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C'mon now it's August ffs!
Cracking morning here in the balmy SW Scotland.
[quote=Nobeerinthefridge ]Cracking morning here in the balmy SW Scotland.
Give it 5 minutes.
This summer has been crap. Endless grey skies with only the tiniest of slivers of blue every now and then.
You knew it was going to be a washout summer the second the Daily Express printed a headline saying we'd have a 2-month heatwave.
Lovely sunny day in Edinburgh
Jet stream has diverted south, innit. Apparently late August onwards is supposed to be quite nice.
It's still better than Summer 2012, which seemingly tipped it down constantly here in Kent.
I like rain more than I like sun.
fat blokes and sun don't mix well when riding. 😆
As someone who recently got press-ganged into gardening, I am fine with the odd downpour.
What rain?
Is it not supposed to rain in August?
East Midlands and it's monsoon conditions.
Im sure June was nice!? i was away 3 of the 4 weeks in July, the week i was home it was nice. This first week in August has been shite but the summer has been fairly decent for me...? im sure there will be a few more sunny weeks to come too.. its the getting dark early again that i dont like! not ready for lights again yet!!
Been biblical here in Melbourne recently. My favorite riding spot is now a no go area till it the sun and wind do their thing.
At least the nights are drawing out and the faintest glimmer of spring is showing as the fruit trees in the garden are starting to bud. Still, forecast to be dry tomorrow so I may charge up the lights and go for a bimble if I can remember how.
Early summer was amazing.
Now it's just back to a normal summer.
zippykona - Member
Early summer was amazing.
Now it's just back to a normal summer.
This
Although I'm glad I don't have bored school aged kids who are cooped up inside due to the rain.
Yeah, this is just how it is now, isn't it? It's nice from late April to early June, the it turns warm and wet for July and early August.
Left work last night in nice bright warm conditions. 13 minutes from my house the grey cloud I was approaching decided to dump ALL it's rain in one go. It pretty much stopped as I got home.
I was fairly wet - newspaper in shoes and had to wring gloves out style wet. Still better than being on the tube!
It's my fault. The weather was great, until I bought a new bike
Confirm blue skies in Edinburgh.
Might eat my lunch outside...
We've had a bit of rain on and off. I suspect it'll be next week before the trails dry out.
Scorchio in this part of Europe. You can keep that Brexit weather over there! 😉
scotroutes - Member
We've had a bit of rain on and off. I suspect it'll be next week before the trails dry out
A bit drier further down the strath, the Speyside Way is still sodden though.
Cold windy and raining again D'rn Srf.
It's been grey here for the last four or five weeks with little flashes of blue sky and sunshine hither and thither. It was spitting on this morning when I was out on the bike but you have to take every opportunity to get out, don't you, despite the weather?
Rain didn't stop me riding to work this morning. Humans have survived a bit of water falling from the sky for thousands of years, I think we will be ok.
Summer here in Glasgow, began today, may last till Friday....
If anyone is the swiss alps this week hoping for sin-kissed trails and dusty roosters - sorry, my fault.
Took delivery of a new-to-me mahoosive telescope which has a remarkably similar effect on precipitaion and clouds as a new bike 🙂
I like rain more than I like sun.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one! I always enjoy rides/runs/walks in bad weather. Okay, sometimes in a grade 2 fun kind of way, but it always seems a more gritty ethereal experience. And this
you have to take every opportunity to get out, don't you, despite the weather?
Norwegian proverb: "There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing"
It started raining on the first day of the school holidays and has barely stopped since 🙁
It started raining on the first day of the school holidays and has barely stopped since
St Swithin's Day?
St Swithin's Day?
That day was mild with a couple of light showers (I remember as my wife was doing a Tough Mudder type event). Right now I would settle for that weather again 🙁
Pissing down in Derby.
Wish I was outside in it rather than trapped at an indoor trampoline centre. Curse these school fair raffle prizes....
Could be worse, you could have to work in it for 4+ hours.
Illness, bairns and moving house have kept my riding to a minimum this summer. It can rain endlessly as far as I'm concerned.
Could be worse, you could have to work in it for 4+ hours.
I have been doing a big garden project all summer and I have been out in some biblical rain storms. And when doing some digging out of tree roots, levelling and turfing it felt like I was in a First World War frontline trench at times.
felt like I was in a First World War frontline trench at times.
Yeah, getting shelled, gassed and occasionally ordered to go over the top into a hail of machine gun fire can be pretty rough.
Am I going mad here or do I not recall the the first half of this year was very dry indeed and only a few weeks ago basking in 30+ degree heat for days on end...?
Just because it rains on your holiday week doesn't make it a bad summer!
I reckon it's been brilliant, I think I've only got properly wet 2-3 times this year commuting by motorbike 5 days a week..... I've been in my summer kit since early May!
