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Here in the wilds of Ilkeston tomorrow's rides have been cancelled. Just outside the yellow wind warning area but forecast of below zero windchill and wintry showers
Are the palms trees still standing?
Just now;
Certainly for a non-storm it’s kinda draughty out today. Planned a ride that was mostly sheltered when heading into the wind, but had a couple of hundred meters directly into it, high up in the open before turning best part of 180 back on myself. One gust managed to lift the front wheel off the deck, at which point I was very quickly on my back in the long grass. First time that’s happened in 30 years riding!
Last time I was there I was camping in there village in the sun. It was very Mediterranean but with Guinness ?
Mannix Point at Cahersiveen? Perfect spot for a good brew in the sun.
I did a trial run today of a potential train/bike commute route for next year - unfortunately the way home was right into and sometimes across the wind up on the moors. Literally the only reason I actually managed to keep moving on one of the climbs was because I was on an e-bike. Any unpowered bike I'd have been blown to a standstill.
Absolutely rinsed the battery, it needed a significant chunk of extra power just to keep moving against the wind. Thankfully it wasn't very far when I had the full blast of it, there were some more sheltered parts but then I decided against coming back along the ridge road, it would have been genuinely dangerous along there. Dropped down into the valley and got the train home.
Other than the insane wind, it was actually a nice day, mostly blue skies and some pale sunshine.
Windy drive newcastle to Cairnryan and got last boat running today/ overnight to Belfast. Actually not that choppy a crossing, glad we made it - night in car with 2 small kids would have been a challenge.