The Great British Weather

How'd you race go sweetie?

I got on the turbo, rode 1:40 and got off.

1 minute 40 seconds. Not 1 hour 40 minutes. 1m40s.

Strong performance deserved beer and pizza...

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@andyp used to use his full name on here but shortened it to save weight.

I finished, not sure I troubled the scorers though. It was fun, if a little warm.

I've been sweating buckets recently. Combo of the hotter weather and I think maybe I'm riding faster than I realise since I'm not really looking at the PM and then I'm dehydrated, low on fuel and still struggling to repair TABR damage. Flat battery in the turbo bike was enough to stop me in my tracks. I'm sure I would've kicked arse there last night, right up until the first turn...

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It's a little-known fact that hippy has his username because his weight is mostly in the hips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUT5rEU6pqM

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/alltime-hottest-temperature-records-set-all-over-the-world-this-week-a3881061.html

temps reached a LOW of 42.6C in quriyet oman during a 24hr period

But climate change isn't happening..

1/2 a metre of rain falling per hour in japan

That sounds remarkably unlikely. Reports yesterday were saying accumulated total for 3 hours was 26 cms, the highest ever recorded.

radio 4 this morning, maybe it was 50cm in 24hrs, it was shortly after waking, i was a bit fuzzy , yesterdays liverpool win didn't go uncelebrated round chez dicki !

" In the town of Motoyama, about 600km (370 miles) west of the capital Tokyo, 583mm (23in) of rain fell between Friday morning and Saturday morning, Japan's meteorological agency said. "

Kopite levels of hyperbole...

Looks like the first group of kids are on their way out of the cave this evening, what a terrifying ordeal...

Yeah - not one for the claustrophobic .

Football team is coming home ...

crossed

Fingers crossed for them.

rain in the forecast
i'll believe it when i see it

Pishing down up here. Reckon there'll be very minor flooding.

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Last week, a weather station at Ouargla in Algeria’s Sahara Desert, reported a maximum temperature of 51.3C on 5 July, the highest temperature reliably recorded in Africa.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/13/heatwave-sees-record-high-temperatures-set-around-world-this-week

It was actually nice to see some rain in Embra for a change. Meant all but the hardiest tourists scuttled indoors and the streets smelt lovely for about 10 minutes.

Yes Algeria is formerly French.

Aye, I was enjoying it until my ride home, when I realised a) my nice clean bike wouldn't be clean any more and b) it seems to have given rise to a plagueful of the old enemy, small flying insects. I inhaled about 4 and got 1 in each eye.

Yeah, I had that too along the Water of Leith path; glad to have been wearing sunnies (meaning I ate a few flants rather than taking them in the peepers); not so chuffed to have to wash the commuter bike for the first time in over a month.

What’s the weird white foam coming off the road during the down pour? (First rain after days of upto 30 degree heat)

petrichor. always wanted to use that word

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-44885493