Yeah, getting shelled, gassed and occasionally ordered to go over the top into a hail of machine gun fire can be pretty rough
I live in a tough neighbourhood.
been in a factory for the last two weeks rebuilding the place whilst the work force were gloating about being on holiday. glad it rained constantly!
n0b0dy0ftheg0at - Member
Could be worse, you could have to work in it for 4+ hours.
Yeah 7+ hours. I'm in full waterproofs, which I normally wouldn't wear in the summer as I'd overheat, today though...
for the last ten yrs or so it's been something like
spring - hot & dryer than usual season
summer - wet & warm season
autumn - cool & dryer than usual season
winter - wet and cold season
Been in and out the office all day but now ventured out on to the front line. Lads are soaked and now my turn as we're setting foundation bolts. It just ****s everything up on site when it's like this. Especially on old pit muck....
winter - wet and cold season
Eight, seven and six years ago it was very cold and snowy wan't it? I think it was eight years ago most of January was constant snow and at one point the whole of the UK was covered wasn't it?
Edit, 2010 and December [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11901718 ]when that happened...[/url]
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2009 and 2010 I think it was when there was snow like in the 80s. Not sure if we've had anything like it since... I do remember there was a cold year in 2013 when it was still siberian well into April, but again it was a one off.
my made up seasons were a bit of a joke btw 😉
Wonder how long it will take for someone to point out its glorious sunshine in the med?
felt like I was in a First World War frontline trench at times.
That's somme overstatement.
Left home in sunshine (some cloud).5 miles (and 1000ft of climbing) later its black skies and biblical rain.Beat a hasty retreat to get back to the house....bone dry.Not rained here!!!
34 deg in bologna, I may melt!
This summer has been crap. Endless grey skies with only the tiniest of slivers of blue every now and then.
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As Keva said, September will be even more awesomer 😉
I'm about as far east as its possible to get, and that's also been my interpretation of the 'summer'.This West coast of Scotland weather news was brought to you by...
Overall, its not been too wet, but grey has described most days since the middle of May.
Loving the rain here in Brum, I'm running a lot at the moment and running is so much more pleasant in the rain than in the sun.
It's wet in Swaledale but apparently red hot in the med (there you go wilburt).
Just be pleased that it was pretty good for the ad rock.
Absolutely biblical here earlier on the Varteg!
So bad the road was flooding down to Garndifaith
Absolutely biblical here earlier on the Varteg!
So bad the road was flooding down to Garndifaith
Yes, it got very dangerous, very quickly on the M4 near Cardiff earlier. Traffic almost down to walking pace because of the rain.
Absolutely biblical here earlier on the Varteg!
So bad the road was flooding down to Garndifaith
Do you live in Middle Earth?
Glad we got out this morning, back before the rain started. Not that it's heavy, but a bit miserable. Feels like it've been a shit summer but we did have some pretty good spells earlier on and even last month. Just got to snatch the moments...
I amsweating like **** here.
Johndoh - I have that photo on my workroom wall.
Another fine day in Edinburgh. Not as sunny as yesterday but still warm and fine
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Also how with all the modern technology availabie do they manage to get the forecast so spectacularly wrong ? Mon and Tues here complete opposite of what they said ? Yesterday if we had listened to them we would have missed out on a lovely days riding on the Quantocks.
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2 days without rain in glasgow. Simply amazing
Don't tempt fate Bob 😉
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You sure?
Edinburgh yesterday
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Clearly photoshopped, everyone knows the sky is grey and your clever blue filter isn't fooling anyone! 😀Edinburgh yesterday
lunge - Member
Loving the rain here in Brum, I'm running a lot at the moment and running is so much more pleasant in the rain than in the sun.
Maybe for you, I nearly drowned cycling in to town this morning. I made eye contact with a fellow commuter this morning and we both just started laughing.
Horrific.
Still I'm going to Wales next week, it's bound to be drier there...
Quick! It's stopped raining, I am going to mow the lawn before it starts again for another three weeks!
Never mind the lawn, get ready in your cycling gear to do a quick sprint when the rain stops, due ~1830 here! 😆
Yorkshire Dales today
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So unnecessary.
Hope it holds out for when I'm up there at the start of September!
Feel for the fool who just moved back after 6 years in Western Australia! The Australian fiancée is distinctly unimpressed. The chilterns are in full winter slop mode!
Sitting here with a smug smile reading and hearing of a rainy time south of the border, it just feels like a normal summer here great skies for photographs but longing for high pressure i'm missing the East coast haar
haar
This is not the "ride like a pirate" thread! 😉
Sat in the south of France with really badly sunburnt legs, I could go a bit of rain...
Shetland
Orkney
Been a nice work trip 🙂
Edit: one day I'll figure out how to get picture links to work 🙁
Absolutely pissed down all day in Surrey buy dry in Eastbourne according to my brother.
murf
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On a computer you go to share, bb code and copy the whole thing
Dunno on a phone tho
Been awesome all week, great week to Be off work. Particularly lovely today.
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Cheers TJ, no BBcode option from mobile flickr though.