle this afternoon. Forecast looks none too clever.
http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/forecast

What's the form for likelihood of landing? I've not flown into a storm before.

BRS has a 09/27 bearing runway so it shouldn't have much in the way of a cross wind to deal with. Any pilots around?

Its going to be a very interesting descent.. 😆

I'd try my back up technique of getting absolutely plastered and landing unconscious, only I then have to get on the motorbike and ride home to Malvernistan across the wind direction...

Wind gusting at 69mph?!?

Stoner, if the wind looks too unsafe to ride, you can always stay at our place until it becomes calmer. That's assuming your plane can land...

Stoner - if you get diverted to East Midlands, give me a shout if you need anything

Don't worry, I finally gave in and ordered mud tyres.. it'll stop raining as so as the parcel arrives.

Nothing out of the ordinary weather wise today in south wales, 50-70mph at Mumbles head, gets like that most big winter storms.

Cheers all.

There'll be some new creases in the easyjet Upholstery by the end of the day

Oh well, if it makes you lot any happier I'll be spending my day up on scaffolding in an attempt to stop even more water pissing into our house. You can exercise your collective schadenfreude at my expense, be my guests.

I reckon this is the last winter I can put up with in the grim North - hopefully next year winter we can spend most of it in that Greece, where it's still winter but it doesn't rain and have gale force winds every sodding day like the Isle of Man does.

Off-road is almost impossible now with all the rain here in Hertfordshire. Deep gloopy mud that makes the wheels spin out going up the smallest incline & a quagmire on all of the tracks. Even mud tyres ore of little benefit - apart from being narrower. What would have been a 20+ mi outing is now 10ish in the same time. Av speed 8MPH ish!!!!!

Still getting out but increasingly using minor roads to connect up the very few gravelly or well compacted bridalways.