The Great British Weather

Yup, first day in long trousers and the Swrve... But a glorious morning nonetheless...
Got fucking soaked and frozen to the bone on the way home last night, it took an hour in the bath to warm up again... Tho' that could have had more to do with the delirium tremens... ;]

I tried a merino base layer I got from Chocolate Fish this morning under my t-shirt.
£17.50 for a tank top: http://www.chocolatefishmerino.co.uk/clothing/offers.html
Bit short for me in the L at the back but it seemed ok at reducing some of the wind chill.

Fully agree with you Andy. Wish I could have been on the bike a bit longer this morning.

the missus had to get up early so I managed to get 20 miles in before work... loved it

gonna enjoy the roll back into town from chiswick if i manage to get out of the office when its still light, nothing like a bright/crisp/cold autumnal day..

I tried a merino base layer I got from Chocolate Fish this morning under my t-shirt.
£17.50 for a tank top: http://www.chocolatefishmerino.co.uk/clothing/offers.html
Bit short for me in the L at the back but it seemed ok at reducing some of the wind chill.

Keep telling yourself that colour is "coral"

I actually got the olive one. I had to google the word they used.. i think it was a variety of olive or something. In my world "Olive" = brown with a bit of green mooshed in.

Lovely 21.4 mile ride today, what a glorious glorious day today. It was a real pleasure to be on the bike for a couple of hours including a couple of pints. Shame on me for not carrying spare batteries for my lights.

Its so bloody lovely atm! Like a proper Brisbane winter. 17 degrees today in London. Right balmy. And its NOVEMBER! Loving it, even if it is a bit blustery.
The Brits should really get a bigger island - you know, a better buffer zone from that bloody northern Arctic. And then maybe if they just nudged it south a bit towards the equator.....

No thanks.

It's a surprisingly warm November.

Rode home at 3am last night, was properly hot in my Milkwaukee hoodie, need to get something lighter.

This morning's wind, gusts of 30-40mph. Obviously it's never a tail wind so a right old slog to work for me :(

Made worse riding my bike, bring me the 11 speed hubs!

Headwinds suck after a 12 hour shift ending with a couple of pints at 3am.

I don't mind the rain really.. But... Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuck..

Yeah, minging isn't it? Particularly since I am riding to stand outside in the rain watching half arsed fireworks.

Grrrr.

ooooofff.. Took the mudguards off this week as it was so nice and mild.. Still at least I'm going home and can have a hot bath.

Yeah, minging isn't it? Particularly since I am riding to stand outside in the rain watching half arsed fireworks.

Grrrr.

The term "damp squib" comes to mind.

The term "damp squib" comes to mind.

That's not a very nice thing to say about mashton.

Not the driest bonfire night

No shit, BBC.

Pfffft, London doesn't really do Weather does it? Bit wetter, bit warmer, bit whatever. Having spent 340 days a year for as long as I can remember there I'd forgotten what real weather was like... Till I drove across exmoor last night. Bloody hell. Sheets of horizontal rain so torrential that even if it hadn't have been for the sheets of fog visibility wouldn't have been more than a few metres. It was lashing down, howling wind rocking the car, thick fog and clouds of leaves, twigs and other stuff flying horizontally across the road. It was cool and spooky for a bit but after a while I started to get a little uncomfortable when visibility was so bad I was staying on the road purely by picking out the next cat's eye.

What did you use, a pen knife?

Pfffft, London doesn't really do Weather does it? Bit wetter, bit warmer, bit whatever. Having spent 340 days a year for as long as I can remember there I'd forgotten what real weather was like... Till I drove across exmoor last night. Bloody hell. Sheets of horizontal rain so torrential that even if it hadn't have been for the sheets of fog visibility wouldn't have been more than a few metres. It was lashing down, howling wind rocking the car, thick fog and clouds of leaves, twigs and other stuff flying horizontally across the road. It was cool and spooky for a bit but after a while I started to get a little uncomfortable when visibility was so bad I was staying on the road purely by picking out the next cat's eye.

Reported.

to the RSPCA.

Pfffft, London doesn't really do Weather does it? Bit wetter, bit warmer, bit whatever. Having spent 340 days a year for as long as I can remember there I'd forgotten what real weather was like... Till I drove across exmoor last night. Bloody hell. Sheets of horizontal rain so torrential that even if it hadn't have been for the sheets of fog visibility wouldn't have been more than a few metres. It was lashing down, howling wind rocking the car, thick fog and clouds of leaves, twigs and other stuff flying horizontally across the road. It was cool and spooky for a bit but after a while I started to get a little uncomfortable when visibility was so bad I was staying on the road purely by picking out the next cat's eye.

I've had a few bike rides like that ... :)

Nice day for it

LOVE the magical disappearing act that 90% of cyclists pull on morning's like this one...
I probably passed 2 other riders on my way in today.
call me crazy but i really enjoy riding in this weather